Question follow-through · 104125
Sports: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage the take-up of sport by people aged over 70.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage the take-up of sport by people aged over 70.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including older people, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities to stay fit and healthy.The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Sports: Older People
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she will have with broadcasters on commissioning programmes that encourage those aged over 60 to participate in sporting activity.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Credit Unions
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Credit Unions
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 111615, for what reason does her Department not have the facility to offer payroll deductions for employees who wish to join a credit union.