Question follow-through · 116471
Leisure: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to financially aid or support local leisure facilities, and is this doable with local government making cuts to services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to financially aid or support local leisure facilities, and is this doable with local government making cuts to services.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities.The ongoing responsibility of providing acc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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