Question follow-through · 66

Sports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been provided to grassroots sports facilities through programmes administered by Sport England.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been provided to grassroots sports facilities through programmes administered by Sport England.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2026

    Answer published

    The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots sport through Sport England - which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding across England. Sport England allocates funds to National Governing Bodies and grassroot...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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