Question follow-through · 2340
Olympic Games: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the potential benefits of a potential Olympic bid in the north of England are distributed equitably across the region.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the potential benefits of a potential Olympic bid in the north of England are distributed equitably across the region.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
London 2012 had a major socio-economic impact and left a lasting legacy for future generations, showing what hosting an Olympic and Paralympic Games can do for our country. The North of England deserves the same level of ambition. It is central to the UK’...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Creative Foundations Fund
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21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure measures to reduce the number of High Street bookmakers does not lead to an increase in online gambling harms.
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29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government policies on the (i) availability and (ii) cost of tourist accommodation in Fylde constituency.
Creative Foundations Fund
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 May 2026 to question 2879, what the geographic distribution of applications to the first round of the Creative Foundations Fund was by region and local authority.
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Cricket: Facilities
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