Question follow-through · 4358
Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the new partnerships network will provide equitable access to PE and sport support in all regions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the new partnerships network will provide equitable access to PE and sport support in all regions.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
Funding for PE and school sport is increasing to over £1 billion, including over the next three years, with £580 million for a new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network, alongside investment in facilities and transitional support for primary schools. D...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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