Question follow-through · 5180
Rugby: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase participation in grassroots rugby from minority groups.
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
- 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 Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase participation in grassroots rugby from minority groups.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone. Our arm’s length body, Sport England, is providing long-term investment of £16.9 million to the Rugby Football Football Union (RFU) between...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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