Question follow-through · 16974
Schools: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps have been taken to ensure that schoolchildren can participate in a wide range of sports in (a) school and (b) extra-curricular settings.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps have been taken to ensure that schoolchildren can participate in a wide range of sports in (a) school and (b) extra-curricular settings.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The department is investing over £1 billion in PE and school sport over three years, including £530 million for the new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network.The new approach focuses on improving the quality of PE and school sport, reducing inactivity ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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