Question follow-through · 901164

Sports: Public Participation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve levels of participation in grassroots sport.

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
27 Aug 2026
Target answer date
3 Sept 2026
Answer
3 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve levels of participation in grassroots sport.

  2. 3 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Government believes in the power of grassroots sport. Everyone should have access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. The majority of support through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which annually invests over £250 million in E...

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