Rugby: Finance
Commons · Question 33326 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) funding and (b) loans her Department has provided to professional rugby union clubs since 2020.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 5 Mar 2025
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and our arm’s-length bodies, Sport England and UK Sport, do not provide direct funding to professional rugby union clubs.Since 2020, DCMS has provided loans to rugby union clubs via the Sport Survival Pac...