Written questions

Sports: Children and Young People

Commons · Question 59372 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase access to sport for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 20 Jun 2025

I regularly meet with Ministerial counterparts on a range of issues, including young people’s engagement in sport and the barriers around this for those from lower socio-economic groups.In the 2024/25 Financial Year, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend ...