Crime Prevention: Young People
Commons · Question 114307 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provided funding to boxing programmes to help prevent crime amongst young people.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 2 Mar 2026
In the financial year 2022/2023, the Ministry of Justice invested £5 million in sports-related projects across England and Wales, to use sport to enhance positive outcomes for vulnerable young people at-risk of criminality (the ‘Youth Justice Sport Fund’)...