Written questions

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’)...