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Sports: Finance

Commons · Question 119341 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Imran Hussain

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure grassroots sport funding reaches areas of high deprivation.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 26 Mar 2026

The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery Funding. Sport England allocates funds to National Governing Bodies and gr...