Written questions

Sports: Finance

Commons · Question 122455 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Calum Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what scrutiny her department undertakes of the funding of sports associations, franchises and teams to assure itself that they are not associated with money laundering.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 25 Mar 2026

UK Sport and Sport England as arm's-length bodies of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport provide funding to a range of sporting organisations including National Governing Bodies, and have strict eligibility criteria for funding along with financia...