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...