Cricket: Facilities
2026-06-08 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · 8297 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures are in place to ensure that communities in areas not receiving cricket dome funding benefit from the wider £400 million sports facilities programme.
Answer
The five new, all-weather cricket domes’ locations were chosen based on a range of factors relating to indices of deprivation and local sporting infrastructure need. These areas have some of the highest levels of deprivation and inactivity, which have red...