Member

I would just reassure the noble Lord and the noble Baroness that the Government provide the majority of funding for grass-roots sport and continue to do this through our arm’s-length body, Sport England, which invests more than £250 million of Exchequer and lottery funding each year. In addition, Sport England is investing £120 million across 2025 to 2029 to increase participation in sport and boost diversity at grass-roots level to give more opportunities for young people to develop their potential. This funding will increase and enhance opportunities for talented young athletes in England. We want to see more young children go on to compete at the Olympics and win more medals—gold medals in particular.