Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 5 March 2018Answered: 8 March 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Stephanie Peacock)

The Government know the value of grassroots sports facilities to communities, and the role that they play in getting people active. Sport England invests over £250 million of lottery and Government funding each year in the communities that need it most.