Oral QuestionDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

What steps her Department is taking to help support grassroots sports facilities.

Tabled: 13 February 2025Answered: 27 February 2025

Asked by

Lee Pitcher

LabourDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

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

This Government recognise the value and importance of grassroots sports clubs in London and across the country, and the role that their facilities play in getting people active. Sport England invests more than £250 million of lottery and Government funding each year in the communities that need it most. On top of that, our multi-sport grassroots facilities programme has invested £123 million across the UK this year.