Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 122455

Sports: Finance

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

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

Stephanie Peacock
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...

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