Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date her Department took the decision to abolish the Sport Premium and replace it with a Partnerships Network; and for what reason that decision was not announced at the same time as the 2025-26 confirmation of funding for PE and Sport Premium.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Despite over a decade of investment via the PE and sport premium, less than half of all children meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommended 60 active minutes a day. Inequalities persist, particularly for girls and pupils from disadvantaged and black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

On 21 May 2026, the government announced a new approach to PE and school sport funding. The decision on the future of the premium was taken in the context of wider decisions on budgets and the spending review, which enabled us to confirm investment over £1 billion for PE and School Sport over the next three years. This will fund a new approach combining both a universal offer to all primary and secondary schools, plus targeted support for those schools and pupils who will benefit from it the most. New partnership networks will strengthen links between schools and local clubs, to deliver high-quality PE for every child and remove barriers to participation for less active children. Provision will be informed by baseline and ongoing needs assessments led by a national delivery partner.

To support schools with the transition to this new approach, the government has committed to a £150 million transitional premium payment for the 2026/27 academic year. In response to longstanding calls from schools, we are also investing almost £200 million in capital funding to go towards improving school sporting facilities.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reductions in funding under the new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network on PE and sport provision in primary schools from 2027 onwards.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Despite over a decade of investment via the PE and sport premium, less than half of all children meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommended 60 active minutes a day. Inequalities persist, particularly for girls and pupils from disadvantaged and black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

On 21 May 2026, the government announced a new approach to PE and school sport funding. The decision on the future of the premium was taken in the context of wider decisions on budgets and the spending review, which enabled us to confirm investment over £1 billion for PE and School Sport over the next three years. This will fund a new approach combining both a universal offer to all primary and secondary schools, plus targeted support for those schools and pupils who will benefit from it the most. New partnership networks will strengthen links between schools and local clubs, to deliver high-quality PE for every child and remove barriers to participation for less active children. Provision will be informed by baseline and ongoing needs assessments led by a national delivery partner.

To support schools with the transition to this new approach, the government has committed to a £150 million transitional premium payment for the 2026/27 academic year. In response to longstanding calls from schools, we are also investing almost £200 million in capital funding to go towards improving school sporting facilities.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of funding for the PE and Sport Premium on schools’ ability to fund staffing, equipment and external coaching.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Despite over a decade of investment via the PE and sport premium, less than half of all children meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommended 60 active minutes a day. Inequalities persist, particularly for girls and pupils from disadvantaged and black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

On 21 May 2026, the government announced a new approach to PE and school sport funding. The decision on the future of the premium was taken in the context of wider decisions on budgets and the spending review, which enabled us to confirm investment over £1 billion for PE and School Sport over the next three years. This will fund a new approach combining both a universal offer to all primary and secondary schools, plus targeted support for those schools and pupils who will benefit from it the most. New partnership networks will strengthen links between schools and local clubs, to deliver high-quality PE for every child and remove barriers to participation for less active children. Provision will be informed by baseline and ongoing needs assessments led by a national delivery partner.

To support schools with the transition to this new approach, the government has committed to a £150 million transitional premium payment for the 2026/27 academic year. In response to longstanding calls from schools, we are also investing almost £200 million in capital funding to go towards improving school sporting facilities.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have held with property developers, housebuilders, and their representative organisations to discuss the National Planning Policy Framework in the period from 1 January 2026 to 13 July 2026; and whether a full list of those meetings, including the names of attendees, dates and the subject matter discussed, will be published.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on gov.uk here.

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