Asked by: Rachel Taylor (Labour - North Warwickshire and Bedworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how does the her Department intend to ensure that the £400m of funding earmarked for grassroots sports facilities benefits a wide range of sports which appeal to different demographics and communities.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That has to mean delivering a range of facilities across the country based on what each local community needs.
We are working closely with the sport sector stakeholders and local leaders to develop plans for funding for a range of sports across the country based on what each community needs.
Asked by: Rachel Taylor (Labour - North Warwickshire and Bedworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New and upgraded grassroots sport facilities to get the UK active, published on 27 January 2026. how does she plan to allocate the remaining £400 million.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
We are working closely with the sport sector stakeholders and local leaders to develop plans for funding for a range of sports across the country based on what each community needs. We will keep stakeholders and the wider sport sector updated as this work progresses, and we will announce plans once they have been fully developed.
Alongside the Government’s announcement of £85 million of investment via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme (MSGF) in 2026/27, we set out that an additional £15 million will be invested into innovative facilities in England, to allow more people to participate in sports they wish to. This builds on £98 million delivered through the MSGF in 2025/26, which has benefitted nearly 1000 community grassroots sport projects.
Our programme delivery partner for the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, the Football Foundation, makes decisions on which projects they fund based on a variety of factors, including how a project demonstrates an ability to satisfy programme objectives linked to multi-sport provision, investment into areas of need, and increased participation for women and girls.