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Written Question
Sports: Finance
Monday 9th March 2026

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 the announcement of £85m funding for football facilities in 2025/2026, how much funding will the Department for Culture, Media and Sport be allocating to a. Tennis, b. Padel, and c. Other court based sports.

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.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Social Cohesion Action Plan

"As part of my work on the Women and Equalities Committee, I have heard at first hand from victims of horrific hate crimes, who have been targeted just because of how they looked and who they were. Will the Secretary of State confirm that this Labour Government will finally deliver …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Middle East: Defence

"Can I thank my right hon. Friend for everything that he is doing in Britain’s national interest? Our armed forces cannot believe their ears when we have the Leader of the Opposition saying that they are hanging around doing nothing and the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) swanning off …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 163
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 173
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 106
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 182
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 177
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 109
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Rachel Taylor (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 171