Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Football Association on catalysing grass roots football.
Sport England is working with the Football Association on a new programme of support for grassroots football. Details of the new funding award for the period 2017-2021 and how this will align with the objectives set out in the government's sport strategy Sporting Future and Sport England's strategy Towards an Active Nation will be announced shortly.