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 UK Anti-Doping on the adequacy of its resources.

Resourcing is part of regular discussions with all of our Arm’s Length Bodies.

In March 2017 I announced a Tailored Review of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). The Review is considering UKAD’s efficiency, effectiveness and governance; and how it is preparing for the future. The Tailored Review will be published before the end of 2017.

Sporting Future, the government’s sport strategy, made a commitment to ensure that UKAD continues to be funded at the levels needed for it to further enhance its strong reputation and to protect its funding in real terms throughout the current Spending Review period. This is reflected in its Spending Review settlement.

The UK Government remains fully committed to combating doping in sport and protecting the integrity of sport.