Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Rugby Football Union received from (a) his Department and (b) its subsidiary bodies in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £40 million OF Grant-in-Aid and National Lottery money in the Rugby Football Union. This investment is being made independent of the Government.

This investment of National Lottery and Grant-in-Aid money has been to get more people playing rugby regularly, to support the development of talented players, and to support the England Women’s national team in its successful world cup campaign in August 2014.