Sports: Community Development

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list of organisations that she has met with advocating for community sports partners, such as Parkrun, to remove gender self-identification from participants; whether an assessment has been made by her Department into ties between these organisations' and the Alliance Defending Freedom International and other Christian conservative right-wing advocacy groups; and what actions her Department is taking to protect trans inclusive practices in our community sports organisations.


Answered by
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 9th September 2026

The Government continues to work closely with our arms-length body, Sport England and community sport partners across the sector including Parkrun, to keep developments in this area under review and to support safe, lawful and inclusive participation in grassroots sport for everyone.

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