Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the participation of women and girls in sport in West Sussex.

The Government is committed to ensuring that as many women and girls as possible have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.

The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our arm’s -length body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year to help people get active, including women and girls.

Sport England supports the work of the local Active Partnership which covers East Grinstead and Uckfield, Active ​Sussex, who champion physical activity with local leaders to develop interventions tailored to communities. Alongside this, Sport England invested £57,019 into sports-related projects in the constituency of East Grinstead and Uckfield in 2025/26.

In addition, Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has also inspired millions of women and girls across the country to get active. 1.6 million more women are expected to be active as a result of the campaign by 2028.