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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the School Games Organisers in supporting school children.

Our mission-led Government puts children and young people at the heart of our priorities.This includes breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child to access high-quality sport and physical activity, especially those who are less likely to be active.

The School Games Organisers (SGOs) are essential in ensuring that all children have the opportunity to take part in local and accessible sport and physical activity.

In the 2023/24 academic year, the country-wide network of 450 SGOs provided 2.3 million opportunities for school children to engage in local and inclusive sporting competitions across 40 different sports and activities.

We are currently undertaking a review of the School Games Organisers network, which will address the impact and value for money of a variety of school sport models in place across the network of 450 SGOs, and develop and appraise different delivery models of a future school sport network. Findings from the review will be published in due course.