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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the United Kingdom continues to host international sporting events beyond 2035.

The Government remains committed to delivering major international sporting events with pride - building upon the UK’s global reputation for excellence in event delivery. - and seeking new opportunities to do so.

We recognise that major events deliver significant economic and social benefits as well as an opportunity to showcase the UK globally. We look forward to delivering a series of major events before the end of the decade, including the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, the European Athletics Championships, Invictus Games, Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup and Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2026,the UEFA European Championships in 2028, and the men’s T20 Cricket World Cup in 2030.

The Government is working with UK Sport and other partners in order to identify and secure major sporting event targets into the future, in order to to build a pipeline of events up until 2035 and beyond. This includes supporting a potential UK bid to host the 2035 FIFA Women’s World Cup.