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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on disability sport in each year since 2010.

Government is committed to increasing opportunities for disabled people to get involved in sport and physical activity, both at the grassroots and elite level.

For the period 2011 - 17, Sport England is investing over £170 million as part of its Whole Sport Plan Investment to encourage and support disabled people to play sport.

In the current 2013-17 Rio Olympic and Paralympic cycle, UK Sport are investing around £350 million in the Summer Olympic and Paralympic sports, and a further £31m in the Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports, targeting success in PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020. The Government, through UK Sport, is investing almost £73m into 18 summer Paralympic sports during the Rio 2016 cycle, an increase of 48% from London 2012, and £2.7m into winter Paralympic sport during the current cycle.