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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what was the (a) total value of loans made to football clubs, (b) number of loans made and (c) amount of the highest loan made as part of the Sport Winter Survival Package.

Throughout the pandemic the government went above and beyond through the Sports Survival Package to provide all sports clubs with generous financial support to ensure their survival throughout the difficult period. Many clubs would have failed without that support.

The Sport Survival Package distributed a total of £264.8 million funding (loan and grant funding) to over 1,685 organisations across 15 sports. The Government issued £13.3 million in loans to 34 non-league football clubs.

The value of individual loans are commercially sensitive. Each loan was tailored to the specific needs of the loanee.