Mentions:
1: Andrew Jones (Con - Harrogate and Knaresborough) in per pupil funding between England and Wales, but English schools are rising up the international league - Speech Link
2: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) I was vocally cheering on the historic double win on the weekend: the Commons and Lords rugby team’s - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Government, Britain’s life sciences sector declined from second to ninth in the global life sciences league - Speech Link
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to (a) promote the playing of rugby and (b) support the (i) maintenance and (ii) development of (A) rugby clubs and (B) their infrastructure in (1) England and (2) Romford constituency.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Supporting grassroots sport is a key government priority and we recognise the role of high quality accessible facilities in encouraging people to take part in sport and ensuring participation rates continue to grow. Our new strategy ‘Get Active’ sets out our ambition to build a more active nation, with a target to get 3.5 million more people classed as ‘active’ by 2030 including 1 million more children.
We provide the majority of support for grassroots sport through our arm’s length body, Sport England - which receives £323 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Sport England has invested £622,606 in the Romford constituency since 2020.
Since 2021, Sport England has provided over £22.6 million of support to programmes which facilitate participation in grassroots rugby league. This includes funding to the Rugby Football League.
In partnership with the National Lottery, Sport England has also supported the ‘CreatedBy’ capital grants programme. This delivered £26.4 million in legacy funding to celebrate England’s hosting of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup, providing investment in facilities and equipment to encourage participation.
Since 2020, Sport England has provided over £14 million of support to programmes which facilitate participation in grassroots rugby union. Additionally, in 2020/21 the Government provided £21,565,000 to rugby union clubs through the COVID-19 Sport Winter Survival Package. In 2022/23 we provided over £12.5 million of system partner funding to the Rugby Football Union to grow and develop the sport between the years 2022 and 2027.
The Government also funds some projects which benefit rugby through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Between 2021 and 2025, the UK Government is investing over £325 million to build or upgrade multi-sport grassroots facilities across the UK to ensure every community has the pitches and facilities it needs. Romford has received £10,491 for three projects through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme.
Oral Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in GovernmentFound: I do gigs in pubs, rugby clubs and churches, and it is about creating the fresh, boundary-spanning
Mar. 05 2024
Source Page: Cabinet Office: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, October to December 2022Found: 2022 Lamb Exports PM Official Rishi Sunak 26/10/2022 Diwali PM Official Michelle Donelan 08/11/2022 Rugby
Estimate memoranda Mar. 05 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: surrender relating to repayments for loans previously issued through the Sports Survival Package and Rugby
Report Mar. 05 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: and viewing habits. 5 The additional public interest has driven substantially higher Women’s Super League
Report Mar. 05 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: The additional public interest has driven substantially higher Women’s Super League, and other elite
Mentions:
1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) and the mighty £105 paid by a football fanatic such as me who wants to be able to watch any Premier League - Speech Link
2: Lord Hall of Birkenhead (XB - Life peer) very strongly during Covid, and we see it when they deliver sporting events such as the Six Nations rugby - Speech Link
Feb. 27 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 19 February 2024 to 21 February 2024Found: is two or more linked events, such as a tour, or rounds of a competition, which do not add up to a league
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
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 support the future sustainability of Rugby League.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Government has set out its ambitions for supporting the long-term sustainable growth of the sport sector in the new sport strategy, Get Active.
This includes supporting sports like Rugby League to access additional, alternative forms of investment to help the sector to continue to grow and thrive, and by highlighting best practice, good governance mechanisms, and opportunities offered by technology and innovation. This will allow sport to thrive for future generations, and support the continuation of our sporting institutions.