Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 27 November 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the level of investment in grassroots sport by professional clubs and bodies in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
Sport England is the arms-length body of government responsible for investing in and supporting grassroots sport and physical activity. As part of its 2017-21 investment round in national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport, Sport England has awarded over £225 million across 49 NGBs, with over £152 million to support NGB work on participation and over £73 million on NGB talent pathways.
Where investment is not derived from Sport England exchequer or National Lottery funding, Sport England does not routinely collect information on the amount of investment into grassroots sport that professional clubs and other non-NGB organisations make.
Details of the Exchequer and National Lottery awards that Sport England has made to all organisations since 2009 can be found here: https://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-investments-explained/investments-weve-made/
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