Department for Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered at on 4 March 2025.
Stuart Andrew
Assistant Whip, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide funding for grassroots tennis.
Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.
The Government provides the Majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Sport England’s work focuses on increasing participation in sport, including tennis, at grassroots level to give more and better opportunities to all.
Sport England provides long term investment to the Lawn Tennis Association, the National Governing Body for tennis in Britain, which receives up to £10.2 million for five years to invest in community tennis initiatives that will benefit everyone.
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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