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	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Rugby
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	16643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/03/2024 14:59:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1689403

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Rugby
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	14302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Government has set out its ambitions for supporting the long-term sustainable growth of the sport sector in the new sport strategy, Get Active.</p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/02/2024 16:22:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1689404

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Rugby
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has appointed independent advisors to help the Department's work on the future sustainability of Rugby League.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	14303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>To support the Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby Limited on their plans for the future of professional Rugby Union, Government appointed Rugby Football League’s former CEO Ralph Rimmer and Chris Pilling of UK Sport to work with the sport’s authorities.</p><p>The independent advisers’ remit only extended to cover issues facing Rugby Union.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/02/2024 16:21:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker