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Sports: Grants

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consideration he has given to including the grants made by the Big Lottery Fund to community sport in the new Sport England Community Sport Strategy. (256484)

[holding answer 12 February 2009]: Sport England is responsible for the national strategy to develop a world-leading community sport system. The Big Lottery Fund provides support for community sport through its funding of health, education, environment and charitable purposes, and shares its experience with all its stakeholders, including Sport England. The strategy has been informed by the Big Lottery Fund’s experience of funding community sport.