Sports: Enfield

Joan Ryan
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations his Department has received from the London Borough of Enfield on maintaining the Queen Elizabeth II Sports Stadium in Enfield as a sports centre; and what steps his Department is taking to discourage local authorities from allowing their sports facilities to become unsafe for use.

Mr. Sutcliffe
Neither my Department nor Sport England has received representations from the London Borough of Enfield in relation to the Queen Elizabeth II Sports Centre.

The provision and maintenance of local facilities is primarily a matter for local authorities. Sport England would only intervene in such cases if it had invested money in the facility, if it was involved in a planning issue or if it was in the public interest for Sport England to intervene.