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Sports: Women

Asked by Rebecca PaulConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 11 February 2025UIN 28170

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Code for Sports Governance in increasing female representation in sport.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

Sport England and UK Sport's Code for Sports Governance ensures bodies in receipt of substantial public funding have ambitious diversity and inclusion action plans. This includes a drive for greater diversity on boards, which has helped female representation on the boards of partners complying with the Code rise to 44% since its introduction in 2016.

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