Extracurricular Activities: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the continuation of funding for (a) the Holiday Activities and Food, (b) School Games and (c) the Primary PE and Sport Premium programmes.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The government recently announced over £200 million funding for the holiday activities and food programme for the 2025/26 financial year. Funding for the primary PE and sport premium has been committed to the end of the 2024/25 academic year.
The School Games are the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Health and Social Care. The government has confirmed funding for the School Games Organisers until the end of the 2024/25 academic year.
Information on future budgets will be made available in due course.
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