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Extracurricular Activities: Finance

Asked by Mr Louie FrenchConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 39133

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 33607 on Extracurricular Activities: Finance, what discussions she has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Education and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the School Games programme.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

The Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport and the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth regularly meet with Ministerial counterparts from the Department for Education on a range of issues, including school sport.

The School Games Organisers are essential in ensuring that all children have the opportunity to take part in local and accessible sport and physical activity. The Government has confirmed funding for the School Games Organisers (SGOs) until the end of the 2024/25 Academic Year. Funding beyond then will be confirmed in due course, with funding from April 2026 onwards subject to the ongoing Spending Review.

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