Sports: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what scrutiny her department undertakes of the funding of sports associations, franchises and teams to assure itself that they are not associated with money laundering.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock
UK Sport and Sport England as arm's-length bodies of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport provide funding to a range of sporting organisations including National Governing Bodies, and have strict eligibility criteria for funding along with financial assurance.
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