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Written question asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour) on Thursday, 25 April 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 10 May 2019. It was answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Sports: Women

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to women’s and girl’s (1) football, and (2) cricket.

Answer

We are determined to get more girls and women playing sport, something we set out in our sport strategy, Sporting Future. There are excellent initiatives that already exist to encourage women to take up sport and physical activity. For example Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has been developed to get women and girls moving, regardless of shape, size and ability.

Sport England are investing in a series of programmes and initiatives to increase participation amongst women and girls in football and cricket. This includes £10m between 2017/21 in the Football Association to help support their aspiration to double the number of women and girls’ affiliated teams to 12,000 by 2020. Sport England are also investing £9m in the England and Wales Cricket Board over between 2017 and 2021, much of which will be used to promote greater participation of women and girls in cricket. This includes a suite of flexible cricket formats to strengthen the pathway from beginner through to performance level, linked to the This Girl Can campaign.

The broadcasting of sporting events such as this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup will continue to showcase women’s sport and inspire the next generation.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL15351
Session
2017-19
Related items
Sports: Women
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Women Football Cricket
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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