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Written question asked by Lord Moynihan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. It was answered by Baroness Twycross (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.


UK Sport: Finance

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the budget of UK Sport has been directly allocated to UK national governing bodies of sport in each of the past 10 years.

Answer

UK Sport publishes a full breakdown of funding to UK national governing bodies across all Olympic and Paralympic Games cycles.

Current funding awards for the Los Angeles 2028 cycle ( https://www.uksport.gov.uk/our-work/investing-in-sport/current-funding-awards ) can be found on UK Sport’s website as well as historical funding figures for the Rio, Tokyo and Paris Games ( https://www.uksport.gov.uk/our-work/investing-in-sport/historical-funding-figures ).

Based on these published allocations, UK Sport has invested approximately £1.25 billion directly into Olympic and Paralympic performance sports programmes since the Rio 2016 cycle.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11815
Session
2024-26
Attachment
Current funding awards; Historical Funding Figures
Subjects
Finance UK Sport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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