Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

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.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

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.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy and limitations of the sex-determining region Y test for determining the sex of British athletes; and whether they plan to commission further genetic and physiological data about the biological sex of British athletes.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

We have always been clear that when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.

It is for each sport's National Governing Body to set their own policies for who can participate in domestic competitions, and it is for International Federations to determine the rules for their sports at the international level of competition.

This Government remains committed to working with UK Sport, the British Olympic Association, and the British Paralympic Association to ensure that UK athletes can compete under clear, fair, and legally robust international regulations.

Since a universal, one-time genetic test for all athletes in the female category across all Olympic and Paralympic sports is not yet set out or mandated, no estimate of the total cost has been made by the Government.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether UK Sport plans to fund a one-time genetic test for Olympic and Paralympic athletes wishing to compete in a female category, and if so, what estimate they have made of the cost.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

We have always been clear that when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.

It is for each sport's National Governing Body to set their own policies for who can participate in domestic competitions, and it is for International Federations to determine the rules for their sports at the international level of competition.

This Government remains committed to working with UK Sport, the British Olympic Association, and the British Paralympic Association to ensure that UK athletes can compete under clear, fair, and legally robust international regulations.

Since a universal, one-time genetic test for all athletes in the female category across all Olympic and Paralympic sports is not yet set out or mandated, no estimate of the total cost has been made by the Government.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with UK governing bodies of sport about a one-time genetic test for the sex-determining region Y gene for all British athletes wishing to compete in the female category at international events; whether they have discussed with those governing bodies about when that test will be introduced for all Olympic and Paralympic athletes; and if so, when that test will be introduced.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

We have always been clear that when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.

It is for each sport's National Governing Body to set their own policies for who can participate in domestic competitions, and it is for International Federations to determine the rules for their sports at the international level of competition.

This Government remains committed to working with UK Sport, the British Olympic Association, and the British Paralympic Association to ensure that UK athletes can compete under clear, fair, and legally robust international regulations.

Since a universal, one-time genetic test for all athletes in the female category across all Olympic and Paralympic sports is not yet set out or mandated, no estimate of the total cost has been made by the Government.