Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the difference in annual funding available to primary schools under the PE and Sport Premium compared to the proposed partnerships network replacement.

Despite over a decade of investment via the PE and sport premium, less than half of all children meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommended 60 active minutes a day. Inequalities persist, particularly for girls and pupils from disadvantaged and black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

We are investing over £1 bIllion for PE and School Sport over the next three years funding a new approach which will combine both a universal offer to all primary and secondary schools, plus targeted support for those schools and pupils who will benefit from it the most. New Partnerships will strengthen links between schools and local clubs, to deliver high quality PE for every child and remove barriers to participation for less active children. Provision will be informed by baseline and ongoing needs assessments led by a national delivery partner.

To support schools with the transition to this new approach, the government has committed to a £100 million transitional Premium payment for the 2026/27 academic year. In response to longstanding calls from schools, we are also investing almost £200 million in capital funding to go towards improving school sporting facilities.