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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many outdoor sports facilities in the East Midlands have been funded by his Department since January 2016.

The government's sport strategy, Sporting Future, makes clear the importance of providing and maintaining sports facilities for the whole community to use.

Since 2016, the government -via Sport England- has invested £34.5 million in facilities and projects in the East Midlands. This includes over £1.1 million specifically into outdoor facilities including pitches, multi-use games areas (MUGAs) and skateparks.

Since it launched its Community Asset Fund in 2017, Sport England has invested £950,190 in community sport facilities in the East Midlands