Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2026 to Question 19123 on Physical Education and Sports: Primary Education, whether her Department has undertaken any (a) financial modelling and (b) impact assessments of the effect on individual primary school funding of replacing the Primary PE and Sport Premium with the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network; and how many schools are estimated to receive (i) less, (ii) the same and (iii) more funding under the new arrangements.

To help schools manage the transition from the previous PE and sport premium to the new Partnerships Network, as part of our investment of £1 billion in PE and school sport, the department is providing a further one-off £150 million PE premium payment to support primary schools. Details of school allocations are available at: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/PSG/2026-to-2027.

The Partnerships Network will provide a mixture of universal, targeted and school-requested support, and the detailed design will be confirmed through the procurement and delivery process. The network will be expected to build on existing high-quality provision to ensure an effective offer is in place to support improvements in PE, drive down inactivity and support equal access to sport and physical activity opportunities.