Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the cost of the 69th Sport’s Day on 29 July 2022.

The annual Home Office Sports Day is organised by the Home Office Sports and Social Association (“ETHOS”). This is a staff network group, not a Home Office managed unit.

Civil Servants pay a monthly subscription to the Civil Service Sports Council (“CSSC”) or pay ETHOS a yearly subscription directly. ETHOS is funded by annual grants from the CSSC and direct funding from members.

As such no funding was provided by the Home Office for the 69th Annual Sports Day on the 29th July 2022.

For staff outside of London and Gatwick, the Home Office paid for some staff to travel to the event in line with existing arrangements.