It is unacceptable that Sport England does not know where in the country its grants are spent or whether these are genuinely helping those most in need. Sport England distributed £1.5 billion in grants in the five years starting 2016–17, but only knows which local authorities this funding went to for £450 million of this spending. It does not know where in the country the remaining two-thirds of grants awarded were spent, as it does not track the distribution of grants issued to national orga...

It is unacceptable that Sport England does not know where in the country its grants are spent or whether these are genuinely helping those most in need. Sport England distributed £1.5 billion in grants in the five years starting 2016–17, but only knows which local authorities this funding went to for £450 million of this spending. It does not know where in the country the remaining two-thirds of grants awarded were spent, as it does not track the distribution of grants issued to national organisations. Sport England therefore cannot fully assess whether it is Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity 7 meeting its objective to t Type: conclusion | Number: 5 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. already published and recorded its Annual Report and Accounts to date. Sport England invests public money responsibly and transparently, recording and publishing data on all grant recipients – including locatio