Sport England denies it’s lost track of £1.05bn

Areport issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England of losing track of how £1.05bn in grants have been spent since 2016 and only accounting for £450m.

It claims Sport England distributed £1.5bn in grants in the five years starting 2016-17, “but only knows which local authorities this funding went to for £450m of this spending”.

Sport England, responding to HCM’s request for comment, denied the claims, stating that many of the issues and recommendations raised by the PAC report were debated within the hearing.

It shared several challenges to the PAC’s views and stated that it is “inaccurate for the committee

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to suggest we do not know where our investment goes”, confirming that every pound is accounted for.

“Activity levels were at record highs across England before the pandemic,” Sport England said. “Sport England invests public money responsibly and transparently, recording and publishing data on all grant recipients – including location data right down to postcode level,” it said.

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