Lucy Frazer – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Frazer on 2015-12-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Deaflympics are recognised as equal to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tracey Crouch

Government recognises the importance of deaf sport to those who take part at both grassroots and elite level. Sport England is investing £365,872 in UK Deaf Sport between 2014 and 2017 in recognition of this.Questions of official recognition at an international level are a matter for the International Olympic Committee.