Sport England has set out its "new, tougher" plans for the funding of six key sports as part of plans to ensure investment results in increased participation at grassroots level.

All six sports - basketball, tennis, swimming, table tennis, squash and fencing - will see changes in the way they will receive their funding from Sport England.

Taking a new "mixed economy" approach to delivery of basketball, Sport England is increasing the overall investment earmarked for the sport, committing an additional £2.3m between 2013 and 2017.

This is in recognition of its wide appeal to young people and its ethnically diverse participation base.

However, Sport England said it is "not confident" in England Basketball's ability to increase the numbers of people playing the sport, so has reduced its investment into the national governing body (NGB).

At the same time it will invest in other providers including the British Basketball League Foundation and Reach and Teach in a bid to strengthen the marketplace and support alternative ways to get more people playing basketball.

Sport England CEO, Jennie Price, said: "There are some tough messages here for national governing bodies. If they don't grow participation we will reduce their funding, and we won't make long term investments until we have confidence in their ability to deliver.

"This is exemplified by our new approach to basketball: increasing our investment to over £9m, but reducing our reliance on the national governing body and investing more in community organisations with a strong track record of local delivery."