Question follow-through · 12924
Sports: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has undertaken research into the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in (a) professional athletes and (b) recreational players of sport.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has undertaken research into the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in (a) professional athletes and (b) recreational players of sport.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount. National Governing Bodies are responsible for the regulation of their sports, and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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