Question follow-through · 29936
Football
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the contribution of football clubs to local economies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 7 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the contribution of football clubs to local economies.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
Football clubs deliver significant economic benefits to their local economies. Analysis from 2024 showed that the Premier League and its clubs alone support over 90,000 jobs. Football clubs also deliver indirect economic benefits to the local communities ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Youth Centres: Closures
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many youth centres were closed in England between 2010 and 2024.