Question follow-through · 57994
Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) the Prime Minister and (b) his office had contact with the confirmed candidate (i) prior to and (ii) during the appointment process for the Chair of the Independent Football Regulator
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 6 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) the Prime Minister and (b) his office had contact with the confirmed candidate (i) prior to and (ii) during the appointment process for the Chair of the Independent Football Regulator
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
I am the appointing Minister.The preferred Chair appointment was subject to pre-appointment scrutiny by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.The Commissioner for Public Appointments is carrying out an inquiry into the campaign to appoint a new Ch...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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