Question follow-through · 64604

Football Banning Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many football bans have been given to offenders in the last (a) 12 and (b) 18 months.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many football bans have been given to offenders in the last (a) 12 and (b) 18 months.

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office publishes annual statistics on football banning orders in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics release. The most recent data covering the 2023 to 2024 football season...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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