Question follow-through · 75148

Football: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Independent Football Regulator’s ownership rules on (a) smaller and (b) community-owned football clubs.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
10 Sept 2025
Answer
10 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Independent Football Regulator’s ownership rules on (a) smaller and (b) community-owned football clubs.

  2. 10 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the different levels of resources and the different ownership models of smaller and community-owned football clubs. That is why the Football Governance Act has designed the owners’ and directors’ tests to be applied by the Indepe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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