Question follow-through · 83289
Police: Football
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring football clubs to contribute towards the cost of matchday policing.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring football clubs to contribute towards the cost of matchday policing.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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28 Oct 2025
Answer published
Section 25 of the Police Act 1996 allows the police to recover costs for Special Police Services. This includes the policing of events, including football matches.However, the proportion of costs recoverable is currently constrained by case law. As a resu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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