Question follow-through · 90785
Police: Football
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the non-recoverable cost of policing football matches in England in each year between 2015 and 2025.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the non-recoverable cost of policing football matches in England in each year between 2015 and 2025.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Home Office does not routinely collect information on these areas of police costs.However, we are exploring ways for the police to improve cost recovery for managing private events, including football matches, and are working with stakeholders to unde...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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