Question follow-through · 113512
Sports: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if will make an estimate of the number of people at risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy as a result of participation in contact sports.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if will make an estimate of the number of people at risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy as a result of participation in contact sports.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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25 Feb 2026
Answer published
Mitigating the causes and effects of head injuries in sport is of huge importance to the Government and we are taking steps to raise public awareness of the risks and to improve awareness of the causes and effects of concussion. The Department of Health a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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