Written questions

Football: Ownership

Commons · Question 75148 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

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.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 10 Sep 2025

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...