Written questions

Football: Misconduct

Commons · Question 26148 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on the number of reported safeguarding and misconduct incidents in grassroots youth football in the last three years; and what assessment she has made of t

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 9 Sep 2026

The safety, wellbeing, and welfare of everyone participating in sport is absolutely paramount. Sport England and UK Sport (DCMS’s Arm’s Length Bodies for sport) provide support to the sport and physical activity sector around safeguarding, including fundi...