Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 74550

Children: Football

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will prohibit the voluntary engagement of children as matchball assistants at grassroots football clubs.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill should not prohibit the voluntary engagement of children as match ball assistants at grassroots football clubs, as it does not change the scope of what is or is not considered employment for the purposes of the Ch...

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