Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 14299

Football: Finance

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore BritainGreat Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department or its arm's length bodies, including Sport England, have issued to organisations such as County Football Associations on maintaining neutrality when delivering inclu

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
Neither Sport England nor the Football Foundation fund political campaigning or religious activity, as this is prohibited under National Lottery funding regulations. As such there is no definition of political and religious neutrality that applies to Coun...

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