Police: Football — Written Question

Question

Luke Myer

Labour — Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the (a) Football Association and (b) Football Association of Wales on increasing the level of football clubs' contributions to policing costs at

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

We are aware of the pressures that football policing places on police force budgets. We agree that large, highly-profitable businesses should make a reasonable contribution to the costs of policing their events and we are considering options for how to ma...

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