Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 33592

Sports Competitors: Heart Diseases

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Danny Kruger

Reform UKEast Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of extending eligibility for heart screening to amateur athletes.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants ...

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