Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to publish the Football Regulator White Paper; and whether women's football will be included within the regulatory boundaries set out by that White Paper.

The Government published its response to the recommendations made by the independent Fan Led Review of Football Governance in April. We absolutely recognise the need for football to be reformed to ensure the game’s sustainability in the long term. We remain committed to publishing a White Paper setting out our proposals for the reform of football governance and will do so imminently.

On women’s football we have considered the findings of the Fan Led Review and mapped where there may be crossovers with the Review of Women’s Football via teams affiliated to men’s teams in scope of the regulator, such as strengthened Owner’s and Director’s Tests. However, the Review of Women’s Football is still gathering evidence and we do not want to preempt the findings of that Review, which will be published in due course.