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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of full-time equivalent civil servants working on the Government Expert Working Group on Football Supporter Ownership and Engagement since that working group was founded; and if she will make a statement.

Two officials from my Department were core members of the Expert Working Group established in October 2014. Since the group's report was published in January 2016, they are continuing to work with the football authorities and supporter representative groups to drive forward its recommendations as part of their wider duties.