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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total amount of direct funding her Department has provided to support the activities of the Government Expert Working Group on Football Supporter Ownership and Engagement since that working group was founded; and if she will make a statement.

My Department has provided no funding. I am indebted to the independent Chair, Joanna Manning-Cooper, and the other group members, who undertook their roles on a voluntary basis.