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Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments

Asked by Stuart AndrewConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 57999

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team provided advice in relation to the appointment of the Chair of the Independent Football Regulator.

Answered by Georgia Gould

As has been the case under successive administrations, it is a long-standing principle that Civil Service advice is given and treated in confidence.

The Commissioner for Public Appointments is carrying out an inquiry into the campaign to appoint a new Chair of the Independent Football Regulator. The Government is co-operating fully with the Commissioner's office.

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