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Children: Football

Asked by Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 74550

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will prohibit the voluntary engagement of children as matchball assistants at grassroots football clubs.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill should not prohibit the voluntary engagement of children as match ball assistants at grassroots football clubs, as it does not change the scope of what is or is not considered employment for the purposes of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.

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