Sports: Tickets
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with sporting bodies on the affordability of ticket prices for major sporting events.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock
Ministers and officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport regularly engage with a wide range of sports governing bodies, event organisers and consumer groups to discuss the accessibility, inclusivity and affordability of major sporting events.
While ticket pricing is ultimately a commercial decision for individual sporting bodies and rights holders, the Government is firmly committed to putting fans back at the heart of sport and ensuring that major events remain accessible to everyone.
To protect fans from being priced out by exploitative practices, the Government has recently introduced the Sporting Events Bill to Parliament. This legislation will establish a unified framework to support the delivery of major sporting events in the UK, alongside robust measures to deter and prohibit ticket touting and unfair ticket reselling.
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