Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Deferred
Paragraph: 36
Work with football authorities on fairer distribution of policing Zone Ex costs.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government work with football authorities on fairer distribution the cost of policing Zone Ex. This should include consideration of mandatory contributions from leagues or clubs.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response describes the function of the National Football Information Point (NFIP) and its role in intelligence sharing to prevent crime and disorder, but it does not address the recommendation regarding fairer cost distribution for policing Zone Ex or mandatory contributions from football authorities.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
36
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
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12. The government understands that police forces are not able to recover the full cost of policing football matches. Even before the Ipswich ruling1, (which established the scope 1 Ipswich Town FC v Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary (EFL intervening) [2017] EWCA Civ 1484 of policing costs for which football clubs may be charged), the police could only recover a portion of their costs. Cost recovery is governed by the provisions of Section 25 of the Police Act 1996 and as such, a return to pre-Ipswich cost recovery levels would require changes to primary legislation, impacting a number of sectors outside football.
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