Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Seventh Report - Racism in cricket
HC 1001
Published 14 January 2022
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Sport governance Report on parliament.uk ↗
At a glanceGovernment response published 24 March 2022 (deadline 14 March 2022)
The government's response
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.
The government states that it is "in agreement with the Committee's overarching recommendation" that cricket take meaningful action on racism, and says it and Sport England will hold the ECB to account.
- On linking public funding to progress, the government "agrees with this recommendation" and says funding is already "explicitly linked" to diversity and inclusion policies and plans.
- To keep receiving Sport England funding, the ECB "will have to meet the funding requirements" in the Code for Sport Governance, which includes agreeing a published diversity and inclusion action plan for Tier 3 organisations.
- On key indicators, the government agrees the ECB needs to be held to account and "transparently report their progress", and says it "will continue to call in the ECB quarterly" to track progress.
- The government says it "reserves the right to intervene further" if the changes are not made and implemented.
What the committee recommended
No recommendations or conclusions have been extracted from this report. This is normal for correspondence and for special reports.
Sources
- Seventh Report - Racism in cricket ↗The committee's report, HC 1001, parliament.uk
- Fourth Special Report - Racism in cricket: Government Response to Committee’s Seventh Report ↗The government's response, 24 March 2022, parliament.uk