Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Football Banning Orders have been issued in each of the last three years.
Data on football banning orders issued by courts in England and Wales under the Football Spectators Act 1989 is shown in the table below.
Season | Number of football banning orders issued |
2016/17 | 517 |
2017/18 | 460 |
2018/19 | 549 |
Note: the dates used for football seasons are from 1st August to 31st July