Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by what date his Department plans to have brought forward legislative proposals to extend the scope of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to cover relationships between sports coaches and 16-17 year olds in their care.

We continue to work with my colleagues at the Ministry of Justice, who are responsible for the Sexual Offences Act 2003, to ensure that sports coaches are included as a ‘position of trust’. The safeguarding of young people is one of my top priorities, and I want to see this legislative change happen as soon as possible.