DCMS committee chairman comments on Sheldon Review into allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse in football

DCMS Committee Chair Julian Knight MP said:

"The failure of the FA to keep children safe is truly shocking. There can be no excuses for the critical delays to act or provide guidance to those working on child protection. We could be looking at the biggest safeguarding scandal in football's history.

“I am shocked by the scale of the abuse that has been identified and the acknowledgement that though it’s not possible to know the precise number of incidents as most are not reported, it was clear there was a considerable amount of abuse.

“The FA has grave questions to answer about its past record and needs to reassure parents about what it’s doing now to ensure that children are being kept safe from predators.”