{"value":{"id":1461645,"askingMemberId":4124,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-05-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-05-16T00:00:00","uin":"245","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department's policy considers football academies as places of work for children; and if she will take steps to ensure that children who are talented football players and who have limited Leave to Remain can join football academies and register in academy leagues.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4451,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-05-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Football academies are established with the aim of participants finding opportunities as a sportsperson, and/ or developing a current or future career as a sportsperson, therefore enrolment in professional or semi-professional sports teams, including all academy and development team age groups, is covered by the relevant immigration rules.</p><p> </p><p>The International Sportsperson route is the single work route for overseas sportspeople in the UK and is underpinned by a governing body endorsement (GBE) process. Each sport’s governing body’s GBE criteria are set in consultation with the Home Office and involve a skills assessment against which migrants are endorsed for a visa application, ensuring they are elite and internationally established sportspeople.</p><p> </p><p>The restriction on work as a professional sportsperson seeks to protect the integrity of the GBE process, in turn encouraging investment in resident sportspeople and protecting opportunities for home-grown talent</p><p> </p><p>Individuals in the UK with a form of limited leave, including children, who wish to undertake activities as a sportsperson, should check the conditions of their leave to ensure they have the necessary permission to do so.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Migrant Workers: Football","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1461645","method":"GET"}]}