The Government is grateful to the House of Commons Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for undertaking their extensive inquiry into concussion in sport, the report of which was published in July 2021.12 Their report has reinforced the importance of the topic and provided valuable insights that have helped inform the Government’s thinking.
The Government particularly welcomes the breadth of the Committee’s report, which not only looked at elite and professional sport, but also grassroots, school and community activities. The recognition of the overall health benefits of being physically active and the impossibility of removing all risk from sport were also areas where the Government is in agreement with the Committee.
As such, the Committee’s recommendations largely align with the Government’s own ambitions. In some cases, however, the Government is minded to meet the intention of the recommendation in an alternative way from that recommended by the Committee, and in a few instances the Government does not agree with the Committee’s suggested action. Where this is the case, we have provided justification. Detailed responses to each recommendation are presented below.