HC Deb 11 May 1989 vol 152 cc535-6W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those Football League grounds in England and Wales that were given a ground safety certificate only after the erection of perimeter fencing around standing enclosures or terracing.

Mr John Patten

This information is not held centrally. Local authorities are under a duty to issue safety

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certificates in respect of grounds designated by the Secretary of State under the Safety of Sports Act 1975. The terms and conditions of a safety certificate are what the local authority, after consultation with the police and either the fire authority or building authority, consider necessary or expedient to secure reasonable safety at the particular ground. These may include a requirement as to pitch perimeter fencing.

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