Question follow-through · 12031

Gaming: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the economic contribution of adult gaming centres to (a) high streets and (b) town centres.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
7 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the economic contribution of adult gaming centres to (a) high streets and (b) town centres.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Official statistics from a range of sources provide the Government with insights into the economic contribution of the betting and gaming industry as a whole. The latest headline statistics show that the gambling sector contributed £4.9bn to Gross Value A...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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