Question follow-through · 49971

Gambling: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to require UK Research and Innovation to commission gambling research under the statutory gambling levy from (a) non-academic and (b) applied research organisations.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to require UK Research and Innovation to commission gambling research under the statutory gambling levy from (a) non-academic and (b) applied research organisations.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    The government’s priority is to ensure funding is directed where it is needed most to deliver our objective to further understand and reduce gambling-related harms. DCMS and HMT Ministers have powers to decide how funding is divided between three key stra...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of adult gaming centres on seaside towns.

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19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed single Remote Betting and Gaming Duty on (a) gambling rates and (b) black market gambling rates.

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