Question follow-through · 53696
Gambling: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on online gambling.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on online gambling.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government is currently consulting on proposals to simplify the gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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