Question follow-through · 54554
Horse Racing: Betting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to betting levies on the horseracing industry.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to betting levies on the horseracing industry.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the contribution made by horseracing to our regional economies and national cultural life. We are committed to bolstering and protecting this contribution and continue to engage with racing stakeholders on such matters to ensure ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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