Question follow-through · 65683
Gambling: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposals for a Remote Betting & Gaming Duty on (a) levels of investment in the UK, (b) consumer costs and (c) levels of illegal gambling.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposals for a Remote Betting & Gaming Duty on (a) levels of investment in the UK, (b) consumer costs and (c) levels of illegal gambling.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is consulting on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one. The Government welcomes views from stakeholders, as part of the consultation p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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