Question follow-through · 73849
Horse Racing: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) other impacts of the proposed strike action on 10 September 2025 on the horseracing industry.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) other impacts of the proposed strike action on 10 September 2025 on the horseracing industry.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is aware of the postponement of racing on 10 September, with the four fixtures rescheduled between 8-15 September. No internal analysis has been conducted of the financial implications of the industry’s decision to postpone racing, however ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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