Question follow-through · 74243
Bookmakers: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the tax rate paid by bookmakers to align it with the online gaming tax rate on Huntingdon Racecourse.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the tax rate paid by bookmakers to align it with the online gaming tax rate on Huntingdon Racecourse.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
Future proposals on Gambling Duties are a matter for HMT, should legislative changes come about following this consultation, we expect them to be accompanied by tax and impact notes from HMT, as is standard practice.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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