Question follow-through · 905547
Gambling: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation paid by the gambling industry.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation paid by the gambling industry.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
The government committed in its manifesto to reducing gambling-related harms, but addressing harm is not the primary purpose of the gambling duty system. Nevertheless, we will remain mindful of any potential impact on problem gamblers in the event we make...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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