Question follow-through · 85077
Gambling: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing taxes on the gambling industry on the economy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing taxes on the gambling industry on the economy.
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government makes tax policy decisions at fiscal events. If any changes are made to gambling duties at Budget, legislation will be accompanied by a Tax Information and Impact Note which will set out the expected impacts.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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