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Gambling: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of including public health officials in the gambling license process.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
19 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of including public health officials in the gambling license process.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has not had discussions on this matter with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.There are several ways that public health officials at local authorities contribute to the gambling licensing...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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