Question follow-through · 96101
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of current regulatory protections, such as age verification and advertising restrictions, in preventing gambling among young people.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of current regulatory protections, such as age verification and advertising restrictions, in preventing gambling among young people.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
All gambling operators in the UK must comply with robust advertising codes, which are enforced by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) independently of Government. These codes apply across all advertising platforms, including broadcast, online and socia...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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