Question follow-through · 105605

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on gambling-like features in video games, including loot boxes and in-game spending, as part of online safety education.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
15 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on gambling-like features in video games, including loot boxes and in-game spending, as part of online safety education.

  2. 15 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) supports children and young people to manage risk and make informed decisions in relation to their mental wellbeing and online behaviour. The updated RSHE statutory guidance is clear that children a...

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