Question follow-through · 11387

Suicide: Gambling

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5304, what steps are being taken to improve data collection on the number of deaths where the primary cause was addiction to gambling.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
19 Jun 2026
Target answer date
24 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5304, what steps are being taken to improve data collection on the number of deaths where the primary cause was addiction to gambling.

  2. 24 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 19th June is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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