Question follow-through · 15725

Tickets: Touting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to consumers of ticket touts operating in the UK.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
3 Jul 2026
Target answer date
7 Jul 2026
Answer
10 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to consumers of ticket touts operating in the UK.

  2. 7 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that UK consumers have been exploited by ticket touts for too long, which is why we have announced new measures to put fans back at the heart of live events and eliminate the scourge of industrial scale ticket touting. We will pu...

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