Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 24942

Gambling: Compensation

Tabled: 20 January 2025

Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of authorising the Gambling Commission to offer redress for losses following the collapse of a gambling operator.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock

The Government strongly sympathises with all customers who are impacted by the collapse of a gambling operator and appreciates the difficulties caused where significant sums of money are lost in such a scenario. However, there is no compensation scheme fo...

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