Written Question·Treasury·UIN 905547

Gambling: Taxation

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation paid by the gambling industry.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The government committed in its manifesto to reducing gambling-related harms, but addressing harm is not the primary purpose of the gambling duty system. Nevertheless, we will remain mindful of any potential impact on problem gamblers in the event we make...

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