Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 83437

Gambling: Taxation

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Mr Louie French

ConservativeOld Bexley and Sidcup

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what governance mechanisms her Department plans to introduce to ensure that the Levy Board for the statutory levy on gambling is able to operate (a) independently, (b) transparently and (c) on th

Answer

Ian Murray
The Gambling Levy Programme Board has been established as the central oversight mechanism for establishment and oversight of the levy to ensure that funding is being spent appropriately and efficiently, and that the system is delivering on its objectives....

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