Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 115816

Gambling: Taxation

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the monies raised through the statutory gambling levy is being allocated; and if they will publish a breakdown of spending by (a) prevention, (b) treatment, (c) innovation and (d) research in

Answer

Ian Murray
This year the statutory levy has raised just under £120 million, which will be ringfenced solely for the use of tackling gambling-related harm. Details on how this has been allocated are available in this Written Ministerial Statement.DCMS will publish an...

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