Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 92145

Government Departments: Gambling

Tabled: 18 November 2025

Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times gambling websites were visited by government system users in each year since 2015.

Answer

Chris Ward

This information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.

All users are bound by an ICT Acceptable Usage Policy which states that users must not undertake any form of gambling on Cabinet Office IT. Any breach is managed through the Cabinet Office’s disciplinary process.