Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 43067
Lotteries: Taxation
Tabled: 1 April 2025
Answered: 11 April 2025
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason it is her policy to place a mandatory gambling levy on society lotteries while not requiring the National Lottery to make a mandatory problem gambling contribution.
Answer
Stephanie PeacockUnder the terms of the fourth licence, the National Lottery operator, Allwyn, is required to make a £1.6million annual contribution to socially responsible purposes such as research and treatment.
Society lotteries will be charged the levy at the lowest rate of 0.1%, in recognition of the comparatively low rates of harm associated with participation in society lotteries and the important benefits they bring to good cause fundraising.