Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 121824

Tickets: Sales

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026

Question

Mr Louie French

ConservativeOld Bexley and Sidcup

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to figure of 2 of his Department's document entitled Analytical note on government response to resale of live events tickets consultation, published on 19 December 2025, what assessment

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Department has undertaken analysis to estimate the economic impact of introducing a price cap on the ticket resale market. The modelling uses a series of assumptions about how ticket touts might adapt their activities. These assumptions are inherently...

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