Written questions

Gambling: Taxation

Commons · Question 83437 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Louie French

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

Answered by Ian Murray, 28 Oct 2025

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....