Gambling: Taxation
Commons · Question 115816 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
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
Answered by Ian Murray, 4 Mar 2026
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...