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Tickets: Sales

Commons · Question 121824 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Louie French

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

Answered by Kate Dearden, 25 Mar 2026

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...