Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with Ofcom regarding the regulation of gambling content and advertising online for young people, including the interaction of those regulations with the framework set out in the Online Safety Act 2023.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Gambling is regulated by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005. Rules on gambling advertising content are regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority. Gambling advertising is not covered under the Online Safety Act, and as such no discussions with Ofcom have taken place.

The Government recognises that more work needs to be done to ensure that gambling advertising does not exacerbate harm. We engage regularly with stakeholders across government and with industry, to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider social media influencers who promote consumer products through paid, sponsored or affiliate content to be economic operators; and whether they plan to use powers under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 to regulate promotion by influencers of unsafe or non-compliant products.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 contains provisions that ensure the full breadth of supply chain actors can be captured appropriately by regulations. This includes social media influencers where they are carrying out activities in relation to a product. This allows Government to introduce obligations on actors that are proportionate to those actors’ level of control in supply chains.

As announced at Budget, Government will consult in early 2026 on major reforms to the product safety legislative framework to ensure that it reflects the realities of modern products and supply chains.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in youth gambling participation, including the rise in unregulated gambling reported in the Young People and Gambling Survey 2025; and what further protections they will put in place for those aged 11–17.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Young People and Gambling Survey 2025 identified an increase in youth participation in gambling from 27% to 30% compared to the previous year. This appears to have been driven by an increase in unregulated betting, such as between friends and family (from 15% to 18%).

As part of the gambling statutory levy, we have committed 20% to gambling harm research, which may include assessments of youth gambling participation. This is alongside 30% of levy funding for prevention activities, commissioned by the Office for Health Inequalities and Disparities (OHID), which may include education or awareness raising programmes to help protect those aged 11-17 from gambling related harm. We will continue to monitor the best available evidence when considering possible policy interventions under regulations as set out in the Gambling Act 2005.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of deaths related to climate change in each county in England.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the Permanent Secretary at the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Lord Foster of Bath

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

04 February 2026

Dear Lord Foster,

As Permanent Secretary of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the number of deaths related to climate change in each county in England (HL14056).

The ONS published Climate-related mortality, England and Wales: 1988 to 20221 in 2023. This release used climate and mortality data from 1988 to 2022 to analyse temperature-related mortality in England and Wales. The analysis estimates the relative risk, numbers and rates of death per 100,000 population associated with changing temperatures, based on a statistical model. Publication of updated estimates based on an enhanced statistical model and including data up to 2025 is provisionally planned for mid-2026.

Data is available for each English region and for Wales. However, data is not available by individual county in England.

Yours sincerely,

Darren Tierney

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what regulations and rules are in place to prevent social media influencers from promoting dangerous electrical products online; and what assessment they have made of whether those regulations and rules are sufficient to prevent that promotion.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Online Safety Act gives platforms strong duties to prevent illegal activity on their services where the content amounts to a criminal offence, including advertising or selling illegal goods. Platforms must assess the risks of illegal content appearing on their services and put in place systems and processes to address it.

Alongside this, the Government’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 provides powers to tackle the sale of unsafe goods and ensure that supply chain actors have appropriate responsibilities in relation to products. We will consult on new requirements to promote consumer safety and fair business competition in early 2026.

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