Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people between the age of 16 and 21 who were receiving treatment for gambling addiction in (a) 2010 and (b) 2017 to date.

The Department does not hold information on the numbers of people who have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in 2010 to 2017.

Problem gamblers can access services in primary care and secondary care including specialised mental health and addiction services. Any decisions on the commissioning of effective treatment services are the responsibility of local commissioners, based on an assessment of local need.