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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Gambling Commission has not yet published annual statistics for society lotteries.

The Gambling Commission’s production and publication of the most recent Industry Statistics for the period April 2020 to March 2021, including the latest full year statistics for society lotteries, has been affected by the impact of Covid-19, the lack of and quality of data submissions from some lottery operators and resources required for the consequential quality assurance.

The Gambling Commission will next publish these statistics, covering the period April 2020- March 2021, in November 2022, which is in line with regular twice-yearly publication cycles.