Gambling: Public Health

(asked on 19th April 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government's policy on tackling gambling-related harm considers the public health implications of that harm.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 27th April 2022

The Government considers gambling-related harm to be a public health issue. As such, gambling legislation and the requirements placed on operators by the independent regulator, the Gambling Commission, are intended to offer a wide range of protections for the population as a whole as well as more targeted interventions for those experiencing harm from their gambling.

Our wide-ranging Review of the Gambling Act 2005 aims to ensure that the protections in place to prevent harm are appropriate and effective for the digital age.

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