Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to the question from the hon. Member for Doncaster Central South of 1 July 2025, Official Report, column 125 and her Department's document entitled The tax treatment of remote gambling consultation, published on 6 May 2025, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify unintended consequences and (b) develop mitigations of proposals to (i) simplify gambling duty and (ii) improve compliance.

The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the consultation will be published at Autumn Budget 2025.

The Chancellor takes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events. If any changes are made to gambling duties at Budget following the consultation, legislation will be accompanied by a Tax Information and Impact Note which will set out the expected impacts.