United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 125220
Gambling
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18 February 2022
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25 February 2022 · Answer
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25 February 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse each month of gambling related harm.
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18 February 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse each month of gambling related harm.
Source: Commons
25 February 2022
Answer
Public Health England (PHE)’s evidence review of gambling-related harms estimated that the annual direct cost to the government associated with people who are problem gamblers was approximately £647 million per year, although it was unable to make a direc...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-18/125220
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1423119
- uk · wq-1423119 · source updated 25 February 2022