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date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of online illegal gambling sites accessible from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>There are inherent difficulties in accurately estimating the scale of the unlicensed gambling market in this country. We are not aware of any robust estimates for precisely how many unlicensed sites are accessible from the UK, and this is further complicated by the high churn in black market operations.</p><p>However, the Government is aware of a number of studies including from the industry which suggests that the black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets. Data from the Gambling Commission also suggests that the scale of the black market has remained low and stable, with little variation in the number of complaints it has received about illegal gambling websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2023 15:37:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671972

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date	21/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential revenue lost from illegal gambling.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics are published annually and are available at: Measuring tax gaps - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring tax gaps 2023 edition: tax gap estimates for 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>HMRC does not separately estimate a betting and gaming duty tax gap; it forms part of the ‘other excise duties’ tax gap, namely betting and gaming, cider and perry, spirits-based ready-to-drink beverages and wine duties gaps.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 28/11/2023 14:57:03 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies