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Gambling: Lincolnshire

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 6 March 2025UIN 33388

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support people with gambling addiction in Lincolnshire.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

Those experiencing gambling-related harm in Lincolnshire can access specialist treatment through the NHS East Midlands Gambling Harms Service and a range of support through the National Gambling Support Network.

To improve and expand the services available to tackle gambling-related harm, the Government is introducing a statutory levy on gambling operators to improve and expand research, prevention and treatment of gambling harms. This will include ringfenced funding overseen by NHS England and appropriate bodies in Scotland and Wales to commission the full treatment pathway, from referral and triage through to aftercare.

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