A question on #Gambling #Marketing tabled by The Lord Bishop of St Albans on 10-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Twycross.

Heading: Gambling: Marketing
Question ID: 1782735
UIN: HL5621
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-10
Asking Member ID: 4308
Asking Member display name: The Lord Bishop of St Albans
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the gambling industry’s spending on advertising, sponsorship and marketing, including online forms of advertising and marketing such as content marketing.
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Date answered: 2025-03-24
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Answering Member ID: 4966
Answering Member display name: Baroness Twycross
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Answer text: According to GambleAware’s research in 2017, the total advertising and marketing spend by gambling companies totalled £1.5 billion, of which:£747 million was spent on online advertising and direct marketing£234 million on TV advertising£149 million on soc...
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Answering body ID: 217
Answering body name: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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