DCMS updates governance remit for UK gambling levy board
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has updated the remit of the Gambling Levy Programme Board, which oversees the UK statutory levy’s research, prevention and treatment funding. The board monitors whether appointed commissioning bodies meet government objectives but does not decide detailed spending programmes; those decisions remain with the commissioning bodies. DCMS retains implementation responsibility, with levy allocations subject to approval by the Secretary of State or responsible minister and HM Treasury.
The revised remit clarifies which bodies oversee levy performance and which make funding decisions.