{"value":{"id":1752634,"askingMemberId":4308,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","uin":"HL3766","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were treated by the NHS for gambling disorders in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, (5) 2023, and (6) 2024.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":347,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The National Health Service collects data on the number of referrals into NHS gambling clinics. These referrals are for those requiring support for gambling-related harms because of either their own gambling or due to being impacted by someone else’s gambling. The data on those receiving treatment specifically for gambling disorder is not available.</p><p>Data on referrals into NHS gambling clinics is collected by financial year. The following table shows the number of such referrals in each year since 2020/21, as the data for 2019/20 is not held by the NHS:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>1,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25 (April-September 2024)</p></td><td><p>1,914</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Gambling: Mental Health Services","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1752634","method":"GET"}]}