Bishop of St Albans asks about link between suicides and gambling addiction

On 30th October 2018 the Bishop of St Albans, Rt Revd Alan Smith, received a written answer from Government about suicides linked to problem gambling or gambling addiction:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of suicides that were linked to gambling addiction or problem gambling from 2010 till 2018.

Lord O’Shaughnessy: There is currently no reliable estimate of the number of suicides linked to gambling addiction or problem gambling in the United Kingdom.

via Parliament.uk

 

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