The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 13th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked 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.
Baroness Merron (Lab, DHSC): 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.
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:
| Financial Year | Number of referrals |
| 2020/21 | 775 |
| 2021/22 | 1,013 |
| 2022/23 | 1,389 |
| 2023/24 | 2,284 |
| 2024/25 (April-September 2024) | 1,914 |
Source: NHS England
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how much it cost the NHS to treat patients with gambling disorders in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, (5) 2023, and (6) 2024.
Baroness Merron: Each year, NHS England provides additional Service Development Funding for gambling disorders to integrated care boards (ICBs). The following table shows the annual allocation of funding for gambling treatment services since 2019/20:
| Financial Year | Amount (£,000) |
| 2019/20 | 970 |
| 2020/21 | 971 |
| 2021/22 | 1,346 |
| 2022/23 | 4,588 |
| 2023/24 | 5,400 |
Source: NHS England
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