Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many gambling addiction treatment services there are in England, where they are located and what plans his Department has to increase provision of those services.

Information on the number of gambling addiction treatment services is not held centrally. The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has a national problem gambling clinic which accepts referrals from all over the United Kingdom. Further details are available at the link:

http://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/cnwl-national-problem-gambling-clinic/

GamCare, an industry funded national charity, also provides information, advice, support and free counselling for people with problem gambling. The Government has no plans to increase the number of these services.