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944398

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 16 July ( HL Deb, col 1126) that "current evidence suggests that while players see the two types of lottery as distinct, there is little danger of product substitution", what is that evidence.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	uin	HL9639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on reforms to society lottery sales and prize limits. Our aim in reforming society lotteries is to allow for further growth in the sector, whilst ensuring that growth does not have a detrimental impact on the National Lottery.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation options have been informed by expert advice from the Gambling Commission, which was requested following a CMS Select Committee enquiry on society lotteries in March 2015. This advice has been published alongside the consultation, which I attach, and can be found at:</p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/consultations/Society-lottery-advice-provided-to-DCMS-002.pdf</p><p> </p><p>In its comprehensive advice, the Gambling Commission advised that small changes to existing limits are likely to have minimal impact on the National Lottery, and that while society lotteries offer a differentiated product with smaller prizes, substitution between the two is likely to remain minimal. In conclusion, it said:</p><p> </p><p>“In the context of society lotteries and the National Lottery in GB, the [academic] studies would suggest that whilst society lotteries offer a differentiated product with smaller jackpot prizes, substitution between the society lotteries and the National Lottery is likely to remain minimal. Lifting restrictions on the society lottery sector may enable society lotteries to increase their sales but under existing conditions and therefore under small changes to existing limits the impact on the National Lottery is likely to be small.”</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/07/2018 12:36:26 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name Society-lottery-advice-provided-to-DCMS-002.pdf title Gambling Commission advice to DCMS
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1166670

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of society lotteries that are close to reaching the £10 million annual turnover limit.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	6302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission’s advice to DCMS on reforms to society lotteries sets out the number of lotteries within 20% of the current limits. This remains the most recent data available and shows that in 2016, 27 operators (just over 6%) were within 20% of the annual limit. The Gambling Commission’s advice has been published on their website and can be found here: <a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/consultations/Society-lottery-advice-provided-to-DCMS-002.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/consultations/Society-lottery-advice-provided-to-DCMS-002.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/11/2019 17:07:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1181396

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Gambling Commission plans to announce the outcome of their consultation into Society Lotteries; and whether that announcement will include the implementation date for the new society lottery sales limits.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	21948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission’s consultation on changes to its licence conditions and new transparency measures closes on 12 March. Secondary legislation to implement the reforms to society lotteries announced in July 2019 was laid in January 2020 and is scheduled to be debated on 9 March in the House of Lords, and 10 March in the House of Commons. The Gambling Commission expects to publish its response to the consultation in April, subject to the replies it receives.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A 3-month notice period for the sector is also required before the Gambling Commission is able to bring the changed licence conditions into force, so I therefore expect these changes to be introduced in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/03/2020 10:43:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

751728

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have had with representatives from (i) Camelot, (ii) Lottoland, (iii) the Health Lottery and (iv) the People's Postcode Lottery in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>a) Details of ministerial meetings can be found on gov.uk and are published quarterly. DCMS ministerial meetings for the past 24 months can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-october-to-31-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-october-to-31-december-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-july-to-30-september-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-july-to-30-september-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-hospitality-overseas-travel-meetings-and-gifts-1-april-2016-to-30-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-hospitality-overseas-travel-meetings-and-gifts-1-april-2016-to-30-june-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-hospitality-overseas-travel-meetings-and-gifts-1-january-2016-to-31-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-hospitality-overseas-travel-meetings-and-gifts-1-january-2016-to-31-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-hospitality-overseas-travel-meetings-and-gifts-1-october-2015-to-31-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-hospitality-overseas-travel-meetings-and-gifts-1-october-2015-to-31-december-2015</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-july-to-september-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>b) Officials of the department meet regularly with Camelot and the Gambling Commission to discuss their role as Lottery operator.</p><p> </p><p>In the last 24 months, officials have met with Lottoland 2 times (03/07/17 and 29/07/17), The Health Lottery once (03/05/2016) and The People's Postcode Lottery 2 times (18/03/16 and 27/10/17). These dates exclude ministerial meetings which were also attended by officials.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/07/2017 10:35:13 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1279991

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions the Gambling Commission has deemed the expenses of a society lottery to be unreasonable.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Scott Benton
	uin	143138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission monitors the expenses of society lotteries through the regular reporting required of operators by their licences.</p><p>Gambling Commission will discuss any concerns with operators as they arise. Society lottery operators are able to make changes to address concerns raised by the Commission. The number of instances where this occurs is not recorded by the Commission, but it has not had any cases where discussions with operators have resulted in formal action related to unreasonable expenses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/02/2021 15:13:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1135578

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to raise the annual turnover limits for Society Lotteries as outlined in the Government's consultation document.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	270738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Last year society lotteries raised nearly £300m and as the Minister for Sports and Civil Society I am keenly aware of the vital role that they play in this country, supporting countless good causes including our charities, hospices and air ambulances. Society lotteries sit alongside the National Lottery, which last year raised £1.6bn.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS ran a consultation on society lotteries reform from June to September 2018. This included options which considered changes to the annual sales and maximum prize limits. I hope to respond to the consultation before the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 270739 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:54:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

732966

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward proposals to require advertising of the National Gambling Helpline or BeGambleAware.org at the point of sale of lottery products, both in shops and online.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	1364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Camelot, the National Lottery operator, advertises GamCare (where details of the National Gambling Helpline can be found) through the following point of sale sources:</p><ul><li>On the back of scratchcards</li><li>On the back of lottery tickets</li><li>At the bottom of the title page and each 'play game' page of the National Lottery website</li><li>Within all player guides</li></ul><p>In addition, Camelot's licences contain various conditions that require them to ensure that both excessive and underage play are discouraged on lottery products</p><p> </p><p>Society lotteries are subject to the same regulations as gambling operators, as stipulated by The Gambling Commission's Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice and the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling. This includes the requirement to reference <a href="http://gambleaware.co.uk/" target="_blank">gambleaware.co.uk</a> in all print and broadcast advertisements.</p><p><br> At present there are no plans to change the requirements for National Lottery advertising or society lottery advertising.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 12:01:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1048077

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit to good causes of regulatory reforms to society lotteries.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	212618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The De Minimis Assessment which accompanied the society lotteries reform consultation outlined the assessments made of the benefits to good causes of the proposals to increase sales and prize limits, including increasing the per draw prize limit to £1 million (link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720931/society_lottery_dma_pdf_final.pdf).</p><p> </p><p>The assessment shows that increasing these limits in line with the Government’s preferred options is likely to increase the amount of money charities and others can raise for the good causes they support. We are not in a position to quantify this at present, as we do not know how many large society lotteries will increase their sales and prize limits, or change their business models to account for the changes being proposed.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently considering the views expressed in the consultation, from meeting with stakeholders and members, including those in favour and those against these reforms, and I hope to respond in the first half of the year. I am happy to have further meetings with the Rt Hon Member and others before our response is published.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 212617 212619 question first answered 30/01/2019 12:17:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1048078

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received opposing (a) reforms to society lotteries and (b) proposals to raise the maximum prize limit to £1 million.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	212619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The De Minimis Assessment which accompanied the society lotteries reform consultation outlined the assessments made of the benefits to good causes of the proposals to increase sales and prize limits, including increasing the per draw prize limit to £1 million (link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720931/society_lottery_dma_pdf_final.pdf).</p><p> </p><p>The assessment shows that increasing these limits in line with the Government’s preferred options is likely to increase the amount of money charities and others can raise for the good causes they support. We are not in a position to quantify this at present, as we do not know how many large society lotteries will increase their sales and prize limits, or change their business models to account for the changes being proposed.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently considering the views expressed in the consultation, from meeting with stakeholders and members, including those in favour and those against these reforms, and I hope to respond in the first half of the year. I am happy to have further meetings with the Rt Hon Member and others before our response is published.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 212617 212618 question first answered 30/01/2019 12:17:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1050023

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support lotteries.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	213468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring both society lotteries and the National Lottery are able to thrive and am currently considering responses to the recent consultation on reforms to society lotteries. The consultation seeks to achieve a balance between enabling growth in the society lottery sector, while also protecting the unique position of the UK-wide National Lottery, which has raised over £39 billion for good causes since it started in 1994.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of supporting the National Lottery, work has begun with the Gambling Commission on preparations for the next licence competition, and this year is an important one for the National Lottery in marking its 25th Anniversary. I am looking forward to supporting those celebrations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 213469 question first answered 31/01/2019 15:13:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel