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1061385

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Gambling: Fines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fines have been issued to companies for contravening the Gambling Act 2005 in each year between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
	uin	HL13765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Where an operator fails to meet its requirements under the Licensing Conditions and Codes of Practice, the Gambling Commission can take regulatory action. Whilst the vast majority of issues are resolved without the use of formal powers, the Gambling Commission may, in the event of a serious breach, impose financial penalties or revoke an operator’s licence. Within the regulatory process, the Commission may also agree a regulatory settlement, whereby an operator agrees to makes a donation to a socially responsible cause.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of fines and regulatory settlements issued between 2010 and 2018. Together, these came to over £40 million. These figures do not include other fines which may have been issued by the courts as a result of prosecutions brought by other enforcement agencies.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fines imposed under s121 of the Gambling Act<br> 2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Regulatory settlements </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 26/02/2019 12:23:06 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

1063560

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	Gambling: Mobile Phones
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mobile phone gambling apps were registered in the UK in each year between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
	uin	HL13798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission does not track the year to year growth in this area.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 1,375 active websites and apps on the Gambling Commission’s public register. The Gambling Commission’s data does not differentiate between websites and mobile phone apps and the full register can be found at: <a href="https://secure.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PublicRegister/Search?Search=&amp;Sector=Remote" target="_blank">https://secure.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PublicRegister/Search?Search=&amp;Sector=Remote</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 04/03/2019 14:39:37 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

1064228

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Gambling: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many online gambling businesses were registered in total in the UK in each year between 2010 and 2018; and of those, how many were newly registered in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
	uin	HL13874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Gambling operators can hold a number of licences to allow for multiple forms of activity, including software development and offering gambling services directly to consumers. The number of licences can change as operators add, merge or surrender licences.</p><p> </p><p>The number of unique licensees that held a licence for at least one activity that relates to the provision of 'online' gambling services, whether Business to Business or Business to Consumer, permits operating a gambling website were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>March 2015 - 281</p><p>March 2016 - 286</p><p>March 2017 - 291</p><p>March 2018 - 317</p><p> </p><p>The number of new operators that obtained a licence that permits an 'online' presence in each calendar year was:</p><p> </p><p>2015 - 63</p><p>2016 - 47</p><p>2017 - 52</p><p>2018 - 36</p><p> </p><p>These numbers include some Business to Business licensees who have selected not to offer Business to Consumer services.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the period prior to the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014, which moved the regulation of online gambling in the UK to a point of consumption basis, is limited.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 04/03/2019 14:40:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

1061386

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Gambling: Advertising
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many complaints they have received regarding gambling advertising in each year between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
	uin	HL13766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Consumer complaints about gambling advertising are generally directed to and dealt with by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) or Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), rather than central government.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA received 10,165 complaints about gambling advertising between 2010 and 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1655</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>1168</p></td><td><p>1138</p></td><td><p>1090</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p>1615</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>1185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data provided by the ICO shows there were 10,270 complaints between 2014, when gambling was introduced as a complaint category, and 2018. The Gambling Commission is not the lead regulatory authority, but its contact centre does deal with some consumer complaints. It received 1,104 complaints about gambling advertising and marketing between 2014, when advertising became part of its remit, and 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Neither government nor the Gambling Commision holds data on the number of marketing affiliates operating in the UK. Gambling operators providing services to customers in Great Britain must be licensed by the Commission and are responsible for the actions of third parties, including marketing affiliates. If an affiliate breaches licence conditions and codes of practice (LCCP) the operator will be held accountable.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL13767 question first answered 26/02/2019 12:27:40 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

1061387

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Gambling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of gambling affiliates which operate in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
	uin	HL13767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Consumer complaints about gambling advertising are generally directed to and dealt with by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) or Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), rather than central government.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA received 10,165 complaints about gambling advertising between 2010 and 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1655</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>1168</p></td><td><p>1138</p></td><td><p>1090</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p>1615</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>1185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data provided by the ICO shows there were 10,270 complaints between 2014, when gambling was introduced as a complaint category, and 2018. The Gambling Commission is not the lead regulatory authority, but its contact centre does deal with some consumer complaints. It received 1,104 complaints about gambling advertising and marketing between 2014, when advertising became part of its remit, and 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Neither government nor the Gambling Commision holds data on the number of marketing affiliates operating in the UK. Gambling operators providing services to customers in Great Britain must be licensed by the Commission and are responsible for the actions of third parties, including marketing affiliates. If an affiliate breaches licence conditions and codes of practice (LCCP) the operator will be held accountable.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL13766 question first answered 26/02/2019 12:27:40 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead