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date	09/02/2017
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	Gambling: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Gambling Commission remote-operating licences are held by gambling websites based outside of the UK; and in which jurisdictions such websites are located.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission does not require operators to specify a jurisdiction as their principal location. Gambling operators that transact with consumers in Britain can operate from multiple locations and may have remote gambling equipment located in more than one jurisdiction. Operators are required to report to the Commission where their equipment is based.</p><p> </p><p>At 1st January 2017 there were 283 operators that held Gambling Commission remote-operating licences. Of these, 79 have remote gambling equipment based in GB only. 59 have no remote gambling equipment in GB. And 145 have equipment in both GB and elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>Excluding Britain there were 31 jurisdictions where remote gambling equipment was located.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 63923 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:50:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

687951

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	Gambling: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Gambling Commission remote-operating licences are held by gambling websites based in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission does not require operators to specify a jurisdiction as their principal location. Gambling operators that transact with consumers in Britain can operate from multiple locations and may have remote gambling equipment located in more than one jurisdiction. Operators are required to report to the Commission where their equipment is based.</p><p> </p><p>At 1st January 2017 there were 283 operators that held Gambling Commission remote-operating licences. Of these, 79 have remote gambling equipment based in GB only. 59 have no remote gambling equipment in GB. And 145 have equipment in both GB and elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>Excluding Britain there were 31 jurisdictions where remote gambling equipment was located.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 63922 question first answered 20/02/2017 15:50:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon