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1584365

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date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Payment Methods
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing trials of the use of cashless payments for the land-based gambling sector.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	140292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Cashless payments via digital apps, ticket in ticket out systems and debit card payments at cash desks are currently permitted in the land-based gambling sector. It is also possible to pay for chips at a casino gaming table by turning away from the table and completing a debit card transaction with a staff member.</p><p>Secondary legislation (The Gaming Machine (Circumstances of Use) Regulations 2007) currently prohibits the use of debit cards for payment at machine games. However, the government is considering issues around payment mechanisms as part of its wide-ranging Review of the Gambling Act. We will publish a White Paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/02/2023 14:20:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1584366

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Coastal Areas and Urban Areas
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of the land-based gambling sector on (a) coastal towns and (b) other high streets.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	140293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the contribution made by the land-based gambling sector both in terms of jobs and gross value added (GVA) to the economies of coastal towns and other high streets. The government is considering a range of issues relating to the land-based sector as part of the wide-ranging scope of our Gambling Act Review, and will publish a white paper in the coming weeks.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/02/2023 14:21:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1507582

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date	22/09/2022
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	Culture: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much financial support was given to cultural institutions in Blackpool to assist them with the consequences of covid-19 in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	54674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Organisations in the Borough of Blackpool received a total of just over £4.82 million of funding across the entirety of the Culture Recovery Fund (CRF). £2.87 million was awarded in the first round (2020-21), £0.9 million was awarded in the second round (2020-21), and in the final round (2021-22) £1.05 million was awarded.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/10/2022 13:17:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton