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1653492

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Betting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with gambling firms on helping to ensure customers are able to withdraw surplus funds from betting accounts in timely way.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	194455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The department meets regularly with the gambling industry and its representatives, where this issue has previously been raised.</p><p>Data provided to the Commission by some of the largest gambling companies shows that those firms approve, process and fulfil around 99% of customer withdrawal requests within 24 to 48 hours of the request being made. However, problems with withdrawing funds from gambling accounts remain the most common topic raised by people contacting the Gambling Commission’s Contact Centre.</p><p>The Commission’s licence conditions and codes of practice contain a number of provisions to ensure operators treat their customers in a fair and open way. It makes clear that any necessary identity verification or anti money laundering checks should take place when funds are deposited rather than when customers try to make withdrawals.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 13:11:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1653092

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support the land-based gambling industry.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	194248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Our gambling white paper set out the government’s plans for modernising the regulation of gambling in Great Britain. This included a number of measures to adjust outdated and overly restrictive rules to enable the land-based sectors to thrive sustainably. We recognise their contribution to the economy, including provision of employment in coastal towns and across the country.</p><p>We are working with the Gambling Commission to bring key measures, including those relating to gaming machines in casinos, arcades and bingo halls, into force as soon as possible. We will consult on details required for implementation this summer. Since publishing the white paper, ministers and officials have engaged with industry representatives across the land-based sector, including the Betting and Gaming Council, British Amusement Catering Trade Association and the Bingo Association.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194249 194251 question first answered 20/07/2023 15:58:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1653094

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Gambling White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published in April 2023, what steps her Department is taking to engage with the land-based gambling industry following the publication of the White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	194249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Our gambling white paper set out the government’s plans for modernising the regulation of gambling in Great Britain. This included a number of measures to adjust outdated and overly restrictive rules to enable the land-based sectors to thrive sustainably. We recognise their contribution to the economy, including provision of employment in coastal towns and across the country.</p><p>We are working with the Gambling Commission to bring key measures, including those relating to gaming machines in casinos, arcades and bingo halls, into force as soon as possible. We will consult on details required for implementation this summer. Since publishing the white paper, ministers and officials have engaged with industry representatives across the land-based sector, including the Betting and Gaming Council, British Amusement Catering Trade Association and the Bingo Association.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194248 194251 question first answered 20/07/2023 15:58:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1653095

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Gambling White paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023, what her timeline is for publishing the findings of consultations on that White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	194250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Our gambling white paper set out a range of proportionate measures to tackle practices and products which can drive harm and ensure that people who are at risk of gambling harm and addiction are protected. These include new player protection checks, a stake limit for online slots games, improvements to consumer redress and a statutory levy on operators to fund research, education and treatment.</p><p>We are working with the Gambling Commission and other stakeholders to bring these measures into force as soon as possible, subject to further consultation where appropriate. The Government will publish a number of targeted consultations this summer, with the Commission also consulting on a number of priority areas, and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 15:56:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1653098

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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
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 estimate of the impact of the land-based gambling industry on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	194251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Our gambling white paper set out the government’s plans for modernising the regulation of gambling in Great Britain. This included a number of measures to adjust outdated and overly restrictive rules to enable the land-based sectors to thrive sustainably. We recognise their contribution to the economy, including provision of employment in coastal towns and across the country.</p><p>We are working with the Gambling Commission to bring key measures, including those relating to gaming machines in casinos, arcades and bingo halls, into force as soon as possible. We will consult on details required for implementation this summer. Since publishing the white paper, ministers and officials have engaged with industry representatives across the land-based sector, including the Betting and Gaming Council, British Amusement Catering Trade Association and the Bingo Association.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194248 194249 question first answered 20/07/2023 15:58:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1652847

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
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: Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section four of the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, what progress her Department has made on establishing an ombudsman to rule on social responsibility complaints.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	193993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Gambling White Paper, the Government is working with industry and all stakeholders to establish an appropriate ombudsman that can adjudicate complaints relating to social responsibility or gambling harm where an operator is not able to resolve these.</p><p>We expect the ombudsman to be operational and accepting cases by summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 13:13:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1652849

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for a digital age, what her planned timescale is for publishing a consultation on a stake limit for online slots.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	193994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We will publish a consultation this summer on the level at which the maximum stake limit for online slot games should be set, and on other details necessary for secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 13:14:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1654593

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
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	Sports: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to prevent protestors from disrupting sporting events.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	906082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Recent disruption of sporting and cultural events is totally unacceptable, and the Government has taken steps to empower the police to ensure the smooth running of major events.</p><p>I recently attended a roundtable with cabinet colleagues, police and sports representatives to ensure major sporting events this summer are protected from disruption, and we will continue to work with event organisers and police to protect the uninterrupted enjoyment of major sporting and cultural events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 15:30:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1652305

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Exercise and Sports: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation in grassroots (a) sports and (b) other physical activity by women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	193691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting women's sport at every opportunity including pushing for greater participation.</p><p>In March this year, the Government announced a significant package of over £600 million to boost school sport, including confirmation of funding for the PE and School Sport Premium and the School Games Organisers network until the end of the summer term 2025. These programmes will improve the quality of PE and sports in primary schools to help children benefit from regular activity and ensure girls and boys have equal opportunity to play sport in school.</p><p>Sport England have also developed the Studio You PE teaching resource which aims to get young girls engaged in PE lessons, the platform offers video-based lessons covering a range of non-traditional activities, like boxing, dance, pilates and yoga. In addition, Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has already inspired millions of women and girls to get active regardless of shape, size and ability. In May this year, This Girl Can and ukactive published guidance ‘How to make your spaces safer for women: A call to action from the 51%’ to help fitness and leisure facilities create safer spaces for women and girls to be active.</p><p>In addition, the Review of Women’s Football was published on 13 July, and supports the continued growth and development of women’s and girl’s football. The Government welcomes the work of the Review and will now consider the recommendations before providing a response in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 15:47:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1652495

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Sports: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure people that people from all socio-economic backgrounds can participate in community sports.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	193785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to ensuring that everyone is able to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits that sport and physical activity provides, regardless of background. This is a central part of the Levelling Up agenda and will be a major focus of the Government’s upcoming Sport Strategy.</p><p>We fund the majority of support for grassroots sport through our Arms Length Body, Sport England - which receives over £100 million in Exchequer funding each year. Sport England is responsible for growing and developing grassroots sport and getting more people active across England. Sport England's ten year strategy ‘Uniting the Movement’ reinforces their commitment to increasing participation in sport and physical activity for those from under-represented groups.</p><p>Government is also investing nearly £400 million directly into grassroots sports facilities across the country up to 2025.</p><p>This includes over £300 million into multi-sport pitches and facilities across the UK to level up facilities by, in particular, targeting those communities most in need and increasing participation among under-represented groups, including women and girls, ethnic minority communities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. At least 50% of the funding will go to the most deprived areas across the UK.</p><p>Through our partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the government is renovating park tennis courts across England, Scotland and Wales. The Government is investing £22 million, with a further £8 million from the LTA. This funding will bring over 3,000 courts up to playable standard by 2025.</p><p>At Spring Budget 2023, the Government also announced the £63 million Swimming Pool Support Fund to address the cost pressures facing some public swimming pool providers, and provide investment in energy efficiency measures to make facilities sustainable in the long-term and ensure communities can continue to access the facilities they need.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 15:48:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell