Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

882206

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Gambling: Internet
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 effect on the level of addictive gambling of placing restrictions on the amount people can spend on online gambling games.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	135277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that those who gamble are protected from gambling-related harm, whether they gamble online or in land-based premises. The Government’s consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility included measures to strengthen protections for online gambling. We will publish our response to the consultation in due course.</p><p>All online operators must supply tools to help players control their gambling, including the option to set financial limits. The Gambling Commission’s 2017 Report on Gambling Participation found that financial limits were the most commonly used gambling management tool. The report also found that, in terms of the information provided by gambling companies, tools to help players control gambling had the biggest impact on stopping or reducing the amount people spent on gambling.</p><p>In March 2018 the Gambling Commission announced plans to consult on customer due-diligence proposals which would require operators to set limits on players’ spending that could only be increased once they had further verified information about the player, for example through an affordability check.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:08:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

882264

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Tax Yields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of revenue to the Exchequer from fixed-odds betting terminals if the maximum stake on such terminals was reduced to £20.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	135302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Gambling regulation is a matter for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Gambling Commission. DCMS are currently undertaking a review of gaming machines, and expect to publish a consultation response document shortly.</p><p> </p><p>In line with their statutory duties, the independent OBR publish the fiscal impact of any government policy that is introduced as part of the Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/04/2018 14:09:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

882266

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Gambling: Internet
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 his Department has made of the number of people addicted to online gambling services.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	135378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission measures participation in gambling activity and the problem gambling rates associated with the activity. The latest Great Britain wide data on gambling participation and problem gambling rates is set out in the Health Survey report on Gambling Behaviour in Great Britain 2015, published in August 2017. This report found that 10% of people over the age of 16 participated in online gambling or betting in the past year and, amongst those, problem gambling rates were 5.1%.</p><p> </p><p>The report is available here: http://live-gamblecom.cloud.contensis.com/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:09:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

882375

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers are available to local authorities to award Blue Badges in the event that an application is not within his Department’s guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	135313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>An applicant for a badge must meet the eligibility criteria set out in regulation 4 of The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 (as amended). It is for local authorities to decide whether a badge should be issued. The Department provides guidance to authorities but this is not binding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/04/2018 15:02:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans