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date	16/07/2018
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: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that gambling operators protect young people from gambling-related harm.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL9546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling is a priority for government and under the legislation in place is a core licensing objective for the Gambling Commission. Online and land-based operators offering gambling services to people in Great Britain must be licensed by the Commission and must have effective policies and procedures designed to prevent underage gambling. The Licence conditions and codes of practice (LCCP) set out social responsibility requirements for gambling operators, including to protect children and vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p>The Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB), the Gambling Commission’s expert adviser, recently published a report on children, young people and gambling. In response, the Commission has set out further commitments to protect children and young people, including carrying out targeted compliance and enforcement activity to identify and tackle any weaknesses in the age verification processes. It recently concluded a review of the online gambling sector and announced that it will consult on requiring all consumers to be age-verified before they are able to deposit money or access free-to-play games.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 25/07/2018 11:54:08 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

917599

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date	05/06/2018
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: Young People
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 he has made of the effect on young peoples' gambling behaviour of the advertising of gambling during live sporting events.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	149978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We considered advertising as part of our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility. The response was published on 17 May. Protecting vulnerable people was central to the review, and we recognised that having the right advertising protections in place was an important part of this.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the consultation document, children’s exposure to gambling adverts on TV has been declining year on year since 2013. The Gambling Commission’s Young People Survey in 2017 found that there was little evidence of a direct influence on gambling activity, with only 1% of young people in the survey saying advertising prompted them to start gambling or increase the amount they gamble. However, our response recognises that there are gaps in the evidence available, and outlined measures to fill these, including significant research commissioned by GambleAware into the impact of gambling advertising on children, young people and those vulnerable to harm.</p><p> </p><p>There are already strong controls in place around gambling advertising, which must not be targeted at children. The response set out a package of initiatives to strengthen protections further. These include forthcoming guidance from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) on protecting children and young people. We do not propose to bring forward legislative proposals, but we will keep these issues under review.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 149977 149979 question first answered 13/06/2018 10:47:07 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

810401

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to protect young people from gambling-related harm.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	903088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We published a consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility in October. This includes measures to strengthen protections around online gambling and gambling advertising, which can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures</p><p> </p><p>In addition we are introducting a new package of measures to strengthen protections around around online gambling and Gamble Aware will lead a major responsible gambling advertising campaign, to make sure parents and children are aware of risks associated with gambling.</p><p> </p><p>Protecting children and vulnerable people is a key aim for the Gambling Commission and government.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/12/2017 13:54:34 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan