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77261

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated average number of licence applications that a single operator of a sports book, online casino, poker room or gambling software provider would need to submit in order to comply fully with Gambling Commission licensing requirements.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Gambling operators can make one application to the Gambling Commission for multiple activities.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77260

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they have undertaken to ensure that the burden on companies applying for a gambling licence is minimised in line with their priorities to reduce red tape; and whether they considered the ability of such companies to compete against unlicensed operators in any such work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL992 HL993 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77259

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken any work to quantify the impact that the cost of regulatory compliance would have on the ability of licensed gambling operators to compete against unlicensed operators in the United Kingdom market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL992 HL994 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77258

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they have undertaken to quantify the costs of following the regulatory process for businesses applying for a United Kingdom gambling licence; and what assessment they have made of its impact on the competitiveness of new entrants to the online gambling sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL993 HL994 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77257

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the conclusions of the HM Revenue and Customs report undertaken by Frontier Economics Ltd on the United Kingdom betting and gaming industry and elasticity of demand for online gaming were taken into account when developing the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The report ‘The UK betting and gaming market: estimating price elasticities of demand and understanding the use of promotions” was published in June 2014, after the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 had been introduced.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:18:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77256

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact and application of a place of consumption tax on the online gambling market, and the ability of the Gambling Commission to meet its commitments on removing crime from that sector; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
	uin	HL990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The assessment of the impact of the reforms to remote gambling taxation is available in the relevant Tax Information and Impact Note published at Autumn Statement 2013, available on the Government's website.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission has a statutory duty to promote three licensing objectives, the first of which is: preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime. The Government is confident that the Gambling Commission has the tools it needs to fulfil this duty.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:17:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77289

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Mass Media: Ownership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the results of their consultation "Media ownership and plurality", launched in July 2013.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL1023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We plan to publish the Government's response to the consultation on media plurality in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:32:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

77288

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Horse Racing: Betting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 3 July (WA 281), on what grounds they believe that the Horserace Betting Levy, as a state aid which predates the United Kingdom's accession to the European Union, is therefore compatible with the United Kingdom's obligations under European Union law and state aid rules.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL1022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Horserace Betting Levy is a State Aid pursuant to Article 107 TFEU. As a permissible pre-accession measure, it does not need to be notified to the European Commission for as long as it remains unaltered. There has been no major change to the Levy since 1963 so it retains its pre-accession status. It is for this reason that we believe the Levy is compatible with the United Kingdom's obligations under European Union (EU) law and state aid rules. Any major change to the Levy, such as extending it to offshore remote betting operators, would constitute a substantive alteration to the existing scheme meaning that Government would have to notify the European Commission (EC). The Commission would then take a view as to the changed Levy's compatibility with Article 107 TFEU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:32:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

77055

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Procurement
	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 contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	205198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Department has let 5 contracts between £1 million and £3million. These have been for:</p><p> </p><p>• Legal services in respect of Rural Broadband</p><p>• Legal services in respect of the Mobile Infrastructure Project</p><p>• 3 contracts to test the feasibility of rolling out superfast broadband to the hardest to reach areas;</p><p> </p><p>It has also let 4 contracts since 2010 that have been over £3 million. These are:</p><p> </p><p>1. Mobile Infrastructure Project</p><p>2. Taking Part Survey</p><p>3. Contingent Labour</p><p> </p><p>4. In addition, the Department holds the contract for the Broadband Delivery Framework under which the Devolved Administrations and local authorities have contracted to provide superfast broadband as part of the Government’s programme to reach 90% of the UK by early 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also about to let 1 contract over £3 million for Ceremonial Event Management Services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any contract information on contracts let by its agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the amounts spent on monitoring each contract and could only provide it at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the number of officials monitoring contracts, Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is responsible for the Government’s Superfast Broadband Rollout (Rural) Programme to provide superfast broadband to 90% of premises and to universal standard broadband to all by 2016. £1.2m of public funding is being invested in 44 separate local contracts to roll out Phase 1 of this programme; plus £150m in multiple local contracts in 22 cities as part of the Super Connected Cities Programme to provide free wifi in public buildings, transport networks and public spaces and help small business connect to superfast broadband; and the £150m Mobile Infrastructure Project contract to enhance mobile connectivity in areas with no coverage. BDUK has around 90 staff, many of whom are involved in monitoring delivery of these programmes and contracts.</p><p> </p><p>There are approximately 4.5 officials monitoring the other contracts listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 22/07/2014 13:19:12 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77059

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Mobile Phones: Cambridgeshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of mobile telephone coverage in Cambridgeshire.
	tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
	uin	205125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not directly monitor mobile coverage. Ofcom undertakes monitoring of mobile coverage and ensures compliance by the mobile network operators with any coverage obligations included in their spectrum licences. Ofcom's most recent coverage figures, published in December 2013, indicate that 99.8% of premises in Cambridgeshire receive signal from at least one mobile operator, and 89.6% from all four operators.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:20:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay