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registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 accuracy of the statement by the Association of British Bookmakers that reducing the maximum stake on gaming machines in betting shops from £100 to £2 will lead to (a) up to 4,500 betting shops closing, (b) 21,000 jobs being lost and (c) a net loss to the UK economy of up to £8.5 billion over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	142509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>On 31 October 2017 the government published proposals for changes on gaming machines and social responsibility measures. The consultation outlined options for cutting the maximum stake of Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals to between £50 and £2 and invited views. The consultation closed on 23 January. On 19 March the Gambling Commission published its advice. The Government will consider this alongside the responses received by the consultation, including those from the industry and from others, and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/05/2018 08:59:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

897917

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 he has made of the effect of a £2 maximum stake on B2 gaming machines on the number of (a) betting shop jobs that would potentially be lost and (b) betting shops that would potentially close.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	141341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures closed on 23 January and the responses are being considered. The Government’s response will be published in due course with a revised final impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 141342 question first answered 15/05/2018 12:07:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

897941

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 he has made of the potential switch from fixed odds betting terminals to online gambling if a £2 maximum stake is introduced.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	141342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures closed on 23 January and the responses are being considered. The Government’s response will be published in due course with a revised final impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 141341 question first answered 15/05/2018 12:07:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

897211

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 level of consistency between the recent advice of the Gambling Commission to his Department and the proposed reduction in the maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals to £2.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	141044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>On 31 October 2017 the government published proposals for changes on gaming machines and social responsibility measures. The consultation outlined options for cutting the maximum stake of Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals to between £50 and £2 and invited views. The consultation closed on 23 January. On 19 March the Gambling Commission published its advice which recommended that the maximum stakes be cut to between £30 and £2, with the exact level being a matter for judgement by the Government. The Government will consider this alongside the responses received by the consultation and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/05/2018 12:15:58 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

896323

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 of his Department's review of gaming machines on trends in the level of betting shop closures.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	140703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures closed on 23 January and the responses are being considered. The Government’s response will be published in due course with a revised final impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 140704 question first answered 11/05/2018 12:13:53 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

896324

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 the effect of potential betting shop closures as a result of changes to the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals on trends in the level of illegal gambling.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	140704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures closed on 23 January and the responses are being considered. The Government’s response will be published in due course with a revised final impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 140703 question first answered 11/05/2018 12:13:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

893148

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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	Gaming Machines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact of fixed-odds betting terminals on local economic growth; and if so, whether that assessment has shown any harm to the economy resulting from the use of such machines.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL7365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The impact assessment, published alongside the consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility measures, includes qualitative analysis regarding wider economic effects and the impact on individuals and communities of gaming machines, including Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals. The framework for analysis in the impact assessment takes into account some isolated economic effects in other gambling markets but does not attempt to look at the effects on the rest of the economy (general equilibrium) because doing so would be disproportionate relative to the size of the policy impacts expected. We received further evidence on costs and benefits in response to the consultation and an updated impact assessment will be published with the Government’s final proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 14/05/2018 12:46:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

890738

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 economic and social costs of providing welfare and support services as a result of the high stakes being gambled on fixed-odds betting terminals.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL7256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Measuring the cost of problem gambling is a complicated task. The study by The Institute of Public Policy Research “Cards on the Table”, published in December 2016, estimated that the cost to the Government associated with problem gamblers ranged between £260m and £1.16bn. This reflects an estimate of the costs of public services for those individuals, but it does not capture the wider impact of problem gambling and gambling-related harm to the UK economy. The attached report can be found here: https://about.gambleaware.org/media/1367/cards-on-the-table_dec16.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Building on this analysis, a report produced by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), which I attach, (published January 2018 and found here: http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CEBR-Report-final-Jan-2018.pdf) provided estimates of the cost to government of problem gambling specifically related to B2 gaming machines. This analysis estimates that problem gamblers linked to B2 machines could be associated with an excess fiscal cost in the region of £210 million and in welfare terms, the population of B2 problem gamblers could be imposing a cost of £1.5 billion on themselves, their families and their wider social networks.</p><p> </p><p>GambleAware is commissioning research to improve the understanding of gambling-related harm which should lead to a set of metrics which we can use to measure the impact of gambling-related harm on a wider scale. We continue to take problem gambling and gambling-related harm seriously and welcome developments to better understand this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name cards-on-the-table_dec16.pdf title Public Policy Research “Cards on the Table” report 2 file name CEBR-Report-final-Jan-2018.pdf title CEBR report on B2 gaming machines question first answered 09/05/2018 12:57:36 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

887913

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
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	Gaming Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to make an announcement on the reduced stake for fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	136907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures closed on 23 January. We are currently analysing advice from the Gambling Commission which was published on 19 March, along with over 7,000 responses to the consultation. The responses cover all aspects of the review including, stakes and prizes for all gaming machines (including B2 machines), gambling advertising, online gambling and research, education and treatment (RET). All submissions are being carefully considered and a response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We take problem gambling very seriously and protecting vulnerable people is a key aim for the Government and the Gambling Commission. Details of a range of support available to people with gambling problems can be found on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p>Since the consultation closed Ministers have met a wide range of stakeholders, including those who have experienced problems with gambling, those delivering support services as well as representatives of the betting industry. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on gov.uk. Officials attended those meetings, and have also separately met bookmakers and others with an interest in the consultation since the deadline for responses on 23 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 136908 136909 question first answered 30/04/2018 14:30:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

887914

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
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	Gaming Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason it has taken more than three months to assess the evidence on reducing the stakes on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) following the closure of the consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility measures; and what steps have been taken to ensure that people who experience harm due to the high stakes on FOBTs in the interim are supported.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	136908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures closed on 23 January. We are currently analysing advice from the Gambling Commission which was published on 19 March, along with over 7,000 responses to the consultation. The responses cover all aspects of the review including, stakes and prizes for all gaming machines (including B2 machines), gambling advertising, online gambling and research, education and treatment (RET). All submissions are being carefully considered and a response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We take problem gambling very seriously and protecting vulnerable people is a key aim for the Government and the Gambling Commission. Details of a range of support available to people with gambling problems can be found on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p>Since the consultation closed Ministers have met a wide range of stakeholders, including those who have experienced problems with gambling, those delivering support services as well as representatives of the betting industry. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on gov.uk. Officials attended those meetings, and have also separately met bookmakers and others with an interest in the consultation since the deadline for responses on 23 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 136907 136909 question first answered 30/04/2018 14:30:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris