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1378477

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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
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 she has made of the level and impact of gambling-related harm (a) nationally and (b) in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	75029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>As set out in Public Health England’s evidence review of gambling-related harms, the problem gambling rate for England was estimated as 0.5% in 2018, and has been relatively stable since 2012. The 2018 Health Survey also showed the problem gambling rate for Yorkshire and the Humber was 0.7%.</p><p>Public Health England’s (PHE) evidence review of gambling-related harms found that there is a higher prevalence of problem gambling among people with poor health, low life satisfaction and wellbeing scores, and the problem gambling rate is higher among more deprived groups than less deprived groups.</p><p>It also found an association between harmful gambling, poor mental health and higher levels of alcohol consumption, although most of the published studies were not able to demonstrate the direction of causation.</p><p>The review examined the association between suicidal behaviours and problem gambling. It estimates 409 deaths a year from suicide associated with problem gambling, based on studies in Sweden. The government does not hold data on how many suicides in the United Kingdom are linked to gambling.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 75030 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:04:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1378478

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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
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 she has made of the potential impact of gambling on (a) mental health and (b) levels of suicide.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	75030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>As set out in Public Health England’s evidence review of gambling-related harms, the problem gambling rate for England was estimated as 0.5% in 2018, and has been relatively stable since 2012. The 2018 Health Survey also showed the problem gambling rate for Yorkshire and the Humber was 0.7%.</p><p>Public Health England’s (PHE) evidence review of gambling-related harms found that there is a higher prevalence of problem gambling among people with poor health, low life satisfaction and wellbeing scores, and the problem gambling rate is higher among more deprived groups than less deprived groups.</p><p>It also found an association between harmful gambling, poor mental health and higher levels of alcohol consumption, although most of the published studies were not able to demonstrate the direction of causation.</p><p>The review examined the association between suicidal behaviours and problem gambling. It estimates 409 deaths a year from suicide associated with problem gambling, based on studies in Sweden. The government does not hold data on how many suicides in the United Kingdom are linked to gambling.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 75029 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:04:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1378480

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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
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 she has made of the potential impact of gambling on those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	75031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE)’s evidence review of gambling-related harms found that the socio-demographic profile of gamblers appears to change as gambling risk increases, with people who are unemployed and people living in more deprived areas showing higher rates of harmful gambling although they have relatively lower levels of participation.</p><p>The Gambling Commission requires gambling operators to have completed local risk assessments for each of their gambling premises. This is to ensure that they take into account factors near to their premises, including aspects of economic disadvantage such as addiction treatment centres or homelessness hostels. In accordance with the licensing objectives of the Gambling Act, operators must ensure that they mitigate against these risks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 75032 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:06:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1367619

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times (1) ministers, and (2) officials, from the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have met representatives of the gambling industry since June 2020; and what was the nature of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL3868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings with the industry and other gambling stakeholders to support ongoing work and policy development. There has also been a wide-ranging series of meetings to support the ongoing Gambling Act Review which was launched in December 2020 with a Call for Evidence.</p><p>Records of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2021" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. The meetings with the gambling industry and its representatives have covered a very wide range of issues, for instance the impact of Covid-19 closures on the land-based industry and the measures the Government was taking to support the economy, measures the industry is taking to make gambling safer, and industry evidence on the Act Review. A number of these have also been introductory meetings with new Ministers.</p><p>Officials in the gambling policy team have had around sixty meetings with industry in that period covering the above topics, particularly the impact of Covid-19, and also other areas such as animal welfare in horse and greyhound racing, the implications of Brexit and supply chain disruption, and delivery of previous commitments made by industry, such as the £100m to support treatment over four years.</p><p>Ministers have met a wide range of non-industry gambling stakeholders over the same period. This has included six meetings with gambling harm campaign groups or people with personal experience of gambling harm (including roundtables with many individuals or organisations present), thirteen meetings with parliamentarians campaigning for reform, and three meetings with gambling researchers and education and treatment providers. We do not have a record of which meetings were conducted remotely or in person.</p><p>Officials in the gambling policy team have had over one hundred further meetings with non-industry gambling related stakeholders since June 2020. This has included eleven with campaign groups or people with personal experience, thirty three with those working primarily on gambling research, seven with those primarily related to gambling harm education, seventeen with treatment providers for gambling related harm, and three meetings with think-tanks. Many of these meetings were in connection with the Gambling Act Review, discussing individuals’ or groups' priorities and the evidence they presented.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL3871 question first answered 23/11/2021 15:44:52 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links

1366859

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) what sanctions apply to gambling companies which breach license terms by failing to remove self excluded people from marketing communications and (b) whether those sanctions will be increased as part of the upcoming Gambling White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	71395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission requires operators to take steps to remove the name and details of self-excluded individuals from any marketing databases used by the company or on behalf of the company. Failure to do so is a breach of their licence conditions. If licence conditions are found to have been breached, the Commission has a range of sanctions available from issuing an official warning to imposing financial penalties or additional licence conditions, suspending a licence and revoking a licence. Ministers and officials in DCMS meet regularly with the Gambling Commission to discuss a range of regulatory issues, including investigatory and enforcement work.</p><p>In the case of communications sent from Sky Vegas to self-excluded individuals on the 2nd November, the operator has reported itself to the Gambling Commission and taken immediate steps to prevent any further breaches. The Commission will carry out a thorough investigation and determine whether regulatory action should be taken.</p><p>As part of our wide-ranging Review of the Gambling Act the government is looking closely at promotional offers and inducements offered by gambling operators, along with other forms of advertising and marketing and the Gambling Commission’s powers and resources. A White Paper setting out our next steps and proposals for reform will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 71396 71397 71398 question first answered 16/11/2021 16:50:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1366860

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will include steps to ban free bets and other inducements to gamble in the upcoming gambling White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	71396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission requires operators to take steps to remove the name and details of self-excluded individuals from any marketing databases used by the company or on behalf of the company. Failure to do so is a breach of their licence conditions. If licence conditions are found to have been breached, the Commission has a range of sanctions available from issuing an official warning to imposing financial penalties or additional licence conditions, suspending a licence and revoking a licence. Ministers and officials in DCMS meet regularly with the Gambling Commission to discuss a range of regulatory issues, including investigatory and enforcement work.</p><p>In the case of communications sent from Sky Vegas to self-excluded individuals on the 2nd November, the operator has reported itself to the Gambling Commission and taken immediate steps to prevent any further breaches. The Commission will carry out a thorough investigation and determine whether regulatory action should be taken.</p><p>As part of our wide-ranging Review of the Gambling Act the government is looking closely at promotional offers and inducements offered by gambling operators, along with other forms of advertising and marketing and the Gambling Commission’s powers and resources. A White Paper setting out our next steps and proposals for reform will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 71395 71397 71398 question first answered 16/11/2021 16:50:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1366863

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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
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 steps the Gambling Commission has taken to protect vulnerable gamblers in response to Sky Vegas’ breach of licence terms by failing to remove self-excluded people from marketing communications.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	71397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission requires operators to take steps to remove the name and details of self-excluded individuals from any marketing databases used by the company or on behalf of the company. Failure to do so is a breach of their licence conditions. If licence conditions are found to have been breached, the Commission has a range of sanctions available from issuing an official warning to imposing financial penalties or additional licence conditions, suspending a licence and revoking a licence. Ministers and officials in DCMS meet regularly with the Gambling Commission to discuss a range of regulatory issues, including investigatory and enforcement work.</p><p>In the case of communications sent from Sky Vegas to self-excluded individuals on the 2nd November, the operator has reported itself to the Gambling Commission and taken immediate steps to prevent any further breaches. The Commission will carry out a thorough investigation and determine whether regulatory action should be taken.</p><p>As part of our wide-ranging Review of the Gambling Act the government is looking closely at promotional offers and inducements offered by gambling operators, along with other forms of advertising and marketing and the Gambling Commission’s powers and resources. A White Paper setting out our next steps and proposals for reform will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 71395 71396 71398 question first answered 16/11/2021 16:50:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1362586

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
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
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 her Department plans to publish the gambling white paper.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	61178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The government launched its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 on 8 December with the publication of Terms of Reference and a Call for Evidence. The Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. The call for evidence included questions on the appropriate mechanism for recouping the societal and regulatory costs of gambling, as well as the benefits and harms surrounding gambling advertising, including football sponsorship. We are carefully considering over 16,000 submissions we received, evidence from ministerial and official meetings with stakeholders, and other more recent evidence including the Public Health England evidence review which was published last month. Details of ministerial meetings can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2021" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>We will publish a white paper setting out our conclusions and vision for the sector in due course, and this will include an indication of how any changes will be implemented, whether by legislation or other means.</p><p>Alongside the Review, regulators are continuing to raise standards and increase protections for players. Working closely with the Gambling Commission, the Information Commissioner’s Office recently published <a href="https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/4018589/official-sensitive-gambling-commission-regulatory-sandbox-report-phase-1-outcome-final-pdf.pdf" target="_blank">a report</a> confirming it is possible under data protection law to share data safely and securely between online operators to help prevent gambling related harm. We expect the industry to proceed to trial its planned single customer view solution and will continue to monitor developments closely.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 61179 61180 61181 61182 question first answered 29/10/2021 09:49:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1362589

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
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
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 a Single Customer View system will be introduced for remote gambling.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	61181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The government launched its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 on 8 December with the publication of Terms of Reference and a Call for Evidence. The Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. The call for evidence included questions on the appropriate mechanism for recouping the societal and regulatory costs of gambling, as well as the benefits and harms surrounding gambling advertising, including football sponsorship. We are carefully considering over 16,000 submissions we received, evidence from ministerial and official meetings with stakeholders, and other more recent evidence including the Public Health England evidence review which was published last month. Details of ministerial meetings can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2021" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>We will publish a white paper setting out our conclusions and vision for the sector in due course, and this will include an indication of how any changes will be implemented, whether by legislation or other means.</p><p>Alongside the Review, regulators are continuing to raise standards and increase protections for players. Working closely with the Gambling Commission, the Information Commissioner’s Office recently published <a href="https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/4018589/official-sensitive-gambling-commission-regulatory-sandbox-report-phase-1-outcome-final-pdf.pdf" target="_blank">a report</a> confirming it is possible under data protection law to share data safely and securely between online operators to help prevent gambling related harm. We expect the industry to proceed to trial its planned single customer view solution and will continue to monitor developments closely.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 61178 61179 61180 61182 question first answered 29/10/2021 09:49:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1353331

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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
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 potential merits of taking a public health approach towards problematic gambling and the way in which relevant support is accessed.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	44390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The government views gambling-related harm as a public health issue. Gambling legislation and the requirements placed on operators by the independent regulator, the Gambling Commission, are intended to offer a wide range of protections, from those which make gambling safer for the population as a whole, such as controls on gambling products, to tailored protections for groups such as children and specific targeted interventions and support for those at most risk of harm. We are reviewing the Gambling Act to ensure that the protections in place are appropriate for the digital age.</p><p>In 2019, the government secured a commitment from industry to contribute £100m over four years to problem gambling treatment, alongside NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care continuing their work to improve and expand specialist treatment services. Up to 15 new clinics are set to open by 2023/24, 3 of which are already in operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 44391 question first answered 15/09/2021 08:17:51 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell