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1686732

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on gambling regulation of (a) Omaze and (b) other companies that engage in lottery-style giveaways outside of the scope of existing regulation.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	12654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The Gambling White Paper, published in April 2023, set out the Government's intention to explore the potential for regulating types of large prize draws, which resemble society lotteries, but are not regulated as gambling products. Because these products are not regulated there is currently limited information about the sector. As stated in the response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/152" target="_blank">PQ 152</a>, the department has also commissioned independent researchers to gather evidence about the size and nature of the prize draw sector, including its role in charity funding, risks and player protection and understanding. The research consists of an AI-powered web scrape, together with industry surveys and operator engagement. The research will conclude shortly and will inform a consultation on potential regulation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/02/2024 09:30:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1684394

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Gambling Commission and (b) Financial Conduct Authority on potential proposals to regulate companies like Football Index.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operators of the novel gambling product Football Index, had a significant impact on former customers, and we recognise the frustration and anger that this has caused. As a result, the Government announced an Independent Review, conducted by Malcom Sheehan KC, which looked at how the company had been regulated and identified lessons learned for various agencies. These recommendations have since been implemented.</p><p>Following the collapse of Football Index, the then-Minister held several meetings with the Gambling Commission, and officials have worked closely with their counterparts at His Majesty’s Treasury on the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in this case. I also met representatives from the Football Index Action Group last year and officials from the department are discussing the issues raised by the group with the Gambling Commission.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/02/2024 15:04:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1675424

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to (a) investigate and (b) regulate (i) crypto-casinos and (ii) other new and emerging forms of gambling.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	5223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>All providers of betting and gambling services in the UK must be approved and licenced by the Gambling Commission. Where crypto-assets are used, they are required to notify the Gambling Commission. No licensee has informed the Commission that they are directly accepting crypto-asset deposits.</p><p>The Commission already has a range of investigatory and prosecution powers, but we are further strengthening its ability to take down criminal gambling websites though the Criminal Justice Bill.</p><p>We continue to work with the Commission to consider the risks posed by novel forms of gambling or boundary pushing products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/12/2023 17:20:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1674349

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what systems the Gambling Commission has in place to (a) monitor, (b) close down and (c) take other action against illegal gambling sites.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the response to WPQ 2835, the best available estimates suggest the black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets in this country. The Gambling Commission takes a risk-based approach to the illegal provision of gambling facilities. The 2021 fees uplift increased investment in how the Commission monitors and tackles the black market. It operates on a system of escalating interventions where it identifies unlicensed operators interacting with British customers, from initial cease and desist letters up to more robust disruption. This includes working with internet search and service providers to delist illegal operators and restrict access, working with payment providers and financial institutions to cut illegal operators off from payments, and working with software providers to prevent access to popular products and games.</p><p>As we committed to in the white paper, we are also legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to give stronger powers to the Gambling Commission to take down criminal gambling websites, and plan to reform the Commission's fee structure to give it greater flexibility to respond to emerging risks, such as black market gambling.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/12/2023 14:21:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1639872

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 28 of the Policy paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023, what threshold the Government plans to apply to determine the largest competitions; and whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of regulating online competitions below that threshold.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	186583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Prize draws and competitions have grown significantly in popularity in recent years, and given they sit outside of existing regulation, it’s right that the Government should explore the potential for regulating the largest competitions of this type.</p><p>Our first priority is to gather data and evidence about the size of the market for prize draws and the scale of possible gambling-related harm. We will then assess the impact and proportionality of different potential regulatory approaches as part of a consultation, including potential thresholds for regulation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2023 14:03:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1627865

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of gambling regulation to protect people from the risk of gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	185168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that while millions of people gamble without experiencing problems, for some it becomes an addiction with serious consequences.</p><p>We recently published<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-stakes-gambling-reform-for-the-digital-age" target="_blank"> a white paper following our Review of the Gambling Act 2005</a>. The paper introduces a range of proportionate measures to tackle practices and products which can drive harm and ensure that people who are at risk of gambling harm and addiction are protected. These include new player protection checks, a stake limit for online slots games, improvements to consumer redress and a statutory levy on operators to fund research, education and treatment.</p><p>We will work with the Gambling Commission and other stakeholders to bring these measures into force as quickly as possible, and where further consultations are necessary, our aim is to publish them by summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/05/2023 15:28:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1624277

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of gambling regulation.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mark Fletcher
uin	904674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>Today we have published our white paper on the Gambling Act Review which sets out a wide-ranging, proportionate package of reforms to ensure the regulatory framework is fit for the smartphone age and the right protections are in place to protect the public from gambling-related harm. The suite of proposals strike a balance between respecting the choices of people who gamble safely, and ensuring those that are at risk of gambling harm and addiction are protected and safeguarded.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/04/2023 15:44:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4774 label Biography information for Mark Fletcher

1472121

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
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: Regulation
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 whether changes to gambling regulations are required in response to the Report of the Independent Review of the Regulation of BetIndex Limited.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The independent review led by Malcolm Sheeran QC has been an important input into our ongoing Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We will publish a White Paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/06/2022 10:47:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1421871

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to address the regulatory differences between the online and land-based gambling sectors in the forthcoming Gambling White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	122832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government launched its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. The Review will be wide-ranging and evidence-led. Our terms of reference can be found at the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-gambling-act-2005-terms-of-reference-and-call-for-evidence/review-of-the-gambling-act-2005-terms-of-reference-and-call-for-evidence." target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>A core objective of the review is to ensure that customers are suitably protected whenever and wherever they are gambling, and that there is an equitable approach to the regulation of the online and the land based industries. We will publish a white paper setting out our planned proposals for the online and land-based gambling sectors in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/02/2022 14:53:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1402029

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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: Regulation
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 merits for gambling regulation of requiring the Gambling Commission to assess the novelty of an (a) operator or (b) product when conducting scrutiny.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	101760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport worked closely with their counterparts at the Treasury to discuss the collapse of BetIndex, the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in this case, the independent review conducted by Malcolm Sheehan QC and the lessons learnt that were identified by the review.</p><p>Following the publication of the review, the Gambling Commission updated its framework for risk based regulation so that product novelty is properly considered alongside other factors in determining the level of scrutiny an operator is placed under.</p><p>The review also clearly states that the FCA’s concluded position was that no part of Football Index fell within the FCA’s remit on legal grounds. Only one company is currently regulated by both the Gambling Commission and the FCA. The Commission continues to be vigilant about emerging products and operators and, under the terms of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the FCA, identify and highlight the potential need for its involvement wherever necessary.</p><p>The FCA and the Gambling Commission strengthened their Memorandum of Understanding in response to Mr Sheehan’s recommendations in the independent review, including establishing new escalation routes and commitments on timeliness of responses to ensure regulatory impasses are identified and overcome quickly. The FCA has additionally nominated an Executive Director to oversee its relationship with the Commission.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 101759 101761 101762 question first answered 18/01/2022 11:57:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury