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768017

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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
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 level of funds her Department has spent on addressing problem gambling in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	107066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Problem gambling treatment, research and education is funded through a system of voluntary contributions by the gambling industry, and is administered through The Responsible Gambling Strategy Board and the charity GambleAware. GambleAware’s income for the last 5 years was (all financial years ending 31 March):</p><p> </p><p>2013 - £5,696,142</p><p>2014 - £6,277,934</p><p>2015 - £6,503,925</p><p>2016 - £7,632,371</p><p>2017 - £8,621,499</p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenditure can be found in GambleAware’s Annual Reports at https://about.gambleaware.org/about/annual-reports-minutes-newsletters/</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/10/2017 16:04:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

768100

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the numbers of people who have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Survey for England is a national survey and its stratified, random probability sample is designed to be representative of the population living in private households in England. Questions about gambling and problem gambling were included in the survey in 2015 and in 2012. The 2015 survey data were published in a report by the Gambling Commission, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Health-survey-results-England-2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Health-survey-results-England-2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The survey found that 0.9% of people aged 16+ were classified as problem gamblers using either the PGSI (Problem Gambling Severity Index) or the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual-IV) screening instruments.</p><p> </p><p>Problem gambling can cause physical and mental health problems, including anxiety disorders and depression. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme began in 2008 and has transformed treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression in England. Over 900,000 people now access IAPT services each year, and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health is committed to expanding services further, alongside improving quality. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety which problem gamblers may present with.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have had no meetings to discuss this specific issue. Officials from the two departments have met to discuss the impact of problem gambling on several occasions.</p><p> </p><p>Problem gamblers can access services in primary care and secondary care including specialised mental health and addiction services. Any decisions on the commissioning of effective treatment services are the responsibility of local commissioners<strong>, </strong>based on an assessment of local need.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of services available to problem gamblers, details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 106859 106860 106863 106956 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:40:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

768101

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have a gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the numbers of people who have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Survey for England is a national survey and its stratified, random probability sample is designed to be representative of the population living in private households in England. Questions about gambling and problem gambling were included in the survey in 2015 and in 2012. The 2015 survey data were published in a report by the Gambling Commission, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Health-survey-results-England-2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Health-survey-results-England-2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The survey found that 0.9% of people aged 16+ were classified as problem gamblers using either the PGSI (Problem Gambling Severity Index) or the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual-IV) screening instruments.</p><p> </p><p>Problem gambling can cause physical and mental health problems, including anxiety disorders and depression. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme began in 2008 and has transformed treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression in England. Over 900,000 people now access IAPT services each year, and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health is committed to expanding services further, alongside improving quality. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety which problem gamblers may present with.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have had no meetings to discuss this specific issue. Officials from the two departments have met to discuss the impact of problem gambling on several occasions.</p><p> </p><p>Problem gamblers can access services in primary care and secondary care including specialised mental health and addiction services. Any decisions on the commissioning of effective treatment services are the responsibility of local commissioners<strong>, </strong>based on an assessment of local need.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of services available to problem gamblers, details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 106858 106859 106860 106956 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:40:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

768108

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on gambling addiction since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the numbers of people who have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Survey for England is a national survey and its stratified, random probability sample is designed to be representative of the population living in private households in England. Questions about gambling and problem gambling were included in the survey in 2015 and in 2012. The 2015 survey data were published in a report by the Gambling Commission, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Health-survey-results-England-2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Health-survey-results-England-2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The survey found that 0.9% of people aged 16+ were classified as problem gamblers using either the PGSI (Problem Gambling Severity Index) or the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual-IV) screening instruments.</p><p> </p><p>Problem gambling can cause physical and mental health problems, including anxiety disorders and depression. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme began in 2008 and has transformed treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression in England. Over 900,000 people now access IAPT services each year, and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health is committed to expanding services further, alongside improving quality. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety which problem gamblers may present with.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have had no meetings to discuss this specific issue. Officials from the two departments have met to discuss the impact of problem gambling on several occasions.</p><p> </p><p>Problem gamblers can access services in primary care and secondary care including specialised mental health and addiction services. Any decisions on the commissioning of effective treatment services are the responsibility of local commissioners<strong>, </strong>based on an assessment of local need.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of services available to problem gamblers, details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 106858 106859 106863 106956 question first answered 16/10/2017 16:40:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

759239

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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
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 her Department has made of the number of people identified as problem gamblers in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The 2012 England and Scotland Health Survey estimated that the problem gambling prevalence rate among adults in England and Scotland was 0.6% which equated to approximately 280,000 people. The latest data available is through the 2015 Health Survey for Great Britain, published on 24 August (NatCen report), which estimated that the problem gambling prevalence rate among adults in Great Britain was 0.8% which equated to approximately 430,000 people. We take problem gambling seriously and launched the review last year and I hope to publish the findings in October.</p><p>Further information on the 2012 data can be found here:</p><p>http://natcen.ac.uk/media/308703/gambling-england-scotland-headline-report-to-gc-v1-0.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the 2015 data can be found here: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/09/2017 13:48:49 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

756397

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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
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 Government assistance is provided to people made financially destitute by gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>While addiction is in the main the remit of the Department of Health, I can inform you that the majority of treatment to those experiencing gambling related harm is delivered by GamCare or via the National Problem Gambling Clinic. A range of support is available through these organisations.</p><p> </p><p>A range of services available to problem gamblers can be found on the NHS Choices website, including links to the Money Advice Service at:</p><p>www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 07/09/2017 14:16:19 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756467

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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
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 she has made of the cost to the UK economy of problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2017 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 report can be found here: https://about.gambleaware.org/media/1367/cards-on-the-table_dec16.pdf</p><p>GambleAware is commissioning research to improve 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> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/10/2017 12:23:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

722439

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost of problem gambling to the Government.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	71253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>In December 2016, the Institute for Public Policy Research published a report on the cost to Government associated with problem gamblers (commissioned by GambleAware). The Report can be found at: http://www.ippr.org/publications/cards-on-the-table</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 25/04/2017 14:25:31 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

706681

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of displaying gaming machines in shop windows on the level of gambling in those shops.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	66155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on of the effect of displaying gaming machines in shop windows on the level of gambling.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/03/2017 16:37:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

658440

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has plans to produce a strategy to tackle problem gambling and reduce gambling-related harm.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	57697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB), which advises the Gambling Commission and others on reducing gambling related harm, published its responsible gambling strategy for 2016-2019 in April this year. We will be considering this alongside other evidence as part of the review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures which was announced on 24 October, with the aim of publishing our findings and any resulting proposals in spring 2017.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/12/2016 11:32:52 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan