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1536280

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks and 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, with reference to the Lancet article entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her polices of that article's findings that there should be a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol at land-based gambling venues, including bingo clubs, casinos and racecourses.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	72468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71291 71292 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536281

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks and 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, with reference to the Lancet, entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, what recent discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on that article's proposals to introduce a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol at land-based gambling venues including bingo clubs, casinos and racecourses.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	72469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71291 71292 72468 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:32 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1535962

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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: Mental Health
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 the Gambling Commission was involved the study published in the Lancet entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, including the proposal for a universal ban on all gambling marketing, advertising, and promotions.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	71289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71290 71291 71292 72468 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536102

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Lancet article entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, whether she has made an assessment of that article's findings that there should be a universal ban on all gambling marketing, advertising, and promotions.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	71290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71291 71292 72468 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536104

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Lancet article entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published August 2022, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of that article's findings that there should be a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol at land-based gambling venues.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	71291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71292 72468 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536105

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Lancet article entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, what assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of that article's findings that no brands, colours, imagery, corporate logos and trademarks should be displayed on gambling products.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	71292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71291 72468 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1519365

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding was provided to businesses in Blackpool during the covid-19 outbreak through government-backed business loans.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	60111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) were delivered by the British Business Bank (BBB) through commercial lenders. These schemes closed to new applications on 31 March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of loans offered through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) by constituency, borough and regional area are available for download from the British Business Bank <a href="https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/press-release/analysis-of-final-coronavirus-loan-scheme-data-shows-79-3bn-of-loans-to-1-67m-businesses-evenly-distributed-across-whole-of-the-uk/#_ftnref1" target="_blank">website</a>. Regional breakdowns of loans offered through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) are not published due to data protection and commercial considerations.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:02:09 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1519366

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse was of funding provided to businesses in Blackpool during the covid-19 outbreak through the (a) Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Grant Fund, (b) Small Business Grant Fund and (c) Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	60112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The figures below display the value of Covid-19 grants paid by Blackpool Council to small and medium businesses in their local area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Small Business Grant Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund</p></td><td><p>£45,005,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund</p></td><td><p>£2,422,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Restrictions Support Grant</p></td><td><p>£32,032,283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional Restrictions Grant</p></td><td><p>£4,668,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas Support Payment</p></td><td><p>£106,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant</p></td><td><p>£3,951,688</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of grant funding allocated to, and distributed by, each Local Authority, is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 60113 question first answered 18/10/2022 17:00:37 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1519367

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse was of funding provided to businesses in Blackpool during the covid-19 pandemic through the (a) Local Restrictions Support Grant, (b) Additional Restrictions Grant, (c) Christmas Support Payment and (d) Omicron Hospitality & Leisure Grant.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	60113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The figures below display the value of Covid-19 grants paid by Blackpool Council to small and medium businesses in their local area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Small Business Grant Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund</p></td><td><p>£45,005,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund</p></td><td><p>£2,422,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Restrictions Support Grant</p></td><td><p>£32,032,283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional Restrictions Grant</p></td><td><p>£4,668,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas Support Payment</p></td><td><p>£106,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant</p></td><td><p>£3,951,688</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of grant funding allocated to, and distributed by, each Local Authority, is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 60112 question first answered 18/10/2022 17:00:37 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1507810

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme: Blackpool South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the costs to the public purse of the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme for claims made in Blackpool South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	54709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>HMRC published statistics on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-coronavirus-covid-19-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-coronavirus-covid-19-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For the CJRS, the total value of claims is not available for individual constituencies. By the end of the scheme, a total of 15,500 employments benefitted from CJRS in the Blackpool South constituency.</p><p> </p>For the SEISS, 13,700 claims were made at a cost of £30,500,000 in the Blackpool South constituency. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 11/10/2022 07:04:31 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton