Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the potential number of betting shop jobs that would be lost in the event that stakes on gaming machines in betting shops are capped at (a) £50, (b) £30, (c) £10 and (d) £2.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
We are currently undertaking a review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures, which includes a close look at stakes on gaming machines in betting shops. I will publish the findings in October. DCMS will publish a full impact assessment of any changes to stakes it will consider as part of the findings.
We also received representations from a number of organisations during the review, which provided evidence about the potential impact that a stake reduction on gaming machines in betting shops would have on closures.
Representations received as part of the call of evidence will be published alongside the review findings.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential cost to the public purse of capping stakes on gaming machines in betting shops at (a) £50, (b) £30, (c) £10 and (d) £2.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
We are currently undertaking a review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures, which includes a close look at stakes on gaming machines in betting shops. I will publish the findings in October. DCMS will publish a full impact assessment of any changes to stakes it will consider as part of the findings.
We also received representations from a number of organisations during the review, which provided evidence about the potential impact that a stake reduction on gaming machines in betting shops would have on closures.
Representations received as part of the call of evidence will be published alongside the review findings.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on infraction proceedings in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
I refer the my hon. Friend to the answer given by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office today to UIN 36288.
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many infraction proceedings the EU has initiated against his Department in each of the last 10 years; what the reasons were for each such proceeding being undertaken; and what the outcome was of each such proceeding.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The information requested is publicly available on the website of the European Commission where the infringement cases for each member state can be found. This includes the infringement and the decision. These records go back to 2002 and can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements-proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_code=en
Asked by: Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when 100 per cent of residents in St Albans will have access to superfast broadband; and when ultrafast broadband will be rolled out in St Albans.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Based on current delivery plans, it is estimated that 98% of premises in the St Albans constituency will have access to superfast broadband by the end of June 2018. Additional funding sources, including Herts & Bucks share of the £129 million of early gainshare funding that BT will return in response to the high levels of take-up being achieved, could allow coverage to be extended further in St Albans and the rest of the area covered by the Herts & Bucks broadband project.
Virgin Media already provides services over 100Mbps in many urban areas, including extensive network coverage in St Albans.