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Written Question
Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures Review
Thursday 29th June 2017

Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the review of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals which closed in December 2016.

Answered by Tracey Crouch

A review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures was launched in October 2016, which included a look at the issue of B2 gaming machines (more commonly known as fixed odds betting terminals). Responses to the review's call for evidence are being considered and a response will be published in due course.


Written Question
Television Licences: Older People
Thursday 29th June 2017

Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the provision of free television licences for over-75s.

Answered by Matt Hancock

Households occupied by at least one person over 75 are exempt from paying the TV licence fee, which currently cost £147.00 a year.