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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data source her Department used to inform the recent consultation on stakes and prizes on the percentage of problem and at-risk gamblers for various different stakes.

The data source that informed the percentage of problem and at-risk gamblers for various stake levels on B2 gaming machines came from research commissioned by GambleAware, reported in January 2017, and can be found at the following link:

https://about.gambleaware.org/media/1432/follow-up-study-of-loyalty-card-customers-report.pdf

The figures presented in the consultation document came from secondary analysis of the research data which was undertaken by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB), who also summarise this in their advice in relation to the Review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures, which can be found at the following link:

http://www.rgsb.org.uk/PDF/Advice-in-relation-to-the-DCMS-review-of-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures.pdf