Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on (a) the public purse and (b) bookmakers of implementing the reduced maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to two pounds in (i) April 2019, (ii) April 2020 and (iii) at any other times; and if he will publish any such assessments.

Estimates of the effect on gambling duties approved by the Office for Budget Responsibility are not available.

DCMS have met with industry to understand the technological requirements along with the potential impact on employment.