Betting Shops: Crimes of Violence

(asked on 22nd February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police call-outs to betting shops there were due to violence related to fixed odds betting terminals.


Answered by
Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
This question was answered on 25th February 2016

The Home Office does not collect information centrally on the reasons why police officers are called out to specific locations. The Home Office has no plans for a formal assessment of the impact of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of crime.

It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to decide crime priorities at a local level, and the most appropriate response in their areas.

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