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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many fixed-odds betting terminals there were in Copeland constituency in each of the last five years.

A betting premises licence issued under the Gambling Act 2005 authorises its holder to make up to 4 gaming machines available for use. This entitlement is limited to gaming machines terminals which fall within sub-categories B2 (what we commonly think of when we refer to FOBTs), B3 and B4, and categories C and D.

Industry data shows that the constituency of Copeland ha for all categories of gaming machines:

54 terminals in 2015

50 terminals in 2014

49 terminals in 2013

46 terminals in 2012

There are no figures for 2011.