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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 2 March (HL5634), what measures they use in assessing whether the Gambling Commission is effective in preventing underage gambling.

The Gambling Commission has a statutory duty to advise government on the regulation of gambling.

The Department meets regularly with the Gambling Commission both at ministerial and official level to discuss a wide range of issues relating to the regulation of gambling in Great Britain.

The Department and the Gambling Commission have a management agreement in place which sets out ways of working. The Gambling Commission Management Agreement sets out its performance measures which include “reducing levels of children and young people gaining access to age-restricted gambling products".