Mentions:
1: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) clear that these enhanced risk assessments will only be introduced after a pilot period and at the point - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the impact of gambling-related (a) fraud and (b) other acquisitive crimes on the finances of the victims of those crimes.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office do not make assessments specifically on the impact of gambling-related (a) fraud and (b) other acquisitive crimes on the finances of the victims of those crimes.
The Treasury and Home Office hold joint responsibility for publishing a periodic National Risk Assessment which sets out the money laundering and terrorist financing risks in the UK. This includes an assessment of the Gambling sector. The latest risk assessment was published in 2020 National risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Gambling Commission also conduct money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments on the British gambling industry. The latest risk assessment can be found here: The 2023 money laundering and terrorist financing risks within the British gambling industry - National Strategic Assessment 2020 - Executive summary (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
Special Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Sixth Special - Gambling regulation: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report HC 698 Special
Correspondence May. 21 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society, relating to Measures relating
Mentions:
1: Matt Hancock (Ind - West Suffolk) That has a huge impact on horseracing, which I will come on to, but also on gambling-related harm. - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) Because of that rapid growth in technology and our growing awareness of the impact of gambling harms, - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Enhanced financial risk assessments will also be implemented for the important protections they can offer - Speech Link
4: Matt Hancock (Ind - West Suffolk) Both of those have the lowest impact in terms of gambling harm and it would be inappropriate to treat - Speech Link
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Minister Stuart Andrew's speech at the Betting and Gaming Council Annual General MeetingFound: In April last year we published the White Paper, setting out 62 proposals that will ensure our gambling
Found: E-petition debate on financial risk checks for gambling
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: Supervision Report 2020-22Found: including a power to issue financial penalties, would be appropriate to strengthen OPBAS’s impact
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: Supervision Report 2022-23Found: It bu ilds on the foundations laid in the first Economic Crime Plan to focus directly on impact and
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to launch the consultation on reviewing the premises licence fees cap for local authorities and aligning the gambling and alcohol licensing systems.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its consultation, Measures relating to the land-based gambling sector, on July 26 2023.
The specific measures consulted on included the introduction of an age limit on ‘cash-out’ category D slot-style gaming machines, gaming machine allowances in casinos, the ratio of Category B to Category C/D gaming machines in arcades and bingo halls, and a review of licensing authority fees. The consultation closed on 4 October 2023 and we will publish the government’s response in due course.
The white paper also proposed to introduce cumulative impact assessments to align the gambling and alcohol licensing systems. This measure is not currently being consulted on. However, we plan to introduce it when parliamentary time allows.