Correspondence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Carolyn Harris MP, Chair, APPG for Gambling Related Harm, relating to Gambling regulation
Written Evidence Sep. 05 2023
Inquiry: Gambling regulationFound: GAM0153 - Gambling regulation Gambling Related Harm All-Party Parliamentary Group Written Evidence
Written Evidence Sep. 05 2023
Inquiry: Gambling regulationFound: GAM0162 - Gambling regulation Northern Ireland Assembly All Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) advertising would reduce gambling-related harm. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) , and it is likely that many more suffer gambling-related harm”.The Library briefing for this debate, - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) fulfilling the duty of government to protect children and the wider public from gambling-related harm - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Friend in this matter—I am a vice chair of the all-party group for gambling related harm. - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) the duty of the Government to protect children and the wider public from gambling-related harm on the - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) is provided to prevent gambling-related harms. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) This is in line with the Government’s objectives of protecting people from gambling-related harm, levelling - Speech Link
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew speaks at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary ForumFound: Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew speaks at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary Forum
Feb. 23 2024
Source Page: New £2 maximum stake for under 25s playing online slotsFound: The evidence also points to a stronger link between gambling related harm and suicide among young adults
Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that gambling firms support problem gamblers (a) to stop gambling and (b) into recovery.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Gambling White Paper set out a balanced and proportionate set of proposals to protect those at risk of experiencing gambling harm.
There are already a range of obligations on gambling operators to identify and prevent gambling-related harm, which can include signposting to sources of specialist support from organisations who deal with advice and treatment for harmful gambling. Following the white paper, we are introducing a range of new, proportionate controls to further protect vulnerable people from the practices and products which can drive harm. These include new light-touch, frictionless financial risk checks, a stake limit for online slots games, improvements to customer-led tools, and tougher restrictions on bonuses and direct marketing. These measures will be complemented by strengthened messaging about the risks associated with gambling. We are also introducing a new statutory levy paid by operators to fund research, prevention, and treatment of gambling-related harms so that people can access the right help when and where they need it.
We are working with the Gambling Commission and other stakeholders to bring these measures into force as quickly as possible, and have already held consultations on a number of important proposals so we can finalise details ahead of implementation.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent estimate of the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes by (a) the gambling industry, (b) Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings and (c) any other means in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Neither the Government nor the Gambling Commission hold information on how many crimes related to harmful gambling were committed in the last 12 months and there has been no recent estimate as to the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in Department of Health and Social Care have undertaken an evidence review which provides estimates of the economic costs of harmful gambling, which includes a section on criminal activity (chapter 6).The economic cost of gambling-related harm in England: evidence update 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
The Gambling Act 2005 sets out the following licensing objectives:
As the statutory regulator, the Gambling Commission is responsible for making sure all licensing applications meet these objectives. The Commission has published a statement of principles for licensing and regulation which sets out how it governs what it does and how they help to meet the Act's licensing objectives.