Betting Shops: Greater London
(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of gambling shops on high streets in London in each the last 5 years.
The Gambling Commission records data on premises numbers at a national rather than a local level. In March 2022 its Industry Statistics recorded 6,219 Licensed Betting Shops and 1,285 Adult Gaming Centres in Great Britain and the figures for each reporting period since 2017 are detailed in the table below.
Reporting Period | Adult Gaming Centres | Licensed Betting Shops |
31/03/2017 | 1,548 | 8,800 |
31/03/2018 | 1,481 | 8,559 |
31/03/2019 | 1,464 | 8,304 |
31/03/2020 (revised figures) | 1,464 | 7,683 |
31/03/2021(revised figures) | 1,381 | 6,462 |
31/03/2022 (provisional figures) | 1,285 | 6,219 |
Each Local Authority is required to have a current list of all licensed gambling premises available to access on request under section 156 of the Gambling Act.
Our review of the Gambling Act 2005 is looking at the situation of the land-based gambling industry as part of its wide-ranging scope. A White Paper setting out our conclusions and next steps will be published in the coming weeks.