Betting Shops
(asked on 1st February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the number of betting shops likely to close as a result of a potential future reduction in the maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals.
This question was answered on 6th February 2017
A review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures began with a 6 week call for evidence on 24 October 2016, closing on 4 December. We are now looking in depth at the evidence and aim to publish our findings and any proposals in spring 2017, including an economic assessment of these proposals.