Ban gambling adverts and sponsorship in football
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I want the Government to prevent gambling being advertised in football, or being a sponsor of football clubs, to protect children from this.
Found: Many children watch football, meaning they can see gambling adverts.
Asked by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Gambling-related harms evidence review: quantitative analysis, updated on 11 January 2023, what methodologies were used to gather data on Football Pools.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Gambling-related harms evidence review: quantitative analysis has not been updated since original publication on 30 September 2019. The Health Survey for England (2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018) was used as the primary dataset for this review and analysis was carried out on this four-year combined and weighted dataset. Information on methods for data collection for the Health Survey for England is available at the following link:
The Health Survey for England asks whether survey respondents have participated in several different types gambling activities, and is included in the quantitative analysis which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gambling-related-harms-evidence-review
Gambling activities were not specifically labelled as ‘pools betting’.
Correspondence Dec. 13 2023
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Correspondence from Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society, relating to the Independent Review
Mentions:
1: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) and admitted that Football Index blurred the boundaries between gambling and investing. - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) According to newspaper reports, the Gambling Commission was warned in January 2020 that Football Index - Speech Link
3: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) to call for an end to gambling advertising and sponsorship in football. - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) In the first instance, reports that the Gambling Commission was made aware of the issues with Football - Speech Link
5: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) vulnerable people from gambling harms and financial detriment.Examples like the collapse of the Football - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) It was proposed that family areas free of gambling adverts could be established in football grounds, - Speech Link
2: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) advertisements in football. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Seeing their sporting heroes, such as ex-footballers, ex-football managers and so on promote gambling - Speech Link
4: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) Football has had every chance to address gambling advertising. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) In sport, the absence of government action has led 35 football clubs to decide to go it alone and join - Speech Link
2: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Lab - Life peer) If you ever go to a football match, as I do, you cannot escape the gambling adverts and the involvement - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) advertising in football. - Speech Link
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: DCMS: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meeting Q3 23/24Found: reform To discuss the Gambling White Paper Stuart Andrew 2023-11-14 Gambling Commission To discuss the
Mentions:
1: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) We are now one year on from the publication of the landmark gambling White Paper and the Government - Speech Link
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the potential lessons it has learnt from the collapse of Football Index.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operators of the novel gambling product Football Index, had a significant impact on former customers, and we recognise the frustration and anger that this has caused. As a result, the Government announced an Independent Review, conducted by Malcom Sheehan KC, which looked at how the company had been regulated and identified lessons learned for various agencies including the Financial Conduct Authority. These recommendations have since been implemented.
Following the collapse of Football Index, the then-Minister held several meetings with the Gambling Commission, and officials have worked closely with their counterparts at His Majesty’s Treasury on the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in this case.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Gambling Commission and (b) Financial Conduct Authority on potential proposals to regulate companies like Football Index.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operators of the novel gambling product Football Index, had a significant impact on former customers, and we recognise the frustration and anger that this has caused. As a result, the Government announced an Independent Review, conducted by Malcom Sheehan KC, which looked at how the company had been regulated and identified lessons learned for various agencies. These recommendations have since been implemented.
Following the collapse of Football Index, the then-Minister held several meetings with the Gambling Commission, and officials have worked closely with their counterparts at His Majesty’s Treasury on the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in this case. I also met representatives from the Football Index Action Group last year and officials from the department are discussing the issues raised by the group with the Gambling Commission.