Bingo Industry
Health
Written answers and statements, 10 October 2006
Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister (Culture, Media & Sport), Culture, Media & Sport; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the likely impact of a smoking ban on the licensed bingo industry in England.
Caroline Flint (Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health; Don Valley, Labour)
No specific assessment has been carried out of the potential impacts on the bingo industry of the smoke free provisions within the Health Act 2006. The overall costs and benefits of the Health Act are set out in the regulatory impact assessment which is available in the Library or on the Department's website at: www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Legislation/ RegulatoryImpactAssessment/RegulatoryImpact AssessmentArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4121917 &chk=sUauD/.