Gambling
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 13 May 2009
Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that the Gambling Commission (a) takes further steps to prioritise its activity according to the regulatory risks relevant to the gambling sector and (b) adjusts the level of fees it obtains through licensing and certification of the gambling industry to take account of regulatory risks.
Gerry Sutcliffe (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Bradford South, Labour)
The Gambling Commission keeps the regulatory risks related to each gambling sector under regular review in order to assess and update its regulatory priorities. The Secretary of State sets licence fees in order to reflect the regulatory costs of different gambling activities to the Commission and issued a consultation on