Margaret Hodge: ...the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport whereby it can retain the money that it accesses through penalties to support its arguments and its work against the big tech companies. The Gambling Commission accepts contributions to compensate victims or payments to charity, rather than imposing a fine: that is another ringfencing hypothecation. Ofwat’s penalties levied against...
Margaret Hodge: ...we have had a long debate. They include estate agents, letting agencies, high-value dealers, on-market dealers, accountancy professionals who do not belong to any professional body, and finally the Gambling Commission. The Financial Conduct Authority supervises the rest. HMRC in particular does not do a proper job. It does not see it as part of its function to do the supervision.
Margaret Hodge: ...of its civil penalties to fund its work with the big tech companies. In 2019, Ofwat kept the proceeds of penalties it had raised on Southern Water to pay out to and reimburse customers. The Gambling Commission can also require payments rather than penalties to compensate victims or make payments to charities. Those are three precedents on which the Minister could build the argument that it...
Margaret Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to meet representatives of (a) local authorities, (b) the gambling industry, (c) charities and (d) other relevant bodies ahead of the publication of the formal recommendations of the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures.
Margaret Hodge: ...(i) Public reviews McMaster Review—Assessing excellence in the arts 1 November 2007. The consultation period was 1 to 30 November 2007. (ii) Public consultations (in reverse date order) Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2008 16 July 2008. The consultation period will run from 17 July to 9 October 2008. Proposed Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines in Bingo...
Margaret Hodge: ...2005-06 191,854.56 2006-07 143,283.50 2007-08 303,218.50 The breakdown for each publication is as follows: Publication title Cost (£ ex. VAT) April 2005 to March 2006 Gambling Act 2005: What it means for Licensing Authorities 769.31 Listing Criteria—Public Consultation 2,346.44 Ecclesiastical Exemption 581.62 Hague Convention Consultation 5,549.34 ...
Margaret Hodge: ...in the years 2006-07 and 2007-08. Costs quoted are excluding VAT. £ 2006-07 2012 Delivering for the UK (Olympic Regional Business Summit) 102,391 International Summit on Remote Gambling 49,291 2007-08 DCMS Audit Committee Conference 6,382
Margaret Hodge: ..., the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a European agenda for culture in a globalizing world 29 June to 10 September 2007 23 The Gambling Act (Small Society Lotteries) (Registration of Non-Commercial Societies) Regulations 2007 12 June to 30 July 2007 7 Gambling Act 2005: Consultation on Temporary Use Notices...
Margaret Hodge: ...spends broken down by financial year and by departmental division. Division Research spend (£000) Financial year 2005-06 Arts 33 Broadcasting 58 Creative Industries 75 Gambling (1)c.100 Humanitarian Assistance 16 Strategy 1,260 Tourism 29 Total 1,571 Financial year 2006-07 Broadcasting 148 Creative Industries 130 Gambling...
Margaret Hodge: ...information to provide comparable data for earlier years. Subject Cost (£) Lottery Grants Pilot Study 15,000 Evaluation of the Impact of the National Lottery 18,000 Economics of Gambling 17,000 Regional Cultural Data Framework 52,000 Live music baseline survey 127,000 Olympic Bid Market Research 36,000 Role and Contribution of Culture to Regeneration in UK...
Margaret Hodge: ...of tourism, creative industries and leisure industries with key projects designed to impact on its sponsored industries. Projects include, for example, the implementation of the Licensing Act, Gambling Act and the digital switchover. Examples of work to support the tourism sector and its productivity include the work we have done with VisitBritain and the Tourism Industry Emergencies...
Margaret Hodge: ...133.0 2006-07 — 1.174 — — 129.5 £ million Radio Authority Oflot (Office of the National Lottery) National Lottery Commission Gaming Board for Great Britain Gambling Commission 1997-98 — 2.410 — — — 1998-99 — 2.252 — — — 1999-2000 3.940 — 3.452 — — 2000-01 4.149 — 4.965 — — 2001-02 4.406 —...
Margaret Hodge: ...authority basis. The Department has also previously published a third National Statistics product—Betting Licence Statistics. However, this publication is being reviewed in light of changes in gambling laws. The Department also annually publishes two non-National Statistics products: Creative Industries Economic Estimates; and Television Exports Statistics. Creative Industries economic...
Margaret Hodge: Over the last year, DCMS made 61 statutory instruments and revoked 44. The majority of these new and revoked instruments (43 and 31 respectively) relate to the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005 which came fully into effect on 1 September 2007 and which simplified and modernised previous gambling legislation.
Margaret Hodge: ...Industries Division 19 18.8 Active Generation Team 5 4.5 Tourism 30 29.9 Lottery, Communities and International 27 25.6 Museums, Libraries and Cultural Property Unit 31 31 Gambling and National Lottery Licensing 18 18 Broadcasting Policy 32 32 Humanitarian Assistance Unit 7 7 Government Art Collection 14 13.5 Government Olympic Executive 46...
Margaret Hodge: As I explained in my answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham's question 151837, the Gambling Act 2005 and the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 contain sunset clauses: the following Acts introduced by my Department do not contain sunset clauses—the Office of Communications Act 2002, the National Heritage Act 2002, the Licensing Act 2003, the Communications Act 2003, the...
Margaret Hodge: ...the intended effect. The Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004—various enactments are not in force mainly relating to the sale of the Tote and the Horserace Betting Levy system. The Gambling Act 2005—a substantial number of the enactments have been brought into force and the intention is to bring into force the vast majority of the remaining provisions on 1 September 2007....
Margaret Hodge: Section 180 of the Gambling Act 2005 is a sunset clause and provides that the section which concerns pool betting on dog races shall cease to have effect on 31 December 2012. Sections 10 to 18 of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 will cease to have effect at the end of the "London Olympic period", that is after the fifth day after the closing ceremony of the Paralympic...
Margaret Hodge: ...The House magazine House of Commons weekly information bulletin Icon IGWB: International gaming and wagering business magazine Information world review Inside housing Insights International gambling studies International journal of arts management International journal of cultural property International journal of nautical archaeology Interpretation: journal of the Association...
Margaret Hodge: ...700 National Lottery Commission -99 1,600 1,501 7,372 8,873 -555 8,318 5,683 14,001 Spaces for Sport and Arts 0 0 0 — — — — — — Gaming Board for Great Britain/Gambling Commission 2,342 1,362 3,704 5,762 9,466 4,548 14,014 -9,794 4,220 (1) 2003-04 transferring pensions costs. Capital costs £000 Final outturn Provisional...