Written questions
793 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding and other resources to the police to respond to the rise in internet-related crime and online fraud.
22 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Police: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Government funding the salaries of the recently announced 20,000 new police officers.
22 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Police: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on police force finances of funding the long-term salaries of new police officers.
22 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Police: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the merits of funding the (a) long-term and (b) starting salaries of recently recruited police officers.
22 Sep 2020 · Home Office
South Wales Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for South Wales police.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Black Economy
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 8 September 2020 to Question 81831 on Gambling: Regulation, what his Department's policy is on the distinction between (a) grey and (b) black gambling markets;
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will raise the age limit on the National Lottery to 18.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the amount of (a) money and (b) time spent by people on gambling by category of gambling type during the covid-19 outbreak.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Fund: Annual Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the next Social Fund Annual Report.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Fund: Annual Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a Social Fund Annual Report has not been published since November 2018.
8 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gambling: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of treating people with gambling addiction in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 (c) 2020.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government will take to assess risks to consumers to inform and provide a baseline for the gambling review.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling Commission: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Gambling Commission plans to publish its review of stakes and prizes.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning gambling advertising.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what sanctions are in place for gambling operators that breach age-restricted advertising rules.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the rates of play on different gambling products during the covid-19 outbreak.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of (i) men and (ii) women gambling and (b) rates of problematic gambling during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether he has made an assessment o
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to launch its review of gambling.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of children aged between 16 and 18 playing the National Lottery.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to raise the age for playing the National Lottery to 18 years old.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason his Department has not published a response to the consultation entitled, Consultation on the minimum age for playing National Lottery games that closed in October 2019.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Bowling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic cost of maintaining the closure of bowling alleys as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Gambling Commission permits licensees to offer remote gambling in Northern Ireland which would not be permitted in land-based venues under the laws of Northern Irelan
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Gambling Commission permits licensees to remotely offer betting services in Northern Ireland without having the requisite betting premises in Northern Ireland.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Video Games: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Gambling Commission permits some licensees to operate gaming machines in betting shops in Northern Ireland at stakes in excess of 25p per spin, the maximum permitted
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of gambling advertising on children.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of gambling advertising on gambling behaviour.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of gambling advertising restrictions in (a) Spain and (b) other countries.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to ban betting companies from being front of shirt football sponsors.
14 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) scale and (b) nature of modern slavery throughout the UK.
Source: official written-questions record.