Written question asked by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative) on Monday, 15 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 October 2007. It was answered by James Purnell (Labour) on Thursday, 18 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Bookmakers: Licensing
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many independent bookmakers there are in the UK; and what the cost to them of (a) licence fees charged, (b) the operating licence charged and (c) the premises licence charged was in 2006-07.
- Answer
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Bookmakers have been able to apply to the Gambling Commission for operating licences under the Gambling Act 2005 from 1 January 2007. There is no defined category of ““independent bookmaker””. Total numbers of off-course bookmakers to which the Commission has issued operating licences to date are:
Category Operators A—four or fewer premises 605 B—five to 15 premises 52 C—16 to 50 premises 17 D—51 to 199 premises 4 E—200 or more premises 5 Both application fees and annual fees are charged by the Commission, in accordance with the table. In the period to 31 March 2007 it collected 56,318 in application fees from off-course bookmakers. Premises licence fees are a matter for local licensing authorities, and data are not collected centrally.
Application fees £ Category A B C D E F G H Non-remote licences General betting (limited) 180 360 990 — — — — — General betting (standard) 988 988 3,459 17,295 40,518 — — — Remote licences General betting (standard — — — — — 988 3,294 16,471 Annual fees £ Category A B C D E F G H Non-remote licences General betting (limited) 200 467 1,267 — — — — — General betting (standard) 1,769 7,077 16,860 36,862 212,372 — — — Remote licences General betting (standard — — — — — 12,733 34,176 66,341
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 159032; 464 c1214W
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Bookmakers Licensing
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