United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3914
Gambling: Licensing
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21 May 2026
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4 June 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance will be issued to local licensing authorities on the application of gambling impact assessments across the United Kingdom.
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21 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance will be issued to local licensing authorities on the application of gambling impact assessments across the United Kingdom.
Source: Commons
4 June 2026
Answer
Gambling Impact Assessments (GIAs) have now been introduced in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act. GIAs will allow local authorities to create a presumption against granting new gambling premises licences in a specific area, where there ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-21/3914
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1908680
- uk · wq-1908680 · source updated 4 June 2026