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Bookmakers: Fees and Charges

Volume 460: debated on Tuesday 22 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the average amount of fees payable by Category (a) A and (b) B bookmakers to the Gambling Commission. (138550)

No average amount of licence fees payable has been estimated for Category (a) A and (b) B bookmakers. Application and annual fees for all sectors of the gambling industry, by category of operator, have been published in The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine permit Fees) Regulations 2006 [No. 3284] and The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2007 [No. 269]. The fees will apply to operating licences that take effect from 1 September 2007 and reflect the estimated costs for the Gambling Commission to undertake its necessary regulatory activities in respect of each sector of the gambling industry. The fees will be kept under review in the light of experience of operating the new regulatory and licensing regime.