Question follow-through · 3914
Gambling: Licensing
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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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
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.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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4 Jun 2026
Answer published
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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