Consultation submissions
GambleAware responses to relevant calls for evidence and submissions are published below.
2023
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
February 2023
GambleAware submitted evidence to the DCMS Select Committee inquiry on gambling regulations. Read the submission here.
Health and Social Care Committee
February 2023
GambleAware submitted evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry on prevention, with the recommendation the inquiry includes gambling harm. Read the submission here.
2022
Department of Health and Social Care - Mental Health and Wellbeing
July 2022
GambleAware submitted evidence to the Department of Health and Social Care's call for evidence for its Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan. The final submission can be viewed here.
2021
Review of the Gambling Act 2005
March 2021
GambleAware submitted evidence to the Secretary of State, The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, in response to the Government's Call for Evidence for its review of the 2005 Gambling Act. GambleAware's submission can be viewed here.
2020
Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group
October 2020
GambleAware wrote to the Gambling Related Harm APPG in response to the group's concerns over the Bet Regret campaign Tap Out advertisement. Read the letter here.
Lords Select Committee - Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry
July 2020
GambleAware wrote to the House of Lords Select Committee in response to the publication of the report into the Social & Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry. Read the letter here.
DCMS Select Committee call for evidence into the impact of COVID-19
June 2020
GambleAware submitted evidence to the DCMS Select Committee call for evidence into the impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors. The submission was coordinated by GambleAware on behalf of a number of organisations which work together to reduce gambling harms and contains a summary of the intelligence on gambling activity and harms during this period that we have gained, and also of how the activities that we commission and provide have been affected. Read the submission here.
Treatment needs and gap analysis
June 2020
GambleAware wrote to the Betting and Gaming Council regarding the role of the YouGov Survey as part of the Treatment Needs and Gap Analysis. Read the letter here and see the research here.
Lords Select Committee - Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry
April 2020
GambleAware submitted a further response to the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee. Read the response here.
Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group inquiry into online gambling harm
February 2020
GambleAware submitted a response to the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group interim report on online gambling harm. Read the letter here.
2019
The Howard League for Penal Reform - Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling
December 2019
GambleAware submitted a response to the Howard League's Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling. Read the letter here.
All Party Parliamentary Group on the Treatment of Addiction
October 2019
GambleAware submitted a response to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Treatment of Addiction - Hidden Addiction Series: Black Asian and Minority Ethnic groups. Read the letter here.
Lords Select Committee - Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry
September 2019
GambleAware submitted a response to the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee. Read the response here.
Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group inquiry
August 2019
GambleAware submitted a further response to the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group inquiry - Assessing the Impact of Online Gambling. Read the letter here.
July 2019
GambleAware submitted a response to the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group's inquiry - Assessing the Impact of Online Gambling. Read the letter here.
Public Health Outcomes Framework consultation 2019/20
February 2019
GambleAware submitted a response to the Public Health Outcomes Framework consultation 2019/20. Read the submission here.
Gambling Commission consultation on the national strategy to reduce gambling harms
February 2019
GambleAware submitted a response to the Gambling Commission's consultation on the national strategy to reduce gambling harms. Read the submission here.
2018
Mental health in the Long Term Plan for the NHS consultation
September 2018
GambleAware submitted a response to the NHS consultation on Mental health in the Long Term Plan for the NHS. Read the submission here.
Government Society Lottery Reform consultation
August 2018
GambleAware submitted a response to the Government consultation on Society Lottery Reform. Read the submission here.
Labour Party review of NHS treatment of gambling addiction
April 2018
GambleAware submitted a response to the Labour Party review of NHS treatment of gambling addiction. Read the submission here.
Department for Education's call for evidence into 'Changes to the teaching of Sex and Relationship Education and PSHE'
February 2018
GambleAware submitted a response to the Department for Education's call for evidence into 'Changes to the teaching of Sex and Relationship Education and PSHE’. Read GambleAware's written submission here.
Public Accounts Committee inquiry into the 'Decline in National Lottery income'
January 2018
GambleAware submitted a response to the Public Accounts Committee inquiry into the 'Decline in National Lottery income'. Read GambleAware's written submission here.
DCMS proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures
January 2018
GambleAware responds to DCMS proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures. Read the submission here.
2017
Government's draft Internet Safety Strategy
December 2017
Gambling-related harm is conspicuous by its absence from the government's draft Internet Safety Strategy. Read our response to the DCMS consultation here.
Government Gambling Review
October 2017
GambleAware responded to the Government Gambling Review. Read more here.
2016
Government's 'Call for Evidence on Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures'
December 2016
GambleAware has drawn on the wealth of research it has commissioned to respond to the government's 'Call for Evidence on Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures'. The submission may be viewed here.