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Request date: 10 April 2025
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Online version: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/about-us/freedomofinformation/north-east-of-england-premises
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide a list of all currently active Arcades, Amusements, Gaming Centres and or Family Entertainment Venues or premises that are operating within the North East of England in Excel format. If delivered as a comma-separated file (CSV), please use quotation marks around each data field to ensure proper parsing of the data.
The data should be within the following 12 local authorities that makes up the North East of England.
Information about each retailer should include the following data. If a data item (column) is marked "optional", then please include the data item if it is available, but if that data item is not available please continue with the request without that specific data item. If a data item is partially available (available only for a subset of records), then please include the information on those records it is available and leave blank for the records it is not available.
Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In your email you have requested:
‘Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide a list of all currently active Arcades, Amusements, Gaming Centres and or Family Entertainment Venues or premises that are operating within the North East of England in Excel format. If delivered as a comma-separated file (CSV), please use quotation marks around each data field to ensure proper parsing of the data.
The data should be within the following 12 local authorities that makes up the North East of England.
Information about each retailer should include the following data. If a data item (column) is marked "optional", then please include the data item if it is available, but if that data item is not available please continue with the request without that specific data item. If a data item is partially available (available only for a subset of records), then please include the information on those records it is available and leave blank for the records it is not available.
Section 21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt where it is reasonably accessible elsewhere. The Gambling Commission publishes a live register of gambling premises on its website, this information is updated nightly and can be found here: Full register of gambling premises.
This register can be downloaded, filtered and sorted into the local authorities and premises type you have specified in your request.
The Gambling Commission does not retain historical records or previously published versions of the premises licence register. The register is generated dynamically, pulling data directly from our live systems at the point of publication.
The register is published with the caveat that the Gambling Commission cannot provide any assurances on the completeness and accuracy of this data.
The Commission does not issue premises licences. The licensing of premises for gambling businesses is the responsibility of local licensing authorities (normally the Local Authority for the area where the business is located). You should contact individual licensing authorities to obtain more detailed information about premises licences - You can find your local licensing authority on GOV.UK (opens in a new tab).
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your Freedom of Information request you are entitled to an internal review of our decision. You should write to FOI Team, Gambling Commission, 4th floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP or by reply to this email.
Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.
If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission.
It should be noted that if you wish to raise a complaint with the ICO about the Commission’s handling of your request for information, then you are required to do so within six weeks of receiving your final response or last substantive contact with us.
The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
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