Annual fee income 2015 to 2016

Our costs for regulating gambling (excluding the National Lottery) rose this year from £15.8m to £16.9m (7.0%). This was due to the considerable increase in regulatory work under our expanded remit following the introduction of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014.

This Act expands our role to include regulation of operators based overseas providing online gambling facilities for consumers in Britain. We expect the changes in costs to stabilise over the next three years while at the same time, in line with the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, we continue to improve our overall efficiency.

We are currently consulting on proposals for changes to the fees structure which, if implemented, will take effect in April 2017, see website for details.

We will continue to focus on issues and operators that potentially present the greatest risk to the licensing objectives.

Annual fee income by sector:

How we use your licence fee

We aim to be the most respected gambling regulator in the world. Our priority is to protect the interests of vulnerable consumers and of everyone who wants to enjoy gambling – keeping it safe, fair and crime free. To achieve these goals our people will work together to make the Commission fit for the future.

This chart shows the activities that we undertook during 2015 to 2016 and covers all sectors within the industry:

How we use your licence fee

We also regulate the National Lottery, which is entirely funded by grant-in-aid from the National Lottery Distribution Fund. Further information is available in our Annual report and accounts 2015 to 2016.