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Latest licensing authority statistics published

18 September 2014

The Gambling Commission has published the licensing authority statistics for the year ending 31 March 2014.

This latest edition provides a comparison on data covering the period April 2009 to March 2014.

We have also published an Excel version of the statistics, to provide more transparency and an element of interactivity with the figures.

Some of the key findings in this latest edition show:

  • all 380 licensing authorities submitted a return in time to be included in this year’s publication
  • 253 of which made at least one inspection
  • the number of authorities issuing 100 or more permits/notices has fallen from 28 for the year ending March 2010 to 0 for the year ending March 2014
  • betting shops represent the largest number of inspections and test purchase visits from licensing authorities.

You can view our Licensing Authority Statistics.

Note to editors

  1. The Gambling Commission (the Commission) regulates gambling in the public interest alongside its co-regulators local licensing authorities. It does so by keeping crime out of gambling, by ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and openly, and by protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling. Subject to these overriding public protection objectives, as regulator of the National Lottery the Commission monitors and challenges Camelot to raise the maximum amount for good causes. The Commission also provides independent advice to government on gambling in Britain.
  2. The Commission and local licensing authorities are responsible for licensing and regulating all gambling in Great Britain other than spread betting, which is the responsibility of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (opens in new tab).
  3. See the What we do section of our website for information on legal advice (opens in new tab).

For all media enquiries, please contact the Gambling Commission press office.

Last updated: 2 November 2022

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Following an audit the 'Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)' link has been updated.

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