The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 7th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how much money was made from fixed-odds betting terminals located on Ministry of Defence property in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, (3) 2023, and (4) 2024; and who was the beneficiary of any such money.
Lord Coaker (Lab, MoD): The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government:
- what assessment they have made of the success of existing programmes in the military in reducing gambling-related harm among serving personnel.
- whether they plan to introduce legislation similar to the Gambling Addiction Prevention Act 2019 in the United States of America, to require the development and implementation of policies and programmes to prevent and treat gambling disorders among members of the armed forces and their dependants.
- His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to require that screening questions related to gambling disorders are asked during a soldier’s recruitment process.
- what plans they have to introduce legislation to require (1) annual medical screening questions related to gambling disorder in the military, and (2) the annual assessment of the prevalence of gambling disorder among members of the armed forces.
Lord Coaker: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no current plans to introduce legislation. The MOD already has a number of policies and programmes in place within the Armed Forces that assist Service personnel with gambling addiction.
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