§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the permitted areas where casinos may be established under the Gaming Act 1968; and in which of those areas casinos are not currently operating. [175819]
§ Mr. CabornThe areas where casinos are allowed to operate under the Gaming Clubs (Permitted Areas) Regulations 1971 are as follows:
London
That area which is within the area specified in the licensing (Metropolitan Special Hours Area) Order 1961—plus the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
The rest of England, Wales and Scotland
The areas of the former county boroughs, non-county boroughs and urban districts of:
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- Aberdeen
- Birkenhead
- Birmingham
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Bournemouth
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Cardiff
- Coventry
- Derby
- Dudley
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Great Yarmouth
- Hove
- Huddersfield
- Kingston upon Hull
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- Luton
- Lytham St. Annes
- Manchester
- Margate
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Northampton
- Nottingham
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Ramsgate
- Reading
- Ryde
- Salford
- Sandown/Shanklin
- Scarborough
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Southend-on-Sea
- Southport
- Stockport
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Teesside/Middlesbrough
- Torbay
- Walsall
- Warley
- West Bromwich
- Wolverhampton.
There are currently no casinos operating in Ryde, Sandown/Shanklin or Warley.