Licenced Betting Offices in Richmondshire 2007-13
Dear Richmondshire District Council,
Please could you release to me information on how many Licensed Betting Offices were licensed in the borough in each year from 2007 to 2013.
For clarity: I wish to understand the total number of bookmakers licenced in each year 2007-13 and how that has changed over time.
This means that licenced bookmakers whose licences have lapsed, been surrendered or have been revoked need to be included, just information of when the currently licenced premises were first licenced is potentially misleading when analysing the trend over time.
Some councils make their current register available online,
unfortunately this gives just the current number not the historic trend.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Richardson
RDC FOI Ref:2926 – Betting Offices
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Dear Cantrell, Sheila,
Has there been any further progress on this request which is now over the 20 day limit suggested by the ICO?
Yours sincerely,
Richard Richardson
Mr Richardson
My sincere apologies for the delay. I thought I had forwarded it to our Licencing Department to reply but I had not. I sent it a couple of days ago and stressed the urgency for a prompt reply.
Sheila
Sheila Cantrell
Business Support Team Leader
Richmondshire District Council
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Dear Cantrell, Sheila,
Has there been any progress with this FOI request which is now several months old? I repproduce it below for your convenience:
Please could you release to me information on how many Licensed
Betting Offices were licensed in the borough in each year from 2007
to 2013.
For clarity: I wish to understand the total number of bookmakers
licenced in each year 2007-13 and how that has changed over time.
This means that licenced bookmakers whose licences have lapsed,
been surrendered or have been revoked need to be included, just
information of when the currently licenced premises were first
licenced is potentially misleading when analysing the trend over
time.
Some councils make their current register available online,
unfortunately this gives just the current number not the historic
trend.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Richardson
RDC FOI Ref:2926 – Betting Offices
Dear Mr Richardson
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request
Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is below.
Information Disclosed
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See attached
Dear Cantrell, Sheila,
Many thanks for this clear and complete response which (including the racecourse) shows:
2007 - 6
2008 - 7 (+1)
2009 - 7
2010 - 7
2011 - 6 (-1)
2012 - 5 (-1)
2013 - 6 (+1)
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Richard Richardson
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