Richard Richardson
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 399)
Letters of Support - FOBT Campaign
Follow up sent to Newham Borough Council by Richard Richardson on .
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Thank you for tis reply. Well I say thank you but only because it shows how hypocritical and dishonest your cliam of 92 other councils supporting your...
FOBTs Sustainable Communities Act - other council's support
Follow up sent to Newham Borough Council by Richard Richardson on .
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I have now completed my analysis of your response and it reveals that Newham Borough Council have been misleading their own councillors, their constitu...
Clarifying Councils' Position on FOBT stakes
Response by Department for Culture, Media and Sport to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson,
Thank you for your further email of 15 October regarding the submission
made by Newham Council claiming support from 92 other co...
Clarifying Council's positions on FOBTs & Stake
Follow up sent to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by Richard Richardson on .
Partially successful
Dear Tom Clifford,
Thankyou for your timely and helpul response.
I will now ask the DCMS for the rest of the information.
Thanks
Yours sincere...
Licenced Betting Offices in Camden 2007-13
Response by Camden Borough Council to Richard Richardson on .
Awaiting internal review
I am out of the office on annual leave and return on Wednesday 22nd July.
Please contact [email address] if your query is urgent,
This e-mail may co...
Licenced Betting Offices in Knowsley 2007-13
Response by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson
Freedom of Information request F2014.03.157
Please accept our apologies for the delay in the response. We receive a significant nu...
Licenced Betting Offices in Falkirk 2007-13
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A "right to complain" leaflet was attached to the original response but has been omitted from the replacement. (The substance of the response is the s...
Licenced Betting Offices in Edinburgh 2007-13
Response by City of Edinburgh Licensing Board to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson
I refer further to your emailed query regarding Betting Premises Licences. Sorry again for the delay in getting back to you about t...
Licenced Betting Offices in Huntingdonshire 2007-13
Follow up sent to Huntingdonshire District Council by Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Freedom Of Information Group,
Thank you for this complete response that shows total bookmakers by year as:
2007 - 13
2008 - 13 (+2 -2)
2009...
Licenced Betting Offices in Norwich 2007-13
Follow up sent to Norwich City Council by Richard Richardson on .
Long overdue
Dear Lambert, Chris,
Please could you respond to my clarification request regarding this FOI request. That email is reproduced below for your conveni...
Licenced Betting Offices in North Norfolk 2007-13
Follow up sent to North Norfolk District Council by Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Steve Hems,
Thank you for this complete response, - 7 bookmakers throughout the period - even if it is a bit late. There are about 10 councils...
Licenced Betting Offices in Eastleigh 2007-13
Response by Eastleigh Borough Council to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson
Re: Request for Information
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request which we received on
02/04/2014.
P...
Licenced Betting Offices in Oxford 2007-13
Response by Oxford City Council to Richard Richardson on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Richardson,
I am a lawyer in the Council’s Legal Team working within the Law and
Governance Service Area.
You have requested an in...
Licenced Betting Offices in east Dunbartonshire 2007-13
Response by East Dunbartonshire Council to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Richard
Please find undernoted information in relation to your recent FOI request.
Licensed Betting Offices which were licensed in East Dunbarto...
Campaign for Fairer Gambling - correspondence
Response by Department for Culture, Media and Sport to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson,
Please accept our apologies for the long delay in providing you with a
substantive response to your information request. We...
Licenced Betting Offices in Angus 2007-13
Response by Angus Licensing Board to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson
I refer to your recent request for information and your subsequent correspondence. Apologies for the delay in responding, I have n...
Licenced Betting Offices in Barnet 2007-13
Response by Barnet Borough Council to Richard Richardson on .
Partially successful
Dear Richard,
Firstly I would like to apologise for the delay in our response. My colleague Michelle Rudland has now provided the attached and also a...
Licenced Betting Offices in Bridgend 2007-13
Response by Bridgend County Borough Council to Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Mr Richardson,
Further to your e-mail of 24 July 2014, please find attached an updated
spreadsheet. In some cases the licence holder does not n...
Licenced Betting Offices in Salford 2007-13
Response by Salford City Council to Richard Richardson on .
Awaiting classification
Dear Mr Richardson,
Many apologies for the delay in response. I have been on leave, and unfortunately due to limited resources my colleagues were unab...
Licenced Betting Offices in Copeland 2007-13
Follow up sent to Copeland Borough Council by Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Denise James,
Many thanks for this clarification , apologies that my initial FOI was slightly ambiguous re new licences vs total licenced.
Tha...
Licenced Betting Offices in Wyre Forest 2007-13
Follow up sent to Wyre Forest District Council by Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Jo Lange,
Many thanks for this clear and complete reply.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Richardson
Licenced Betting Offices in Richmondshire 2007-13
Follow up sent to Richmondshire District Council by Richard Richardson on .
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Dear Cantrell, Sheila,
Many thanks for this clear and complete response which (including the racecourse) shows:
2007 - 6
2008 - 7 (+1)
2009 - 7...
Licenced Betting Offices in Glasgow 2007-13
Follow up sent to Glasgow City Licensing Board by Richard Richardson on .
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Dear LicensingBoard,
Many thanks for this thorough and complete response.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Richardson
Licenced Betting Offices in North Dorset 2007-13
Follow up sent to North Dorset District Council by Richard Richardson on .
Successful
Dear FOI Officer,
Thanks again.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Richardson
Licenced Betting Offices 2007-13
Response by Brent Borough Council to Richard Richardson on .
Awaiting internal review
Dear Mr Richardson
We are sorry that we have not answered your request to your satisfaction.
An Internal Review will be conducted by an officer indep...
This person's 13 annotations
Betting shops
Partially successful
This earlier request may be of interest. I chose 2007 as the start date as that is when councils first licenced them not magistrates. I never got a ful...
Regulatory returns data
Refused
Might be nice to see it but it is unpublished because it is comercially confidential. The Commission use it to do the industry figures we get delayed a...
Licenced Betting Offices in Salford 2007-13
Awaiting classification
As a benchmark for assessing Salford you might like to know that I have asked for the same info from all 326 English councils - 9 are outstanding, 3 In...
Licenced Betting Offices in Conwy 2007-13
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2013 is correct - it was -1 +1 not -1 +2
Correction:
2007 17 (1 issued/surrendered in year)
2008 16 (-1)
2009 16
2010 17 (+1)
2011 16 (-1)
2012 16
2013 15 (-1)
2014 16 (+1)
Licenced Betting Offices in Richmond upon Thames 2007-13
Request to Richmond upon Thames Borough Council by Richard Richardson. Annotated by Richard Richardson on .
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Damn typos
2007 - 19
2008 - 20 (+1)
2009 - 20
2010 - 21 (+1)
2011 - 20 (-1)
2012 - 19 (-1)
2013 - 23 (+4)
Licenced Betting Offices in Waltham Forest 2007-13
Request to Waltham Forest Borough Council by Richard Richardson. Annotated by Richard Richardson on .
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2007 = 60
2008 = 63
2009 = 61
2010 = 59
2011 = 61
2012 = 61
2013 = 60
Licenced Betting Offices in Great Yarmouth 2007-13
Request to Great Yarmouth Borough Council by Richard Richardson. Annotated by Richard Richardson on .
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2007 - 16
2008 - 16
2009 - 16
2010 - 15
2011 - 16
2012 - 16
2013 - 16
Betting Office in Haringey 2007-13
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Haringey LBO
2007 - 64 (+1)
2008 - 66 (+5 -3)
2009 - 61 (+1 - 6)
2010 - 66 (+5 -1)
2011 - 66 (+2 -2)
2012 - 68 (+2)
2013 - 68
2014 - 68 (+1 -...
Number of Licenced Betting Offices
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This was a double click duplication of this request
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/number_of_licenced_betting_offic_2#outgoing-340515
which h...
Campaign for Fairer Gambling - correspondence
Request to Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Richard Richardson. Annotated by Richard Richardson on .
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I have submitted an additional FOI request relating to third party correspondence related to this request.
Research on FoBTs
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A new analysis of FOBT in the three prevalence surveys has just been released.
http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/pdf/Examining%20Machine%20Gamblin...
Research on FoBTs
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There is a current triennial consultation on this issue here
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-max...