Ms Sharon Byrne:

Sone 650 are owned, between the big three, and 150 are independents. Of those 150, one operator has about 55 outlets, two operators have 15 outlets and the rest are operators with one, two, three, or five shops each. Unfortunately, we have a lot fewer than we used to have. In 2008, there were 1,385 shops and now we are down to 800. They are almost all independent, apart from some shops that Ladbrokes had to close in a process it went through a few years ago.