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Ticket Touting: Summary of responses, Government response and analysis of the secondary sales market

The Government Response to the February – May 2009 Consultation on Ticketing and Ticket Touting has now been published together with an Analysis of the Secondary Sales Market for Tickets for Sporting, Cultural and other Events.

Th Summary document sets out the Government response to the Consultation on Ticketing and Ticket Touting between February and May 2009. It also contains an introduction from the Sports Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe, a summary of around 140 responses received, a list of the organisations which responded and the original consultation questions.

DCMS is also publishing the results of research commissioned in summer 2009 – Analysis of the Secondary Sales Market for Tickets for Sporting, Cultural and other Events by Europe Economics (September 2009). The research examined the overall scale of the ticket market in the UK and the proportion of tickets sold on the secondary market. Its findings and issues for further analysis are documented below.

Consultation on Ticketing and Ticket Touting

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