Betindex Liquidity
Request
There is an internal email at the Gambling Commission which has been published. It's dated 6th July 2021 and relates to point 44 of a separate document advising the gambling commission had received evidence from bet index and queries regarding their liquidity had been satisfied. Please provide any correspondence received and evidence used to satisfy this.
Response
Thank you for your expression of interest in making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In your email you have stated the following:
“There is an internal email at the Gambling Commission which has been published. It's dated 6th July 2021 and relates to point 44 of a separate document advising the gambling commission had received evidence from bet index and queries regarding their liquidity had been satisfied. Please provide any correspondence received and evidence used to satisfy this.”
In order for us to progress this request we do require further clarification with regards to the information you have requested.
The FOIA covers recorded information held by a public authority at the time a request is made and does not require a public authority to create information in order to fulfil a request.
Unfortunately, your request is not sufficiently clear to enable us to locate or identify the recorded information you are requesting, and we do need further information from you to enable us to process your request further.
In your request you have referred to an internal email (dated 6 July 2021) at the Gambling Commission which has been published which related to point 44 of a separate document advising the Commission had received evidence from bet index and queries regarding their liquidity had been satisfied.
We are unable to definitively identify the email to which you refer, the separate document to which you refer, or which correspondence and evidence you are requesting, based on the statement you have provided. As such, in order for the Commission to fulfil your request please clarify:
Further details of the email to which you refer, for instance including where it is published, the author/recipient (if known), and content. Alternatively, please provide the email itself or a link to it;
Further details of the separate document to which you refer, including title, author, date, and where it is published; alternatively, please provide the document itself or a link to it;
Further clarification of the nature of the correspondence and evidence which you are requesting.
Your clarified request will represent a new request for information and the new 20 working day time limit will commence from the day after your clarified request is received.
Until we are able to process the search and retrieval of the information you have requested, we are unable to ascertain if any exemptions will apply to the material retrieved, which would also prevent disclosure.
Review of the decision
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your Freedom of Information request you are entitled to an internal review of our decision. You should write to FOI Team, Gambling Commission, 4th floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP or by reply to this email.
Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.
If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission.
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Information Management Team
Gambling Commission