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Organisation Activities

Request date
3 April 2025

Outcome
Partial exemption

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Request

  1. What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation's activities?
  2. How many workers are directly employed by your organisation?
  3. How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary?
  4. In which region is your workplace located?
  5. Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them.
  6. What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect?
  7. what date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin?
  8. In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee?
  9. In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase?
  10. What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees?
  11. Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer?

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested:

  1. What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation's activities?
  2. How many workers are directly employed by your organisation?
  3. How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary?
  4. In which region is your workplace located?
  5. Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them.
  6. What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect?
  7. what date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin?
  8. In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee?
  9. In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase?
  10. What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees?
  11. Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer?

The Gambling Commission can confirm as follows:

  1. Section 21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt where it is reasonably accessible elsewhere. In order to be of assistance, information regarding primary SIC 2007 codes can be found here: Indexes with addendum December 2022 reformatted September 2024 (opens in new tab)
  2. 416 workers were directly employed by the Gambling Commission as at 31/03/2025.
  3. The Gambling Commission is classified as a public organisation.
  4. The Gambling Commission workplace is located at our head office in the West Midlands.
  5. Yes – PCS.
  6. The latest pay settlement came into effect on 01/04/2024.
  7. The next pay settlement is to be confirmed depending on the 2025/2026 civil service pay remit guidance.
  8. The percentage pay increase for the lowest paid employee was 4.6%.
  9. The standard percentage pay increase was 4.6%.
  10. The Gambling Commission has a pay floor of £26,000 for all roles.
  11. No, the Gambling Commission are not a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer.

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. 

It should be noted that if you wish to raise a complaint with the ICO about the Commission’s handling of your request for information, then you are required to do so within six weeks of receiving your final response or last substantive contact with us.

The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

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