Effects of unemployment on gambling habits

Request

I am a university student who is conducting a study for my dissertation on the effects of unemployment on gambling habits and I intend to use some of the data you have collected in your yearly surveys for my research. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to provide me with some more information regarding the ethnicity and/or the region of the respondents as this would greatly aid my study.

Response

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

In your email you have requested information regarding the ethnicity and/or the region of the respondents to the quarterly telephone survey publications we release relating to gambling participation.

Section 21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt where it is reasonably accessible elsewhere. To access this data collections, visit UK Data Service (opens in a new tab) and search ‘Gambling Commission’ in the data catalogue. The Data Collection is available to users registered with the UK Data Service.

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.

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

Information Management Team
Gambling Commission
Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham B2 4BP