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Misuse of Statistics

Request date: 19 September 2024

This version was printed or saved on: 2 May 2025

Online version: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/about-us/freedomofinformation/misuse-of-statistics

Request

Please can you supply me with the names of all individuals and organisations that the Gambling Commission has written to in 2024 (to date) in relation to the misuse of official statistics?

Response

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

In your email you have requested the names of all individuals and organisations that the Gambling Commission has written to in 2024 (to date) in relation to the misuse of official statistics.

Section 21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt where it is reasonably accessible elsewhere. Information from January to 19 June 2024 can be found here: Correspondence to Third Parties re Misuse of Statistics (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)

The Gambling Commission can confirm that the names of all individuals and organisations that the Gambling Commission has written to from 20 June 2024 (to date) in relation to the misuse of official statistics is as follows:

University of Bristol

The Observer

The Guardian

The Daily Mail online

SBC News

Gambling with Lives

Gambling Compliance

Sunday Post

The Critic

YGAM

Thought Leaders

CEGA.org.uk

I newspaper

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 a new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Information Management Team
Gambling Commission