Statutory Levy

Request

Please can you supply me with copies of all correspondence between the Gambling Commission and HM Treasury for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024? In particular, the search term ‘statutory levy.

Response

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

In your email you have requested:

‘Please can you supply me with copies of all correspondence between the Gambling Commission and HM Treasury for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024? In particular, the search term ‘statutory levy.’’

The Gambling Commission can confirm that no information is held falling within the scope of your request.

Government has stated that the Commission will collect and distribute the upcoming statutory levy funds under the strategic direction of Government. Our engagement on the Commission's potential role has been with our sponsoring department, which is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), not directly with HM Treasury. It is DCMS' role as the policy lead for the statutory levy to determine the structure, distribution and governance for the levy and to engage directly with HM Treasury on this policy.

Further information can be found on our website: Advice to Government - Design and implementation of a statutory levy.

Review of the decision

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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