The Gambling Commission

Request

Please supply the following information for your Agency ONLY, (do not including any data on other agencies or public bodies that may report to you) for the period of 2023:

1. Year of Creation/Launch/Establishment?

2. Your Annual Budget for the financial year of 2022/23?

3. Other Revenue received but not from government?

4. Fiscal Powers: Yes/No

5. Regulatory Powers:Yes/No

6. Do you sponsor other Public Bodies: Yes/No, if yes who?

7. Number of permanent staff?

8. Number of temporary staff (including part timers)?

9. Number of contract staff employed, (self-employed)?

Points of clarification:

• Questions 7,8 & 9 that is number employed during the financial year of 2022/23.

• Question 7: Permanent staff who have a contract of employment issued by your HR department including those on a fixed term contract.

• Question 8: Temporary staff includes part timers and agency temps.

• Question 9: Contractor staff, those who operate under an umbrella company or as a limited company and outside IR35.

Response

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

The Gambling Commissions responses to your enquiries relating to the Commission are as follows:

Year of Creation/Launch/Establishment?

September 2007

Your Annual Budget for the financial year of 2022/23?

Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 - Overview of the British gambling sector (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)

Other Revenue received but not from government?

The Gambling Commission’s core regulatory work is funded via income derived from fees charged to the gambling industry.

Fiscal Powers: Yes/No

Yes

Regulatory Powers:Yes/No

Yes

Licensing-compliance-and-enforcement-policy-statement_June_2022.pdf (ctfassets.net)

Do you sponsor other Public Bodies: Yes/No, if yes who?

No

Number of permanent staff (during the financial year of 2022/23)?

336 (315 Perm contracts, 21 Fixed Term contracts)

Number of temporary staff (including part timers) (during the financial year of 2022/23)?

2

Number of contract staff employed, (self-employed) (during the financial year of 2022/23)?

28 (Consultants)

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