Gifts and hospitality register

This register contains details of all gifts and hospitality received over the value of £10. In some cases, we redact personal data which is exempt from disclosure. The Data Protection Act 2018 (opens in new tab) requires the processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would be disproportionate for us to publicly disclose the identity of certain individuals given their position within the Commission unless there is a strong public interest in doing so. These individuals have a legitimate expectation that their personal details will not be disclosed unnecessarily as they are not in public facing roles or roles that are senior enough to warrant their identities being made publicly available.

On balance, there is no legitimate public interest in disclosing their identity and it would not be fair to do so. This information is therefore exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (opens in new tab).

Gifts and hospitality register

Recipients	Job title	Date received	Type	Name of organisation providing gift and/or hospitality	Type of gift and/or nature of hospitality	Comments	Estimated value (£)	Purpose of gift and/or hospitality
Katherine Diamond	General Counsel	21 November 2024	Hospitality	INSIDEPRACTICE	Complimentary place at all day conference	Not applicable.	£795.00	An opportunity for law firm leaders, lawyers, the clients they serve, and today’s leading ESG experts to come together, learn from each other, reflect on the progress that has been made, and confront the ESG challenges that lie ahead.
Katherine Diamond	General Counsel	18 November 2024	Hospitality	Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)	Dinner	Not applicable.	£70.00	Driving confidence and trust in legal services.
Katherine Diamond	General Counsel	12 November 2024	Hospitality	Centaur Media Plc	The Lawyer – Conferences and Awards: Free attendance	Not applicable.	£200.00	In-house Counsel as Business Partner will focus on solutions to the challenges organisations are facing in 2024, the importance of proactive leadership, and the tactics in-house teams need to see/deliver strategic success.
Katherine Diamond	General Counsel	25 October 2024	Gift	Memery Crystal LLP	Book	Not applicable.	£40.00	Sharing practice
Redacted	Redacted	8 October 2024	Gift	Civil Service College of Singapore	Art Print	Not applicable.	£50.00	Gift presented to GC following our contribution to CSC's study tour
Redacted	Redacted	22 July 2024	Hospitality	Mills & Reeve Solicitors	Drinks and canapes	Not applicable.	£30.00	Introduction to new offices
Katherine Diamond	General Counsel	26 June 2024	Hospitality	11KWB	Drinks and canapes	Not applicable.	£25.00	Summer party
Tim Miller	Executive Director of Research and Policy	12 June 2024	Gift	Japan Casino Regulatory Commission	Mount Fuji clock	Not applicable.	£30.00	To sign an MOU with the regulator in Japan
Natasha Harris	Director of People Services	03 October 2023	Hospitality	TALiNT Partners and OMNi RMS	Dinner	Networking with Talent Acquisition and HR colleagues	£70.00	Not applicable.
Helen Child	Head of Governance	11 September 2023	Hospitality	KPMG and Leithwaites	Dinner	Working dinner	£100.00	The GC were invited to a working dinner entitled Diversity Driving Performance.
Redacted	Redacted	26 June 2023	Gift	National Lottery Commission of South Africa	Branded Barbecue (BBQ) set	Meeting between the Gambling Commission and National Lottery Commission of South Africa to provide an overview of the third National Lottery and fourth National Lottery regulatory regimes and the fourth National Lottery licence competition.	£30.00	In recognition of time spent hosting.
Redacted	Redacted	20 March 2023	Gift	Gibraltar Gambling Commission	Tour of Gibraltar	Meeting with Vice Chancellor of University of Gibraltar and Chair of the Centre of Excellence for Responsible Gambling. Followed by a one hour drive around tour of the Rock Nature Reserve.	£200.00	Not applicable.
Andrew Rhodes	Chief Executive Officer	20 March 2023	Gift	Gibraltar Gambling Commission	Tour of Gibraltar	Meeting with Vice Chancellor of University of Gibraltar and Chair of the Centre of Excellence for Responsible Gambling. Followed by a one hour drive around tour of the Rock Nature Reserve.	£200.00	Not applicable.
Redacted	Redacted	20 March 2023	Hospitality	Gibraltar Gambling Commission	Dinner meeting	Dinner meeting with the Finance Centre Director of the Government of Gibraltar.	£67.00	Dinner meeting.
Andrew Rhodes	Chief Executive Officer	20 March 2023	Hospitality	Gibraltar Gambling Commission	Dinner meeting	Dinner meeting with the Finance Centre Director of the Government of Gibraltar.	£67.00	Dinner meeting.
Redacted	Redacted	15 February 2023	Gift	Japanese Casino Regulatory Authority	Japanese Boxes	Not applicable.	£36.00	In recognition of time spent hosting.
Tim Miller	Executive Director of Research and Policy	8 February 2023	Gift	Singapore Gambling Regulator	Singapore Parliament business card holder	Meeting at ICE Convention at ExCel	£14.00	Not applicable.
Andrew Rhodes	Chief Executive Officer	18 January 2023	Gift	Gordon Moody	Notebook and hat	Not applicable.	£24.00	Not applicable.
Redacted	Redacted	6 October 2022	Gift	Department of Justice, Irish Government	Book	Copy of Gambling Law Review.	£350.00	Assessed that refusal would be likely to cause offence to the donor so we let them know that the gift was being accepted on behalf of the Commission for retention in the office and made available to all staff.
Andrew Rhodes	CEO	28 September 2022	Hospitality	Department of Justice, Irish Government	Dinner	To inform their work on setting up a Gambling Regulatory Authority.	£70.00	Not applicable.
Redacted	Redacted	28 September 2022	Hospitality	Department of Justice, Irish Government	Dinner	To inform their work on setting up a Gambling Regulatory Authority.	£70.00	Not applicable.
Redacted	Redacted	28 September 2022	Hospitality	Department of Justice, Irish Government	Lunch	To inform their work on setting up a Gambling Regulatory Authority.	£30.00	Not applicable.
Bill Moyes	Chair	10 March 2020	Gift	Romney Street Group	Book token	Speaking event.	£20.00	Assessed that refusal would be likely to cause offence to the donor. Currently being retained in the office (unspent) and will be used to purchase a book for wider Commission use at a later date.
Redacted	Redacted	15 March 2020	Gift	Event Speaker	Ticket to a Health and Wellbeing at Work event at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC)	Given ticket to colleague whose role will directly benefit from the information covered in the conference.	£72.00	Not applicable.
Redacted	Redacted	18 March 2020	Gift	Gaming Authority of Malta	Book	Sharing regulatory good practice.	£100.00	Assessed that refusal would be likely to cause offence to the donor so we let them know that the gift was being accepted on behalf of the Commission for retention in the office and made available to all staff.
Redacted	Redacted	30 January 2020	Hospitality	Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)	Dinner	Presentation to RBS, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Procurator fiscal.	£35.00	Dinner provided on evening of 30 January after presentation was delivered by Commission staff.
Bill Moyes	Chair	31 January 2020	Gift	Board Room Review	Chocolates	Celebration of their 15th anniversary.	£25.00	Put in common areas of the office and shared by staff.
Redacted	Redacted	24 January 2020	Gift	South African National Lottery Commission	Three small boxes of chocolates	Distributed amongst presenters.	£15.00	To thank those presenting.