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Appraisal Methodology and Selection Policy
The Appraisal Methodology and Selection Policy for the Gambling Commission.
4 - Records selected for permanent preservation
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- Selected records, organised by function.
Corporate governance
The records selected for preservation are:
- records of decision-making at a senior level, including minutes and papers of Board, Committee and Executive Group meetings, as well as Regulatory Panel papers and decision notices. These records will include budget-setting, records of significant or unusual expenditure, and risk management oversight
- records of changes to the leadership or functional structure of the Commission
- corporate plans, policies, processes and strategies
- advice provided by Expert Groups
- records relating to social responsibility funds.
Communications
The records selected for preservation are:
- external communications, including press releases, public statements, external guidance and published advice (including advice to Government), correspondence with Government and Parliamentary Questions
- official correspondence.
Policy
The records selected for preservation are:
- records relating to international partnership working
- research, statistics and data records, including statistical information and research papers
- records relating to significant or noteworthy project work (including work on the Gambling Act Review).
The Commission’s definition of significant or noteworthy can be found at point 4.2.
Regulatory functions (Licensing, Compliance, Enforcement and Intelligence)
The records selected for preservation are:
- Licences and the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP)
- casework records and supporting evidence, where these relate to precedent-setting or otherwise significant or notable cases. The Commission’s definition of precedent-setting can be found at point 4.3, and its definition of significant or notable can be found at point 4.2.
- litigation casework records, where these relate to precedent-setting or otherwise significant or notable cases
- regulatory settlement records.
- The Commission defines significant, noteworthy, or notable as an event or situation which has an impact on the Commission, the gambling industry, or the wider social or political environment. Where these events or situations are known publicly, there is likely to be associated interest or coverage from the media.
- The Commission defines precedent-setting as decision or action which has an impact on the Commission's policies, practices or approach to carrying out its functions. This impact could be in the form of reinforcing or changing existing policies, practices and approach, or in necessitating the creation or implementation of new policies, practices or approaches.
- The Commission’s Information Asset Owners are responsible for identifying and selecting records which meet the above criteria, with support from the Records Manager.
- The Gambling Commission’s website and social media channels are captured by the National Archives as part of the UK Government Web Archive (opens in new tab).
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