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Annual Report and Accounts 2020 to 2021
The Gambling Commission's 2020 to 2021 Annual Report and Accounts
b) Other expenditure
| 2021 £'000s | 2020 £'000s | |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 856 | 887 |
| Professional fees* | 11,280 | 10,834 |
| Travelling and subsistence | 2 | 514 |
| Contingent labour costs | 225 | 822 |
| Other staff costs | 102 | 252 |
| Recruitment, training and development | 273 | 473 |
| Hospitality | - | 16 |
| Office services | 1,659 | 1,821 |
| External audit fee** | 61 | 61 |
| Internal audit costs | 198 | 174 |
| Amounts payable to Criminal Records Bureau | 24 | 101 |
| Research costs*** | 261 | 331 |
| Other | 94 | 209 |
| Other expenditure | 15,035 | 16,495 |
| Finance cost right-of-use | 102 | 114 |
| Total other expenditure | 15,137 | 16,609 |
Included within other expenditure are payments made by the Commission during the year under operating leases under IAS17. This shows annual lease expenditure under the exemption thresholds within IFRS 16:
| 2021 £'000s | 2020 £'000s | |
|---|---|---|
| Land and buildings | - | - |
| Other | 13 | 13 |
| Total | 13 | 13 |
The above analysis comprises the following figures from the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure and Statement of Changes in Taxpayers Equity.
References
* Professional fees include consultancy costs totalling £2.0m (2019-20 £1.02m), £1.8m relates to increased costs relating to the National Lottery Competition.
** The external audit fee represents the cost of the audit of the accounts carried out by KPMG LLP on behalf of NAO. No non audit work was undertaken by KPMG LLP, or NAO during the year. The external audit fee for 2020-21 is £61,000 (2019-20 £61,000).
*** Research costs includes costs associated with prevalence studies into gambling. This totalled £261,177 in 2020-21 (2019-20 £331,271). This also includes National Lottery research costs totalling £2,525 in 2020-21 (2019-20 £52,939).
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