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Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022

The Gambling Commission's 2021 to 2022 Annual Report and Accounts.

Published
2 September 2022

Last updated
31 August 2022 - Changes

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  2. Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022)

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022)

Department spilt

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Department spilt.
Directorate Number of employees
3rd National Lottery Licence 16
4th National Lottery Competition 16
Compliance and Licensing 69
Enforcement, Intelligence, Sports Betting Intelligence (SBI) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) 46
Communications and Engagement 22
Finance, Legal, People Services and Project Management Office (PMO) 36
Data Infrastructure Projects 1
Digital and Technology 31
Executive 11
Governance 6
Research and Policy 44
Strategy 12
Total 310

Total Employment by contract type

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Department spilt. Total Employment by contract type.
Contract type Number of employees
Fixed term employees 24
Permanent employees 286
Total 310

Summary

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Department spilt. Summary.
Organisational area Number of employees
National Lottery 32
Regulatory Delivery Operations 115
Enabling Services 163

Diversity - Disability

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Department spilt. Diversity - Disability.
Data definitions Number of employees
Employees with a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010 17
Employees without a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010 21
Not disclosed 272
Total 310

Diversity - Ethnic origin

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Diversity - Ethnic origin.
Data definitions Number of employees
Asian or Asian British – Indian 16
Asian or Asian British – Other 0
Asian or Asian British – Pakistani 6
Black or Black British – African 2
Black or Black British – Caribbean 5
Mixed – White and Asian 2
Mixed – White and Black Caribbean 3
Not disclosed 8
Other Ethnic Background 2
Other Mixed Background 1
Other White Background 5
White British 248
White Irish 4
Prefer not to say 8
Total 310

Diversity - Age

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Department spilt. Age.
Age range Number of employees
24 and under 3
25-34 79
35-44 105
45-54 87
55-64 33
65-74 3
Total 310

Diversity - Gender

Employment statistics for 2021-22 (as at 31 March 2022) - Department spilt. Gender.
Sex Directors Senior management Other employees Total
Female 3 18 140 161
Male 4 19 126 149
Total 7 37 266 310

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) throughout the organisation. We are proud of the action we are taking to support EDI and wellbeing both through our recruitment processes and internal policies to support our ethos of creating a diverse culture.

Sickness rates

Sickness rates.
1 April 2021 to March 2022 Percentage of working days lost
Quarter 1 2.99%
Quarter 2 3.72%
Quarter 3 4.49%
Quarter 4 3.79%
Total 3.75%

During the year, the average proportion of working days lost to sickness was 3.75 percent (2020-21 1.84 percent) which includes long term absence related to mental health, covid, cold and/or flu and extended periods of recovery following operations. Our occupational health and employee assistance partners provide us with ongoing support for colleagues and management alike.

Staff turnover percentage

As of 31 March 2022, the staff turnover percentage at the Commission was 15.3 percent (15 percent as at 31 March 2021). We will continue to report this figure in future years in line with Cabinet Office guidance.

Trade union officials

Relevant union officials

There were 8 employees who were relevant union officials during 2021-22.

There were 7.53 full time equivalent employees who were relevant union officials during 2021-22.

Percentage of time spent on facility time

Trade union officials - Percentage of time spent on facility time.
Percentage Number of employees
0% -
1-50% 8
51-90% -
100% -

Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time

Trade union officials - Percentage of pay bill spent on facility time.
Data definitions £'000s
Total cost of facility time 26
Total pay bill 19,166

The percentage of the total pay bill spent of facility time was 0.14 percent.

9 percent of time was spent on paid trade union activities as a percentage of total paid facility time.

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