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Gambling Commission: Managers

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 20 March 2026UIN 119894

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Civil Service Commission has received a Business Appointments application from the (1) departing chief executive of the Gambling Commission and (2) interim chief executive.

Answered by Ian Murray

Employees of the Gambling Commission are not Crown servants and therefore not subject to the Business Appointments Applications process.

As required by the model contract for Public Bodies, the Gambling Commission has robust policies in place to manage business appointments and conflicts of interest, including clear obligations under their Employee Code of Conduct to ensure that the risk of conflicts of interest are considered at the earliest opportunity. The Commission is satisfied that appropriate mitigations are in place to manage and reduce the risk of any actual or perceived conflicts of interest.

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