Conference attendance

Summary

The request sought details on Gambling Supervision Commission staff attending the ICE Exhibition, including hotel bookings and room types. The authority disclosed that four staff members attended, provided no civil servants were present, and listed specific accommodation details for each attendee.

Key Facts

• Four members of GSC staff attended the ICE Exhibition.
• Zero civil servants attended the event as GSC staff are entirely Officers of the Board.
• The Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive stayed in a triple room at Premier Inn – London Docklands.
• The Senior Inspector and Inspector stayed in double rooms at Aloft Hotel - London.
• All attendees booked accommodation for three nights.

Data Disclosed

• 4
• 0
• 3
• 2018-01-17
• 2018-02-12
• FOI IM117059I

Original Request

How many members of the Commission and civil servants of the Commission will be attending the ICE Exhibtion and which hotel and type of room has been booked, together with the number of nights accomdation.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Re:
FOI Request IM117059I

I write further to your request dated 17th January 2018, which was received on 17th January 2018 and which states:
“How many members of the Commission and civil servants of the Commission will be attending the ICE Exhibtion [sic] and which hotel and type of room has been booked, together with the number of nights accomdation [sic]”

I understand that during a telephone conversation on the 17th January, prior to the submission of your request, the Gambling Supervision Commission’s (GSC) Chief Executive provided to you information regarding the number of Commission attendees.

I am however happy to restate that 4 members of GSC staff attended the ICE Exhibition. The GSC’s staff consists entirely of Officers of the Board, as such 0 (zero) Civil Servants of the Commission attended ICE.

In regard to hotel, type of room and number of night’s accommodation please see the table below:

Hotel Room type Night’s accommodation
Name Premier Inn – London Docklands Triple room 3 Chief Executive Premier Inn – London Docklands Triple room 3 Deputy Chief Executive Aloft Hotel - London Double room 3 Senior Inspector Aloft Hotel - London Double room 3 Inspector

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12th February 2017

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