Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 26
26
Accepted
Paragraph: 127
Publish clear guidance on interpreting official gambling statistics alongside new survey
Recommendation
Alongside its new gambling survey, the Gambling Commission should publish clear guidance about the interpretation of official gambling statistics.
Government Response Summary
The Gambling Commission has published initial GSGB data and will publish several technical documents alongside it, including a report on strengths/limitations, a statement on official statistics confidence, and guidance on how these statistics should be used.
Paragraph Reference:
127
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Gambling Commission has published the first wave of data from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) and has developed a new dedicated area on its website to house all of the GSGB data. It has completed user research on the development of the website area to make sure it is designed in a way that users find helpful. There will be a number of technical documents that will be published alongside the data sets. This will include a technical report highlighting the strengths and limitations of the approach, a statement about why the Gambling Commission was confident to move from the experimental stage to official statistics and some information on the quality assurance it undertakes. The Gambling Commission will also outline which of the statistics from the survey are classed as official statistics and will provide information about how these statistics should be used.