To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what value for money objectives his Department has set for the Gambling Commission. (305121)

The Gambling Commission’s performance is primarily assessed through a funding agreement with the Department which includes their agreed strategic objectives, together with funding and performance indicators/targets. They were set a target of achieving 3 per cent. value for money efficiency savings, year on year, over the period of the funding agreement 2008-09 to 2010-11.