Gambling Commission: Expenditure Mr. Hunt To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was paid in (a) salary and (b) bonus to the (i) chairman, (ii) chief executive, (iii) deputy chief executive, (iv) director of operations, (v) director of policy and communications, (vi) director of corporate services and (vii) director of licensing and compliance at the Gambling Commission in 2008-09. Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 28 April 2009]: The table sets out the salary payments (to the nearest pound) made by the Gambling Commission for the posts listed in 2008-09. A total of £59,878 was also paid in bonuses for this period but it is not appropriate to provide the specific amounts paid to individuals. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Post |Notes |Salary (£)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chairman |The post of Chairman is not pensionable. |65,975 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chief Executive |The post of Chief Executive is not pensionable. |144,953 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deputy Chief Executive |— |49,637 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Director of Operations |This post became Director of Regulation from 1 November 2008. The figures are inclusive of both posts.|93,328 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Director of Policy and Communications|To 31 October 2008. |42,978 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Director of Corporate Services |— |95,755 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Director of Licensing and Compliance |To 3 January 2009. |69,287 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------