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Competition and Markets Authority: Costs

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 1 April 2026UIN 123247

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 120645 on Competition and Markets Authority: Costs, whether the Competition and Markets Authority holds internal management information on the resource or cost associated with its Sustainability Taskforce.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) holds internal management information on the resource and costs associated with its Sustainability Taskforce since its establishment:

FY

Staff Costs

Non-Staff Costs

Total Cost

Full-Time Equivalent

2023-24

£418,715.01

£3,335.36

£422,050.37

5.4

2024-25

£342,306.01

£677.18

£342,983.19

3.9

Non-staff costs cover other programme expenditure such as travel and subsistence. The CMA is not able to provide an estimated annual cost for the Sustainability Taskforce for 2025/26 before its accounts for the financial year are finalised.

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