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Competition and Markets Authority: Costs

Asked by Richard FullerConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 May 2026UIN 1651

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will provide (a) staff costs, (b) non-staff costs, (c) total costs and (d) Full-Time Equivalent for the Competition and Markets Authority's Sustainability Taskforce for the financial years (i) 2023-2024, (ii) 2024-2025 and (iii) 2025-2026.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The information requested is as follows:

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

The CMA is not able to provide figures for 2025/26 before its accounts for the financial year are finalised and published in July.

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