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Written question asked by Lord Mott (Conservative) on Monday, 27 January 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 February 2025. It was answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour) on Monday, 10 February 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.


Competition and Markets Authority: Staff

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of staff the Competition and Markets Authority employs in each directorate.

Answer

The Competition and Markets Authority employs approximately 1,120 staff. Full Time Equivalent staff numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number. These figures include individuals with a CMA contract of employment, irrespective of the length of contract, whether being paid or not and so includes those on parental leave, a career break or those loaned or seconded out of the CMA. It excludes agency workers and CMA Board and Panel members.

The breakdown for each Directorate is as follows:

Senior Executive Team - 11

Competition Enforcement - 131

Consumer Protection and Markets - 118

Digital Markets Unit - 70

Mergers - 76

Office for the Internal Market and Subsidy Advice Unit - 33

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser - 160

Legal Service - 176

Corporate Services - 121

Data, Technology and Insight - 133

Strategy, Communications and Advocacy - 91


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4428
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Staff Competition and Markets Authority
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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