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Written question asked by Lord Mott (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. It was answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour) on Monday, 24 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 employed in the (1) communications, (2) competition enforcement, and (3) consumer protection teams, in each of the last six years; and what is the total annual budget for each team.

Answer

The Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") employs 35 staff in its Communications Team. The team was restructured, and its remit redefined, several times over the last six years, including in 2024. Therefore, the CMA does not have a readily available comparison for the previous six years. The Communications Team budget for the current financial year (2024/24) is £3.2m.

The CMA employs 131 staff in its Competition Enforcement Directorate.

The CMA employs 118 staff in its Consumer Protection and Markets Team.

Expenditure for each year from 2019-20 to 2023-24 is shown in the table below for the Competition Enforcement Directorate and Consumer Protection function. Since 2024, the latter has sat in a newly formed Consumer Protection and Markets Directorate. It would not be possible to provide directly comparable expenditure figures for 2018-19 because these were not separate reporting areas at that time.

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

Competition Enforcement

£m

16.6

15.2

13.4

12.2

13.0

Consumer Protection

£m

6.3

7.0

6.6

7.2

8.8

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4942
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Staff Finance Competition and Markets Authority
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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