Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 108800

Competition and Markets Authority: Carbon Emissions and Environment Protection

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the Competition and Markets Authority was in 2024–25 of work related to net zero, sustainability or climate policy, including staff time, research, guidance and enforcement activity.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The data recorded by the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) enables it to track costs across the projects it undertakes and the functions it performs. However, it is not able from this data to accurately estimate the costs incurred in relation to t...
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