Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 107452

Competition and Markets Authority: Staff

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason (a) the number of staff and (b) staff costs have increased at the Competition and Markets Authority since April 2017.

Answer

Kate Dearden
Changes in staff numbers at the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) since 1 April 2017 have been affected by the expansion of its responsibilities in respect of competition enforcement and merger control following the UK’s departure from the EU; the...

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