Groceries Code Adjudicator: Staff
(asked on 21st February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff worked for the Grocery Code Adjudicator in (a) 2015, (b) 2020, (c) 2022 and (d) 2024.
Answered by
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) and his office is funded via a levy charged on the regulated retailers. Under the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, the GCA may second staff from any other public bodies. GCA staff numbers, at 31 March each year, as stated in their Annual Reports and Accounts, were:
a) 2015/2016 – 5 secondees
b) 2020/2021 – 4 secondees
c) 2022/2023 – 7 secondees
d) 2023/2024 – 8 secondees
As of 26 February 2025 there are 9 secondees.
These reports are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gca-annual-reports-and-accounts