Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many retailers were handed fines by the Groceries Code Adjudicator in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) has powers to investigate where there are reasonable grounds to suspect the Code has been breached by a designated retailer. If an investigation finds the Code has been breached, the GCA can make recommendations, require the retailer to publish details of any breach and in the most serious cases impose a fine up to 1% of total turnover. The GCA did not launch or conclude an investigation in 2022 or 2023 and therefore did not impose fines on any of the designated retailers.