Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of staff the Competition and Markets Authority employs in the (1) advocacy, and (2) strategy, teams; and what is the total annual budget for each team.
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) currently employs five full time equivalent staff in its advocacy team with a total annual budget of £0.6m.
The CMA employs 11 full time equivalent staff in its strategy team with a total annual budget of £1.1m
Full time equivalent staff numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number.