Request for information on GCA activities
Published 12 February 2025
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7th Floor, The Cabot
25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ
T: +44 (0)20 7215 6537
E: Enquiries@GroceriesCode.gov.uk
www.gov.uk/gca
Sent by email
3 February 2025
Freedom of Information Act: Request for information on Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) activities
Thank you for your email of 6 January 2025 regarding the work of GCA staff. You asked for the following information:
“What is the headcount (number) of staff employed in communications, marketing, press and public affairs in your organisation?”
General right of access to information held by public authorities
Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOI Act”), anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it.
The GCA holds the information you have requested:
There are no GCA staff who are entirely employed in communications, marketing, press and public affairs. Members of staff who deliver those functions also complete other tasks including engagement with regulated businesses and managing relationships with stakeholders.
In total, approximately 0.5 Full Time Equivalent staff (equal to two and a half days per week for one person) are employed completing tasks in one of the functions about which you ask.
Appeals Procedure
If you wish to complain about the way in which your request for information has been handled, you may seek an internal review by writing, setting out the reasons you feel your request has not been dealt with effectively, to:
The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor, 25 Cabot Square
London
E14 4QZ
Alternatively, you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk.
We will aim to deal with your Internal Review request within 20 working days of receipt or, if that is not possible, advise you of a date when we expect to complete the review.
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can do this on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.