Correspondence

State of UK competition report: commission to the CMA

A commission from government to the Competition and Markets Authority to produce a regular state of competition report.

• From: Department for Business and Trade, HM Treasury, Competition and Markets Authority, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, The Rt Hon Sajid Javid and The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom
• Published: 5 February 2020
• Last updated: 20 March 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

State of competition: letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Andrea Coscelli, CMA

PDF, 104 KB, 2 pages

Annex 1: Terms of reference

PDF, 133 KB, 2 pages

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Annex 2 – Existing competition indicators

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State of competition update: letter from Andrea Coscelli (CMA) to Charles Roxburgh (HM Treasury) and Alex Chisholm (BEIS) dated 20 March 2020

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Details

Update 30.11.20: The CMA has now published its State of UK competition report 2020.

Update: On 20 March 2020, the CMA wrote to BEIS and HM Treasury to inform them that, in light of the coronavirus outbreak and its implications for the CMA’s priorities, the CMA will be postponing this work until later in the year.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is a non-ministerial department, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and HM Treasury.

This letter commissions the CMA to produce a regular state of competition report. These reports will set out research and analysis on how well competition is working across the economy.

The terms of reference set out further detail on this commission.

The BEIS research on existing competition indicators (available above), and updated concentration and churn statistics have been published alongside this commission to support the CMA in delivering this work.

Published 5 February 2020
Last updated 20 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 20 March 2020

   Publication of the CMA’s letter to BEIS and HM Treasury about postponing its work on the state of competition in the UK until later this year in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

2. 5 February 2020

   First published.