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Groceries Code Adjudicator: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the turnover threshold to £500,000 for businesses that are required to fund the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
22 Nov 2024
Target answer date
26 Nov 2024
Answer
29 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the turnover threshold to £500,000 for businesses that are required to fund the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

  2. 26 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) is currently funded by an annual levy on the 14 large retailers that are designated under the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (the Code) by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA assesses annually wheth...

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