Competition and Markets Authority: Microsoft

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Answering body

Department for Business and Trade

Tabled

26 Mar 2026

Target answer date

13 Apr 2026

Answer

13 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 26 Mar 2026

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority regarding opening a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft and its software licensing practices.

2. 13 Apr 2026

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 13 Apr 2026

   Answer published

   The Department for Business and Trade engages regularly with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on competition issues. The CMA is independent of Government, and decisions on initiating strategic market status investigations (SMS) are a matter for...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.