Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding the Grocery Code Adjudicator received (a) from the Government and (b) in total in each year from 2019 to 2022.

Information on the funding of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) is set out in the Adjudicator’s Annual Report and Accounts which is published and laid before Parliament each year.

The GCA is funded through a levy on the designated retailers which is approved annually by the Secretary of State. The total levy imposed each year from 2018/19 was:

2018/2019 - £2 million

2019/2020 - £2 million

2020/2021 - £2 million

2021/2022 - £1.9 million

2022/2023 – £2 million