State of UK competition report: commission to the CMA

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 CMA will publish a preliminary report by Summer 2020.

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.