Published 16 January 2024
Last updated 30 October 2024 — See all updates
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Consultation on open data scheme
and ongoing monitoring function for road fuel prices: government
response
Consultation on open data scheme
and ongoing monitoring function for road fuel prices: government
response
Detail of outcome
The government response outlines:
- the consultation position
- a high level summary of the responses to the consultation
- the government response to these, organised under each
question of the consultation
The consultation sought views on proposals to design and
implement 2 Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recommendations:
-
Open Data Scheme: participation and
coverage, who needs to report the data, types of data to be
reported, methods of reporting, frequency and timing of
reporting, data sharing, enforcement, funding mechanism,
challenges, and risks
-
CMA monitoring
function: focus and frequency of reports, what
topical issues should be examined and how government can
support businesses with information requests
The government response confirms plans to implement the open data
scheme (called Fuel Finder) and CMA monitoring
function. It sets out the final design of the open data scheme
and some elements of the CMAmonitoring
function.
The government is committed to implementing Fuel Finder as
quickly as possible and so we will conduct a procurement exercise
in early 2025 to procure an aggregator to create, develop and run
Fuel Finder. Subject to the necessary legislation, the aim is to
launch Fuel Finder by the end of 2025.
The aim is to commence the CMA's statutory
information gathering powers for its road fuels monitoring
function, contained within the Digital Markets, Competition and
Consumers Act by January 2025.
Detail of feedback received
We received 79 responses to this consultation from a wide range
of stakeholders, including:
- fuel retailers
- trade associations
- potential third party data users
- consumer or motoring groups
- individuals
- others
Original consultation Summary
We're seeking views on an open data scheme and ongoing monitoring
function for road fuel prices.
This consultation ran from
9am on 16 January 2024 to 11:59pm on 12 March
2024
Consultation description
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook a year
long market study into the road fuel sector. It concluded by
recommending that the government should create a statutory open
data scheme for fuel prices and an ongoing road fuels price
monitoring function.
We are consulting to understand views on the best way to design
and implement the open data scheme and elements of the monitoring
function that are not outlined in the Digital Markets,
Competition and Consumers Bill, and we have set out our proposals
in this consultation.
Read our consultation privacy
notice.
Documents
Empowering drivers and boosting
competition in the road fuel retail market: open data scheme and
ongoing monitoring function for road fuel prices
Empowering drivers and boosting
competition in the road fuel retail market: open data scheme and
ongoing monitoring function for road fuel prices (web accessible
PDF)
Empowering drivers and boosting
competition in the road fuel retail market: impact
assessment
