Request for information on staff expenses at the GCA
Published 20 May 2025
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Sent by email
9 May 2025
Freedom of Information Act: Request for information on Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) activities
Thank you for your email of 11 April 2025 regarding staff expenses and the GCA. You asked for the following information:
Please include the following information for the last four financial years, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24:
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The total amount claimed in expenses by senior staff annually.
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A breakdown of expenses by category (e.g., travel, accommodation, meals, hospitality, subsistence, training, etc.).
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The total amount claimed by the most expensive individual claimant (job title only) in each of those years.
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If available, a breakdown of expenses for members of the senior leadership team (e.g., Chief Executive, Directors), including job titles and total expenses per individual per year.
General right of access to information held by public authorities
Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOI Act”), anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it.
The GCA holds the information you have requested.
The table below shows the total amount claimed in expenses each year and the categories under which the expenses were claimed. The table presents data from the past four financial years, including 2024/25, which, although not initially specified, falls within the period you requested.
All of the following expenses were claimed by the Groceries Code Adjudicator. There are no Senior Civil Servants employed at the GCA.
| Year | Subsistence | Travel | Other | Total |
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| 2021/22 | £50.80 | £13.70 | £64.50 | |
| 2022/23 | £93.55 | £28.66 | £6 | £128.21 |
| 2023/24 | £59.52 | £6 | £65.52 | |
| 2024/25 | £48.49 | £4.40 | £5.90 | £58.79 |
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The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor, 25 Cabot Square
London
E14 4QZ
Alternatively, you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk.
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