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Memorandum of Understanding: governance of the Digital Markets Unit between DSIT and DBT

This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department for Science and Technology (DSIT) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) sets out the role of DSIT in the sponsorship arrangements of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the digital markets regime under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 7 July 2026

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Memorandum of Understanding on the governance of the Digital Markets Unit between the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade

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This MoU should be read alongside other material relating to the CMA, HM Treasury, DBT and DSIT, including:

• the DMCC Act 2024
• the government’s Strategic Steer to the Competition and Markets Authority
• the Framework Document between DBT and the CMA
• HM Treasury’s guidance on Managing Public Money
• any relevant statute.

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Published 7 July 2026