Department for Business, Energy &
Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
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Gabriel Syme
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Our ref : FOI2022/10777
15 June 2022
Dear Gabriel Syme,
Thank you for your letter/email of 5th May where you requested the following information:
1. The text of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (or if this is not available then the final text of the
Subsidy Control Bill submitted for Royal Assent).
The final Act isn’t yet available online but when it is, it can be found on the following link:
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3015/publications
2. The latest Department slides explaining the contents of the Subsidy Control Act.
You can find these attached.
3. The agenda and minutes of the last two State aid / Subsidy Control departmental champions
meetings.
You can find these attached.
4. The latest version of internal guidance on the Subsidy Control Act 2022.
We have interpreted your request to refer to the draft guidance which is currently being
developed. The Government has announced it will publicly consult on this guidance and that
consultation will start soon. Existing guidance can be found on:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/complying-with-the-uks-international-
obligations-on-subsidy-control-guidance-for-public-authorities/technical-guidance-on-the-
uks-international-subsidy-control-commitments Explanatory notes to the Act will also be published shortly.
5. Guidance for local authorities on the Subsidy Control Act 2022.
There are no plans for separate guidance for local authorities
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act'), you have the right to:
• know whether we hold the information you require
• be provided with that information (subject to any exemptions under the Act which may
apply).
Appeals procedure
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of
the response to your original request and should be addressed to the Information Rights &
Records Unit. It would be helpful if you can tell us why you are dissatisfied with the response to
your request so we may address this during the internal review.
Information Rights & Records Unit
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Email
: xxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Complaints can be made to the Information
Commissioner via their website at:
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/official-information-
concerns-report/official-information-concern/. Yours sincerely,
Consumer and Competition Policy
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