Public Markets
The OFT’s powers under competition and consumer law not only allow us to tackle anti-competitive behaviour by companies but also to address public restrictions on competition. They also place a responsibility on us to provide information and advice to government on competition and consumer issues.
What's new
- 'Confusopoly' is a situation where firms make price structures or product attributes unnecessarily confusing, thereby making it difficult for consumers to evaluate rival offers
- Competition in Public Markets - change, quality and choice (pdf 179kb)
- Orderly exit: Designing continuity regimes in public markets
- OFT's response to the Scottish Government consultation on its Procurement Reform Bill
- OFT response to: ‘The New NHS Provider Licence Consultation Document by Monitor’ (pdf 310kb)
- OFT's response to the Welsh Government's People's NHS consultation
- OFT response to Department of Health's call for evidence on NHS procurement (pdf 127kb)
- Response to call for initial submissions on Fair and Level Playing Field (pdf 234kb)
- Transcript of roundtable event held on 31 May 2012 to discuss the vocational qualifications market (pdf 284kb)
- Submission to Cabinet Office call to evidence on the value of legislating the right to choice (pdf 70kb)
- Submission to LSE Growth Commission (pdf 81kb)
- Response to Health Committee's inquiry into the Government's Alcohol Strategy (pdf 83kb)
Public markets work is one of the OFT's five key cross-cutting priorities identified in the 2012/13 Annual Plan.
Public markets
About our work
About our work
The delivery of public services is changing. Consumers are being offered more choice, and private and voluntary organisations are being encouraged to participate, bringing new, innovative ways of delivering services to users.
Through its public markets work, the OFT aims to work constructively with other government departments and public bodies to help them frame and deliver services that work well for citizens and taxpayers. It also provides wider advice on the many ways that government affects markets as a provider or procurer of services; through tax and subsidies; and through regulation.
Our work addresses how competition works across the public sector as a whole, but we will also look at individual public markets.
The work is organised around four main themes; click on the links below to find out more.
Work areas
Choice and competition
Commissioning and competition
Competition impacts of policy
Growth
Sectors
Contacts
For more information on anything you see in these pages, please contact:
- Mathieu Pearson - mathieu.pearson@oft.gsi.gov.uk
- Kate Blatchford - kate.blatchford@oft.gsi.gov.uk
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