CMA Releases Undertakings to Increase Price Competition in Private Medical Services

We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Revoked in 2026: Required store card providers to be transparent with certain information and banned the tying of payment protection insurance (PPI) to credit. Revocation Order PDF , 183 KB , 4 pages Store Cards Market Investigation Order (revoked in 2026) PDF , 196 KB , 18 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Store Cards Market Investigation Order Variation Order 2011 (revoked in 2026) PDF , 33.2 KB , 3 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. 4 November 2026: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the final decision in its review of the order . The order has now been revoked (is no longer in force) and has been removed from the register of remedies in force . 10 February 2018: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has varied the Store Card Market Investigation Order 2011 following a formal remedy review process . This remedy resulted from the Competition Commission’s (CC) store card credit services market investigation . The Store Cards Market Investigation Order (as varied by the Store Cards Market Investigation Variation Order 2011) was made under the market investigations provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. It required store card providers to include an APR warning on statements where the APR is 25% or higher. The order also set out what information must appear in statements and required: Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript ) .