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Publication - Advice and guidance

Subsidy control: guidance

Last updated
9 February 2026 - see all updates
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Guidance to help public sector bodies to understand and comply with subsidy control.

Supporting documents

Subsidy control - guidance: transparency reporting template
File type
Excel document
File size
70.9 kB
Subsidy control - guidance: notification of scheme/schemes template
File type
Excel document
File size
53.0 kB
Subsidy control - guidance: MFA and SPEIA transparency reporting spreadsheet
File type
Excel document
File size
48.5 kB
Subsidy control - guidance: Reg 5 Notification Form Template
File type
Word document
File size
54.7 kB
Subsidy control - guidance: OECD Classification Template
File type
Word document
File size
32.6 kB
First published
22 September 2022
Last updated
9 February 2026 - show all updates

  1. Amends to streamlined routes section on subsidy schemes page and updated transparency reporting template.

  2. Text updates made throughout and removed 'Subsidy control - guidance: scheme document template' and 'Subsidy control - guidance: energy and environment principles assessment'.

  3. Text updates throughout and Commercial Market Operator Principle section added.

  4. Updated wording for transparency requirement, threshold information.

  5. Updated transparency reporting template, notification of scheme template and MFA and SPEIA transparency reporting spreadsheet.

  6. Text updates throughout, added new pages 'subsidy schemes' and 'challenging subsidy decisions', updated transparency reporting template, notification of scheme template and added scheme document template.

  7. Updated 'Overview', 'Minimal Financial Subsidies' and 'The Subsidy Control Act'.

  8. Updated 'Subsidy control - guidance: transparency reporting template' and 'Subsidy control - guidance: MFA and EPEIA transparency reporting spreadsheet'.

  9. Updated all pages and all supporting documents to reflect the new Subsidy Control Regime going live.

  10. Updated Subsidy Control Act to reflect the new permanent UK Subsidy Control regime, which will commence 4 January 2023.

  11. Updated Determining if a subsidy and Transparency requirements. Removed Transparency reporting guidance.

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