Part 2: Subsidy control requirements Chapter 3: Transparency Section 32: Subsidy database
This section provides that the Secretary of State must make arrangements for a database of subsidies and subsidy schemes for the purposes of transparency.
	The Secretary of State must ensure that the database is accessible to the public and free of charge, and that public authorities who have to upload details of a subsidy or subsidy scheme to the database are able to do so.
	The Secretary of State must also keep the database under review in such manner and at such intervals as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
	The Secretary of State may direct the CMA to take on responsibility for maintaining the database in future. Part 4 sets out the CMA’s functions in relation to subsidy control. Were responsibility for the subsidy database to be taken on by the CMA in future, it would be responsible for maintaining the database, rather than the Secretary of State, as set out in subsections (1) and (2).
	The Secretary of State may amend or revoke any direction to the CMA to maintain the database under a power in section 88. This means that the Secretary of State could, if considered appropriate, choose to take back the responsibility for the database from the CMA in future.