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Home Office: Communication

Asked by John CooperConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30957

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its arm’s length bodies has spent on external communications through (i) Crown Commercial Service agreement RM6125 and (ii) other agreements since 5 July 2024; and which firms have received funding.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

To identify the information requested would require a manual review of all transactions made in communications related account categories in the Home Office’s financial system since 5 July 2024, to confirm if they related to Crown Commercial Service agreement RM6125 and other agreements, and then to collate and verify relevant data.

This could only be done for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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