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Building Digital UK: Finance

Asked by Ann DaviesPlaid CymruDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 16 June 2025UIN 59261

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding Building Digital UK has received in each year since it was established.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Building Digital UK (BDUK) became an Executive Agency on 1 April 2022. Each year, it publishes information on its total budget in its Annual Reports and Accounts. These are published on GOV.UK and cover the period from 1 April to 31 March.

In 2022 to 2023, the total annual budget was £90 million, and in 2023 to 2024 the total annual budget was £140 million. Information for 2024 to 2025 will be published in the next Annual Report and Accounts.

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