Government Departments: Procurement
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 1188 on Government Departments: Procurement, what transparency requirements do Departments have on publishing expenditure for tendered services to individual organisations which are classified as grants.
Answered by Chris Ward
The government takes transparency and accountability seriously, and publishing data is key to this.
Under the Grants Functional Standard, central government departments and their arm's length bodies (ALBs) are required to provide details of their grants schemes and awards to the Cabinet Office via the Government Grants Information System (GGIS).
The Cabinet Office publishes this data and accompanying official statistics on GOV.UK in March each year in order to fulfil the government’s commitment in the Transparency Agenda. The publication covers formula grants and general grants at scheme and award level, showing how public funds are spent through the grants funding mechanism by departments and ALBs
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