Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Note 8 on Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she will publish a breakdown of spending on that area by her Department in (a) 2024/5 and (b) 2023/4; and for what reason her Department's spending increased by £1.3bn in that period.
Answered by Ian Murray
A breakdown of DSIT operating expenditure, including purchase of goods and services (POGS), has been published in the 2024-25 DSIT Annual Report and Accounts (Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Annual report and accounts 2024-25). The 2023-24 to 2024-25 increase is primarily attributable to increased expenditures on the Horizon and Copernicus programmes (c£1.1bn), with smaller increases amongst various other categories of POGS expenditure.
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