Question follow-through · 10814

ICT: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's budget for technical support services is for this financial year.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's budget for technical support services is for this financial year.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We have interpreted this as Digital technical support services, which are in the order of £0.8m for DSIT.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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