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Emergency Services Network: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's original budget for the Emergency Services Network programme was; how much her Department has spent since that programme started; and what the estimated final cost is in (a) real

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Home Office
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's original budget for the Emergency Services Network programme was; how much her Department has spent since that programme started; and what the estimated final cost is in (a) real

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    In July 2021 the Emergency Services Network (ESN) Full Business case was approved by HM Treasury with a whole life cost of £11.3bn through to 2036/37.In October 2024, HM Treasury approved an updated version of the business case which reflected a change in...

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