Question follow-through · 96593
Jobcentres: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of spending required to develop and run in-house the replacement digital service for the new Jobs and Careers Service.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of spending required to develop and run in-house the replacement digital service for the new Jobs and Careers Service.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
This information is not available at this time. The Jobs and Careers Service Programme is still being designed. When the Business Case has His Majesty’s Treasury approval, an executive summary will be published in line with current practice.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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