Question follow-through · 110056

Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £6,156,284,000 spent on Programme Resource Outturn in A: Core Department in 2024-25.

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
10 Mar 2026 · 36 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £6,156,284,000 spent on Programme Resource Outturn in A: Core Department in 2024-25.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Please see the breakdown attached at Annex 1.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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