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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to (a) SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, a breakdown of the £209,590,000 spent in gross administration costs on capability and (b) Table 1, Annex A: Com

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
5 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to (a) SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, a breakdown of the £209,590,000 spent in gross administration costs on capability and (b) Table 1, Annex A: Com

  2. 5 Feb 2026

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

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    The 2024-25 outturn for Capability gross administration costs is broken down as below:Staff costs*£84.078mOther operating costs£43.484mPurchase of goods and services*£40.218mMatrix programme*£28.295mDepreciation and other non-cash expenditure£11.455mOther...

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