Question follow-through · 8173
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Core Table 1 on page 269 of the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, if he will provide a breakdown of the £2,722m spent on 'Purchase of Good and Services' in Total Resource DEL in 2024/
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Core Table 1 on page 269 of the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, if he will provide a breakdown of the £2,722m spent on 'Purchase of Good and Services' in Total Resource DEL in 2024/
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2026
Answer published
Please see attached breakdown of the £2,722m spent on Purchase of Goods and Services in 2024-25. The main reasons for the increases from 2024-25 outturn compared to 2025-26 Main Estimate plans are quoted in the Main Estimate 2025-26 Memorandum.Get Britain...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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