Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

(asked on 2nd February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, if she will publish (a) a breakdown of resource spending on G) Modernising and reforming the work of the Government functions; (b) the £46,366,000 spent in gross administration costs; and (c) the £203,636,000 spent in gross programme costs.


Answered by
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 6th February 2026

The net resource spending on ‘Modernising and reforming the work of the Government functions’ for 2024-25 was £204.375m. The breakdown of gross expenditure is split between Admin and Programme spend is shown below.

The £46.366m Admin spent in gross administration costs is broken down as below:

Purchase of goods and services

£28.627m

Staff costs

£17.737m

Other operating costs

£0.002m

Total

£46.366m

The £203.636m spent in gross programme costs is broken down as below:

OneLogin

£82.8m

Gov.Uk

£21.6m

Product and Services

£15.9m

Government Chief Product Officer

£9.5m

Other (Includes Notify)

£73.7m

Total

£203.5m

Reticulating Splines