Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the data Expenditure Over £25,000: April 2025 (Cabinet Office Core), published on 29 May, why the payment of £78 million to the Department for Work and Pensions (transaction number 2037003799) is classified as "current grants to private sector – non-profit institutions serving households".

The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has started to make payments to claimants using the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) payment capabilities. This is to facilitate the high volume and speed at which IBCA and this government wants to make payments to compensation recipients. The Cabinet Office has to transfer funding to DWP, via a payment service request, so they can make the compensation payments on behalf of IBCA.