questionText: 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 2024/5, as well as an explanation of why that total was planned to increase to £3,840m in 2025/6.
answerText: 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...
heading: Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure