Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 7 May 2025.
Priti Patel
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on on (a) business hospitality, (b) grant in aid to arms length bodies, (c) recruitment, (d) transport equipment costs, (e) travel and (f) IT and communications in 2024-25; and how much has been budgeted for the 2025-26 financial year.
Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The department spend for 2024/25 is still subject to audit and therefore may change. At the time of responding, we estimate the spend to be:
A | Business Hospitality | £10.5 million |
C | Recruitment | £1.2 million |
D | Transport equipment | £6.4 million |
E | Travel | £84.9 million |
F | IT and comms | £217.1 million |
Final spends and part (b) grant in aid to arms length bodies for 2024/25 will be confirmed in the Annual Report & Accounts (ARA), due to be published in July.
The department is still working on budget allocations for 2025/26, therefore cannot respond on those figures yet.
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