Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 124883 on the Supply Chain Centre, how much has been allocated to the Centre in (a) 2025-2026, (b) 2026-2027 and (c) 2027-2028 financial years; and how many full-time equivalent staff it (i) currently has and (ii) will have at its formal launch.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

We expect to launch the Supply Chain Centre formally later this year. At present, the team has a headcount of 33, with an associated budget of £2,778,886. Budgets for future years will be set at a later date.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost of (a) employing a (i) teacher and (ii) a member of support staff and (b) energy and (c) other non-staff expenditure per pupil in the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 and (C) 2025-26 and (D) 2026-27 financial year.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department publishes the ‘Schools’ costs: technical note’ (SCTN), which includes data on school workforce costs and non-staff expenditure, including energy. This year’s SCTN publication and historical publications are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-costs-technical-note.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 111852, if he will list the seven approvals granted for branded items since 24 April 2025, including for each (a) the department or business unit, (b) the description of the branded item, (c) the purpose of the expenditure, and (d) the total cost.

Answered by Chris Ward - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

On 6 April 2025, the previous Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster announced a ban on unnecessary branded merchandise. The details of the seven approvals granted for branded items since 24 April 2025 are as follows (costs exclude VAT):

1. Government People Group, Pull Up Banners for Future Leaders Scheme. £596.14.

2. Government Commercial Function, Panel Table Cover and lectern for GCF Conference. £752.00.

3. Civil Service Strategy Unit. Pull Up Banners for One Big Thing 2025. £432.64.

4. Civil Service Strategy Unit, Profession stickers divided into 11 professions to be given to visitors to the CSSU market stall in 6 Civil Service Live events as a collaboration and networking tool. £773.68.

5. Cabinet Office, Commemorative coins for attendees of a multinational event. £466.44.

6. Government People Group, Branded t-shirts for Pride events across the UK. £540.74.

7. Government Commercial Function, Glass Recognition trophies required for Rising Star Awards at the GCF Regional Conferences, arranged throughout October 2025 across three regions (North, Northern Ireland, South and Wales). £62.48.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 116506 on 9 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will place in the Library a copy of the OCS invoice dated 6 November 2025 relating to the works on the 9 Downing Street media room; and if he will provide the transaction number, value and date for the reimbursed payment to the Government Property Agency.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The OCS invoice for the 9 Downing Street works in the published data for the month of November 2025 is item 387, 10000204, OCS Group UK Limited, Transaction HZ820722.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will provide (a) staff costs, (b) non-staff costs, (c) total costs and (d) Full-Time Equivalent for the Competition and Markets Authority's Sustainability Taskforce for the financial years (i) 2023-2024, (ii) 2024-2025 and (iii) 2025-2026.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The information requested is as follows:

The CMA is not able to provide figures for 2025/26 before its accounts for the financial year are finalised and published in July.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for each train operating company under DfT Operator ownership, how many services were operated with fewer carriages than planned in each of the last 18 months; and what percentage of that operator’s total services this represented.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

In the attached document is the available data for the number of short-formed services for each train operating company under DfT Operator ownership over the last 18 months, and the percentage of each operator’s total services based on the regime data for each operator. Please note that the percentages are not comparable and do not represent the total number of services for each operator.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure has the British Transport Police made on public affairs companies, and for what purposes, since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The British Transport Police (BTP) has spent £0 on public affairs consultancy services.