Common Purpose: Finance
(asked on 19th January 2026) - View Source
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 89471 on Common Purpose: Finance, whether the expenditure was approved by a Minister.
Answered by
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 27th January 2026
Information regarding materials supplied by Common Purpose for the training day will not be disclosed as it is deemed commercially sensitive. Approval for the training day expenditure was granted by a Senior Civil Servant (SCS), not a Minister, as the cost fell within the SCS's delegated authority to approve spend. The spend occurred prior to the Government implementing new controls in April 2025 and followed a robust, compliant procurement procedure in line with Cabinet Office policy.