Q. Government Departments: Employment

Government Departments: Employment

(asked on 12th June 2023) - View Source

Questioner

Jonathan Ashworth
(Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Table 6.6 on Central government own current and capital expenditure on services by function, 2017-18 to 2024-25, of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, published on 20 July 2022, if he will publish a breakdown by Department of planned spending on Economic affairs, of which: employment policies.

Answered by

John Glen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

This question was answered on 15th June 2023

As plans data is provisional and subject to change, outturn only is provided in the table below. The table shows PESA 2022 table 6.6 data for Economic affairs broken down by department:

Central government own current and capital spending on employment policies by department group, 2017-18 to 2021-22
£ million
Spending Function	Department Group	2017-18 Outturn	2018-19 Outturn	2019-20 Outturn	2020-21 Outturn	2021-22 Outturn
Current expenditure on employment policies	Cabinet Office	22	17	17	17
	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	56	56	56	58	58
	Education	0
	Work and Pensions	2,354	2,441	2,092	2,395	3,924
	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	18	0
	Home Office	21
	Northern Ireland	80	96	86	74	100
	Wales	0
CURRENT Total		2,512	2,632	2,253	2,543	4,098
Capital expenditure on employment policies	Cabinet Office	0	0	0
	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	1	1	1	1	0
	Work and Pensions	103	44	0	74	121
	Northern Ireland	0	2	1	1	2
CAPITAL Total		105	47	2	77	124
Grand Total		2,617	2,679	2,254	2,620	4,222

Government Departments: Employment

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