Employment: Finance

(asked on 12th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 6.6 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the £2.5 billion projected to be spent on employment policies in 2024-25.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
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 underlying data that is consistent with PESA 2022 table 6.6:

Central government own current and capital spending on employment policies by department group and by segment programme, 2017-18 to 2021-22

£ million

Spending Function

Department Group

Segment

2017-18 Outturn

2018-19 Outturn

2019-20 Outturn

2020-21 Outturn

2021-22 Outturn

Current expenditure on employment policies

Cabinet Office

S010EHR1 - COMMISSION FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ALB)

11

0

17

17

17

S010GEO1 - GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE

11

0

0

0

0

Cabinet Office Total

22

0

17

17

17

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

S084A094-ACAS

51

55

54

56

56

Other spending

5

2

2

2

2

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Total

56

56

56

58

58

Work and Pensions

S032A001-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES

383

272

230

260

733

S032A074-LABOUR MARKET - OPERATIONAL DELIVERY

962

879

905

1,109

1,176

S032A085-LABOUR MARKET-CORPORATE

804

501

488

619

651

S032A105-KICKSTART

0

0

0

0

853

Other spending

205

789

469

407

509

Work and Pensions Total

2,354

2,441

2,092

2,395

3,924

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

S030A244- GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE

0

18

0

0

0

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Total

0

18

0

0

0

Home Office

S034A006-GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE

0

21

0

0

0

Home Office Total

0

21

0

0

0

Northern Ireland

S099A018-EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS - EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

21

19

18

14

19

S099A022-LABOUR MARKET SERVICES

46

59

48

39

57

S099A024-BUSINESS REGULATION/SUPPORT

13

17

20

21

24

Northern Ireland Total

80

96

86

74

100

CURRENT Total

2,512

2,632

2,253

2,543

4,098

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