Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

(asked on 16th July 2026) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the 2025/6 Annual Report and Accounts, for a breakdown of i) the £122m gross outturn on CDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.2 and ii) the £41m in gross outturn on RDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.1.


Answered by
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 3rd September 2026

The £122m gross outturn on CDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.2 is:

Purchase of goods and services

56.0m

Grants

32.4m

Staff costs

31.7m

Other costs, including investment in assets and finance costs

2.0m

Total

122.1m

The £41m in gross outturn on RDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.1 is:

Staff costs

38.1m

Other costs, including purchase of goods and services, grants and finance costs

2.6m

Total

40.7m

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