Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.

This question was answered on 1st September 2014
The proportion of the Department’s budget spent on contracted-out activities is as follows – Financial Year Contracted-out expenditure £000 Actuals Proportion of contracted-out expenditure to Budget Actuals 2009/10 26,218 48% 2010/11 24,165 46% 2011/12 24,774 40% 2012/13 20,493 28% 2013/14 22,428 40% Forecast Forecast 2014/15 23,000 50% Figures for 2013-14 and 2014-15 include the Government Equalities Office.