Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland

(asked on 21st November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse has been of developing the Digital Assistance Scheme to support the movement of agri-food goods and live animals from Great Britain to Northern Ireland as of 21 November 2022.


Answered by
Mark Spencer Portrait
Mark Spencer
This question was answered on 28th November 2022

A total of £27.66m, as detailed in the table below, has been spent to date on development of the Digital Assistance Scheme.

Type of Spend

FY 2020-21
£m

FY 2021-22
£m

FY 2022-23*
£m

Total

DAS Programme and Staff Costs

0.25

5.94

7.36

13.55

DAS Capital Costs

3.20

7.79

3.12

14.11

Total

3.45

13.73

10.48

27.66

*Spend to October 2022. A number of actuals remain outstanding.

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