Accountability report

Question 1

Staff and remuneration report

Accepted Answer

Staff report

Staff composition as at 31 March 2025

Numbers for staff composition are based on headcount on payroll. This aligns with staff numbers in the Annual Civil Service Employee Survey (ACSES) publication.

Table: Gender

	2025	2024
All staff	2,319	2,069
Of which men	48%	48%
Of which women	52%	52%
Senior civil servants	138	128
Of which men	44%	41%
Of which women	56%	59%
Senior officials on departmental board	13	11
Of which men	4	8
Of which women	9	3

Table: Disability

	2025	2024
No	78%	80%
Yes	16%	13%
Prefer not to say	7%	6%
Declaration rate	59%	51%

Table: Ethnicity

	2025	2024
White	75%	73%
BAME	21%	23%
Prefer not to say	4%	4%
Declaration rate	72%	61%

Table: Sexual orientation

	2025	2024
Straight	75%	77%
LGBO	13%	12%
Prefer not to say	11%	11%
Declaration rate	71%	60%

Diversity and inclusion

Inclusion is a priority for the department to ensure that we have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve in order to better serve citizens. This last year we have:

Commenced priority inclusion activities, for example we have a key focus on increasing diversity declarations to ensure we continue to make data driven and evidence-based decisions. We remain aligned to the Civil Service D&I Strategy 2022–25, Declaration of Government Reform, and Inclusive Britain.
Championed and sustained the development of staff network contributions to inclusion in line with the Civil Service D&I Strategy 2022–25.
Continued to take forward work as a Disability Confident Leader, and started work in preparation for Carers Confident accreditation.
Promoted and supported PSED requirements across the department through regular consultation, publishing internal guidance and continued to develop our Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) objectives working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Achieved a high ‘inclusion and fair treatment’ score of 81% in the Civil Service People Survey 2024.

Sickness absence data

	2024–25	2023–24
Average working days lost to sickness absence	3.7	2.2

Note

In 2023–24, the 2.2 was for the period August 2023 to March 2024, which was 8 months of the year. DSIT was created in February 2023, but DSIT records began in August 2023.

Staff turnover percentage

Table: Staff turnover percentage

	DSIT core dept 2024–25	DSIT core dept 2023–24	Civil service 2023–24 (bench mark)
Turnover (Those who left the core department and did not stay within the Civil Service)	6.3%	5.7%	7.5%
Departmental turnover (Those who left the core department but stayed within Civil Service.)	13.6%	13.8%	-

Notes

2023–24 Civil Service wide turnover rate of 7.5%: This can be found in the published report: Civil Service Statistics 2024

Staff engagement scores

	2024–25	2023–24
Engagement score	61%	60%

DSIT People Survey 2024 was open from 19 September to 13 October 2024, and the response rate was 88%.
The staff engagement index score was 61%. This is 3 percentage points lower than the Civil Service average and 1 percentage point higher than DSIT’s 2023 score.
The lowest scoring areas were on pay and benefits (29%), learning and development (51%), and leadership and managing change (55%).
The highest scoring areas were on my manager being considerate of my life outside work (90%), interest in my work (87%), and team reliability during difficult times (87%).
Directors are encouraged to analyse the scores locally and take actions to improve engagement within their teams. This is then supported by cross-cutting actions in response to departmental priorities at organisational level.

Staff policies for disabled persons

Applications for employment

We are accredited under the Disability Confident Leader scheme.

Continuing employment

We offer reasonable adjustments, where practical, for both office and home working.
We support staff who are disabled or have long-term health conditions by carrying out assessments, providing equipment and training.
We work closely with our disability staff network.

Training, career development and promotion

For individuals who declare themselves as having a disability, we support and encourage them to engage with any process related to training, career development and promotion by ensuring the offer of reasonable adjustments is actively communicated and delivered at the right time.

Trade union facility time

Facility time is paid time off given to employees who are recognised Trade Union representatives to perform their related duties. Trade Union duties are work or training directly related to supporting the workforce.

Trade Union activities (different to duties) relate to internal trade union business. A small amount of paid time may exceptionally be permitted for Trade Union Activities at an employer’s discretion. Executive Agencies permitted a minimal amount of time to be spent on trade union activities in 2024.

Table: Trade union facility time

	DSIT core	BDUK	UKSA	IPO	Met Office	Total
Relevant union officials Number of employees who were relevant union officials	8	1	2	31	18	60
Number of relevant union officials by working hours spent on facility time: 0% of working hours	-	-	-	4	-	4
Number of relevant union officials by working hours spent on facility time: 1–50% of working hours	8	1	2	27	18	56
Number of relevant union officials by working hours spent on facility time: 51–99% of working hours	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of relevant union officials by working hours spent on facility time: 100% of working hours	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spend on facility time Percentage of the total pay bill spent on facility time [(total cost of facility time ÷ total pay bill) x 100]	0.045%	0.01%	0.25%	0.08%	0.05%	0.06%
Time on paid trade union activities Time spent on paid trade union activities as a % of total paid facility time hours	0.00%	0.00%	0.0%	0.50%	12%	-

Notes

Time on paid trade union activities: Negligible time spent on paid TU activities.

Health and safety at work

We continued to provide a safe work environment. We ensured staff had the correct equipment and training to carry out their duties safely, both in the office and working from home.

In 2024–25, there were no reported accidents within ‘Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013’.

The wellbeing offer during the year included:

stress management guidance
resilience and mental health training
health, wellbeing and disability campaigns
access to the Employee Assistance Programme for confidential counselling
over 71 trained Mental Health First Aiders
staff networks to provide peer support

Number of senior civil servants by pay band

The table below shows the number of senior civil servants (SCS) grouped by pay band.

SCS numbers are measured as at 31 March and exclude inactive workers such as those on maternity leave and outward loans.

Table: Number of senior civil servants by pay band

Pay band	Number of SCS as at 31 Mar 2025	Restated Number of SCS as at 31 Mar 2024
SCS 1	133	112
SCS 2	35	35
SCS 3	6	6
Permanent Secretary	2	2
Total	176	155

Staff numbers

This is audited information.

Staff numbers are the average number of full-time equivalent persons employed during the year. Staff numbers include active workers and exclude inactive workers such as those on maternity leave and outward loans.

Due to the MOG change prior year balances have been restated in accordance with transfer by merger principles to aid comparability. The MOG change expanded DSIT and established the Government Digital Service (GDS).

Table: Staff numbers

	2024–25 Permanent employed staff	2024–25 Others	2024–25 Ministers	2024–25 Special advisers	2024–25 Total	2023–24 restated Total
Core dept	2,829	137	5	3	2,974	2,576
Agencies	574	26	-	-	600	627
Non departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and other designated bodies	11,734	1,785	-	-	13,519	13,129
Total	15,137	1,948	5	3	17,093	16,332
Of which: core dept and agencies	3,403	163	5	3	3,574	3,203
Of which: NDPBs and other designated bodies	11,734	1,785	-	-	13,519	13,129
Total	15,137	1,948	5	3	17,093	16,332

Staff costs

This is audited information.

Table: Staff costs

	2024–25 Permanent employed staff £m	2024–25 Others £m	2024–25 Total £m	2023–24 Permanent employed staff £m	2023–24 Others £m	2023–24 restated Total £m
Wages and salaries	853	93	946	773	119	892
Social security costs	99	-	99	87	-	87
Other pension costs	207	-	207	181	-	181
Sub total	1,159	93	1,252	1,041	119	1,160
Less recoveries in respect of outward secondments	(1)	-	(1)	(1)	-	(1)
Total net costs	1,158	93	1,251	1,040	119	1,159
Of the total: Core dept and agencies	278	37	315	236	54	290
Of the total: NDPBs and other designated bodies	880	56	936	804	65	869
Total net costs	1,158	93	1,251	1,040	119	1,159

Staff costs – others

‘Others’ in the table above includes ministers’ total net costs of £215,690 (2023–24: £151,737).

Table: Staff costs capitalised

	2024–25 DSIT group	2023–24 restated DSIT group
Number of employees engaged on capital projects	701	560
Capitalised staff costs	50,968,899	38,178,607

Staff severance costs

Staff severance costs are included in ‘wages and salaries’ in the staff costs table. For further details see disclosures on exit packages below.

Staff costs – pensions

Principal civil service pension scheme

The principal civil service pension scheme (PCSPS) and the civil servant and other pension scheme (CSOPS), known as ‘alpha’, are an unfunded multi-employer defined benefit scheme in which the department is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities. The scheme actuary valued the PCSPS as at 31 March 2020. Further details can be found in the resource accounts of the Cabinet Office Civil Superannuation:

www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/about-us/resource-accounts/.

For 2024–25, employer contributions of £124,272,091 were payable to the PCSPS (2023–24: £99,253,496) at one of four rates in the range 26.6% to 30.3% (2023–24: 26.6% to 30.3%) of pensionable pay, based on salary bands.

The scheme’s actuary reviews employer contributions usually every four years following a full scheme valuation. The contribution rates are set to meet the cost of the benefits accruing during 2024–25 to be paid when the member retires, and not the benefits paid during this period to existing pensioners.

Employees can opt to open a partnership pension account, a stakeholder pension with an employer contribution. Employers’ contributions of £1,433,680 (2023–24: £1,065,782) were paid to one or more of the panel of three appointed stakeholder pension providers. Employer contributions are age-related and range from 8% to 14.75%. Employers also match employee contributions up to 3% of pensionable earnings. In addition, employer contributions of £8,501 (2023–24: £6,184), 0.5% (2023–24: 0.5%) were payable to the PCSPS to cover the cost of the future provision of lump sum benefits on death in service and ill health retirement of these employees.

Contributions due to/(from) the partnership pension providers as at 31 March 2025 were £72,832 (2023–24: £62,865). Contributions prepaid at that date were £nil (2023–24: £nil).

Ill-health retirement

In 2024–25, 10 persons (2023–24: 5 persons) across the DSIT group retired early on ill-health grounds; the total additional accrued pension liabilities in the year amounted to £nil (2023–24: £nil).

Other pension schemes

Employer contributions to other pension schemes in 2024 –25, amounted to £84,006,173 (2023–24: £80,876,622). Employer contributions include employers’ contributions, current service costs and, where appropriate, past service costs of funded pension schemes. Further details can be found in the accounts of the department’s NDPBs and other designated bodies. A list of these bodies is provided in note 24. List of bodies in the DSIT group in the Notes to the accounts.

Consultancy and temporary staff expenditure

Consultants are hired to work on projects in specific situations:

where the department does not have the skill set required
where the requirement falls outside the core business of civil servants
where an external, independent perspective is required

When used appropriately, consultancy can be a cost effective and efficient way of getting the temporary and skilled external input that the department needs. We are committed to the consistent application of the Cabinet Office’s 2010 and 2024 controls on consultancy and other spending.

Table: Expenditure on consultancy and temporary staff expenditure

	2024–25 Core dept & agencies £m	2024–25 DSIT group £m	2023–24 restated Core dept & agencies £m	2023–24 restated DSIT group £m
Consultancy expenditure	52	54	26	28
Temporary staff expenditure	36	93	54	119

Temporary staff

Also detailed under staff costs in note 3. Staff costs in the Notes to the accounts.

Off-payroll engagements

Off-payroll engagements refer to workers who are paid off-payroll, without deducting tax and national insurance at source, typically contractors.

Table 1: Highly paid off-payroll worker engagements as at 31 March 2025, earning £245 per day or greater

	Core dept	Agencies	Arm’s length bodies
No. of existing engagements as of 31 Mar	119	25	280
Less than 1 year	33	12	91
Between 1 and 2 years	54	12	62
Between 2 and 3 years	15	1	61
Between 3 and 4 years	12	0	30
Four or more years	5	0	36

Table 2: All highly paid off-payroll workers engaged at any point during the year ended 31 March 2025, earning £245 per day or greater

	Core dept	Agencies	Arm’s length bodies
No. of temporary off-payroll workers engaged during the year ended 31 Mar	119	30	466
Not subject to off-payroll legislation	0	0	30
Subject to off-payroll legislation and determined as in-scope of IR35	96	29	395
Subject to off-payroll legislation and determined as out-of-scope of IR35	23	1	41
Total	119	30	466
No. of engagements reassessed for compliance or assurance purposes during the year	0	1	11
Of which: No. of engagements that saw a change to IR35 status following review	0	1	0

Table 3: For any off-payroll engagements of board members, and/or senior officials with significant financial responsibility, between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025

	Core dept	Agencies	Arm’s length bodies
No. of off-payroll engagements of board members, and/or, senior officials with significant financial responsibility, during the financial year	0	0	2
Total no. of individuals on payroll and off-payroll that have been deemed ‘board members and/or senior officials with significant financial responsibility’, during the financial year.	33	19	52

Note

Core total no. of individuals on payroll and off-payroll that have been deemed ’board members and/or senior officials with significant financial responsibility’ during the financial year is made up of 12 non-executive directors, 10 ministers and 11 senior officials.

Details of the exceptional circumstances that led to the off-payroll engagement of board members/senior officials with significant financial responsibility.

UKRI: An individual was appointed as interim Chief People Officer in March 2022, following the departure of the previous on-payroll position holder. The contract was extended in March 2023 into 2024–25, as UKRI is at a critical delivery point for a number of key people-led programmes that demand continuity of service and a high degree of expertise to ensure impactful delivery. This individual left the post in January 2025 and was replaced with another interim Chief People Officer.

Exit packages

This is audited information.

Exit packages refer to Civil Service and other compensation schemes.

Redundancy and other departure costs have been paid in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), a statutory scheme made under the Superannuation Act 1972.

Where the department has agreed early retirements, the additional costs are met by the department and not by the Civil Service pension scheme.

Ill-health retirement costs are met by the pension scheme and are not included in the table.

The table below shows the total cost of exit packages agreed and accounted for in 2024–25. £6,737,934 exit costs were paid in 2024–25, the year of departure (2023–24: £1,066,658).

Table: Number and costs of exit packages

	2024–25 Number of compulsory redundancies	2024–25 Number of other departures agreed	2024–25 Total number of exit packages by cost band	2023–24 restated Number of compulsory redundancies	2023–24 restated Number of other departures agreed	2023–24 restated Total number of exit packages by cost band
Less than £10,000	-	13	13	2	10	12
£10,000–£25,000	2	36	38	3	12	15
£25,000–£50,000	3	32	35	4	5	9
£50,000–£100,000	1	53	54	-	5	5
£100,000–£150,000	-	4	4	-	-	-
£150,000–£200,000	-	1	1	-	-	-
Total number	6	139	145	9	32	41
Of which: core dept & agencies	1	3	4	-	3	3
Of which: NDPBs and other designated bodies	5	136	141	9	29	38
Total cost (£)	207,286	6,655,119	6,862,405	205,704	781,720	987,424
Of which: core dept & agencies	19,448	273,515	292,963	-	157,305	157,305
Of which: NDPBs and other designated bodies	187,838	6,381,604	6,569,442	205,704	624,415	830,119

Staff redeployments

The table below shows the number of staff loaned and hosted as at 31 March 2025.

Staff loaned are staff permanently employed by the core department, who were on loan to another organisation. If the core department paid the cost as the home department, short-term costs were charged to the administration budget.

Staff hosted are those attached to the core department, who were on loan from other organisations. If the core department paid the cost as the host department, short-term costs were charged to the administration budget.

The department does not currently hold information centrally to support the disclosure of average likely durations of redeployments.

Table: Loans in

	Short term Non-payroll	Short term Payroll	Short term Total	Longer term Non-payroll	Longer term Payroll	Longer term Total
EO	2	-	2	-	-	-
HEO	4	1	5	-	15	15
SEO	7	1	8	1	17	18
G6	7	1	8	3	33	36
G7	13	2	15	2	49	51
SCS 1	5	1	6	-	12	12
SCS 2	2	-	2	-	2	2
Total	40	6	46	6	128	134

Loans out

	Short term Non-payroll	Short term Payroll	Short term Total	Longer term Non-payroll	Longer term Payroll	Longer term Total
EO	-	-	-	3	-	3
HEO	-	-	-	16	-	16
SEO	-	1	1	16	3	19
G6	-	-	-	4	1	5
G7	-	-	-	10	8	18
SCS 1	-	1	1	4	1	5
Total	-	2	2	53	13	66

Remuneration report

Service contracts

The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 requires Civil Service appointments to be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The Recruitment Principles published by the Civil Service Commission specify the circumstances when appointments may be made otherwise.

Unless otherwise stated below, the officials covered by this report hold appointments which are open-ended. Early termination, other than for misconduct, would result in the individual receiving compensation as set out in the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Further information about the work of the Civil Service Commission can be found at

www.civilservicecommission.org.uk

Remuneration policy

Remuneration policy for ministers

Remuneration of ministers is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (as amended by The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996) and the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991.

Remuneration policy for executive directors

The Senior Salaries Review Body provides independent advice to the Prime Minister on the remuneration of senior civil servants. The review body considers economic considerations such as local variations in labour markets and funds available to departments. Further information about the work of the review body can be found at

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/review-body-on-senior-salaries.

Remuneration (salary, benefits in kind and pensions)

This is audited information.

Table: single total figure of remuneration: ministers

Salary FYE stands for ’full year equivalent’.

	2024–25 Salary £	Severance payment	2024–25 Pension benefits (nearest £1,000)	2024–25 Total (nearest £1,000)	2023–24 Salary £	Severance payment	2023–24 Pension benefits (nearest £1,000)	2023–24 Total (nearest £1,000)
Secretary of State Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP (from 5 Jul 2024)	49,903 (FYE: 67,505)	-	13,000	63,000	-	-	-	-
Secretary of State Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP (to 5 Jul 2024)	17,784 (FYE: 67,505)	16,876	4,000	39,000	67,505	-	18,000	86,000
Minister of state Sir Chris Bryant MP (from 8 Jul 2024)	23,419 (FYE: 31,680)	-	6,000	29,000	-	-	-	-
Minister of state Lord Patrick Vallance (from 5 Jul 2024)	60,238 (FYE: 81,485)	-	15,000	75,000	-	-	-	-
Minister of state Julia Lopez MP (to 5 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minister of state Andrew Griffith MP (from 13 Nov 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary under-secretary of state Feryal Clark (from 9 Jul 2024)	16,541 (FYE: 22,375)	-	4,000	21,000	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary under-secretary of state Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (from 9 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary under-secretary of state Viscount Camrose (to 5 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary under-secretary of state Saqib Bhatti MP (from 13 Nov 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)	5,894 (FYE: 22,375)	5,593	1,000	12,000	8,577 (FYE: 22,375)	-	2,000	11,000

Notes

Salary information excludes employers’ National Insurance contributions. None of the ministers of the department received benefits in kind during the year. Minsters in the House of Commons are remunerated on a different basis to those in the House of Lords as explained in notes to the remuneration report.
The value of pension benefits accrued during the year is calculated as (real increase in pension multiplied by 20) less (contributions made by the individual). Real increase excludes increases due to inflation or any increase or decrease due to transfer of pension rights.
Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP: Minister on Leave from 28 April to 20 July 2023. Her role was covered by Rt Hon Chloe Smith MP during this time.
Sir Chris Bryant MP: has a joint role with DSIT & Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which is paid for by DSIT.
Julia Lopez MP: had a joint role with DSIT and DCMS, which was paid for by DCMS. From 9 May 2023 to 20 December 2023 she was a minister on leave and her role was covered by Rt Hon John Whittingdale MP.
Andrew Griffith MP and Viscount Camrose: were not paid for their ministerial roles.
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: has an unpaid joint role with DSIT and Department for Business and Trade. She is paid by HM Treasury for her role as Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip).

Table: Single total figure of remuneration: Officials

	2024–25 Salary £’000	2024–25 Bonus £’000	2024–25 Pension nearest £1,000	2024–25 Total £’000	2023–24 Salary £’000	2023–24 Bonus £’000	2023–24 Pension nearest £1,000	2023–24 Total £’000
Permanent secretary Sarah Munby	180–185	-	70	250–255	170–175	-	67	240–245
Director general Freya Guinness	165–170	5–10	65	240–245	160–165	0–5	62	225–230
Director general Alexandra Jones (from 15 May 2023)	135–140	5–10	47	190–195	110–115 (FYE: 125–130)	5–10	50	170–175
Director general Emran Mian (from 1 Aug 2023)	135–140	10–15	64	215–220	85–90 (FYE: 130–135)	-	63	150–155
Government chief scientific adviser Angela McLean	205–210	-	81	290–295	195–200	-	77	275–280
National technology adviser Dave Smith (from 1 Oct 2023)	140–145	0–5	54	195–200	65–70 (FYE: 130–135)	-	27	90–95
Strategic finance director Jessie Mitchell (from 20 Sep 2023)	75–80	5–10	31	115–120	35–40 (FYE: 70–75)	5–10	15	60–65
Strategic finance director Leah Sparks (from 20 Sep 2023)	100–105	5–10	43	150–155	50–55 (FYE: 95–100)	5–10	19	75–80
Strategy and implementation director Joanna Cavan (from 1 May 2024)	130–135 (FYE: 145–150)	-	83	215–220	-	-	-	-
Government chief digital officer Joanna Davinson (from 9 Dec 2024)	30–35 (FYE: 100–105)	0–5	13	45–50	-	-	-	-
Government chief technology officer David Knott (1 Oct to 8 Dec 2024)	30–35 (FYE: 165–170)	-	12	40–45	-	-	-	-
Government chief product officer Christine Bellamy (from 8 Jul 2024)	115–120 (FYE: 155–160)	5–10	40	160–165	-	-	-	-

Notes

Salary: None of the board members received benefits in kind during the year.
Pension benefits (to nearest £1000): The value of pension benefits accrued during the year is calculated as (the real increase in pension multiplied by 20) plus (the real increase in any lump sum) less (the contributions made by the individual). The real increases exclude increases due to inflation or any increase or decreases due to a transfer of pension rights.
Accrued pension benefits included in this table for any individual affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy have been calculated based on their inclusion in the legacy scheme for the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022, following the McCloud judgment. The Public Service Pensions Remedy applies to individuals that were members, or eligible to be members, of a public service pension scheme on 31 March 2012 and were members of a public service pension scheme between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022. The basis for the calculation reflects the legal position that impacted members have been rolled back into the relevant legacy scheme for the remedy period and that this will apply unless the member actively exercises their entitlement on retirement to decide instead to receive benefits calculated under the terms of the Alpha scheme for the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022.

Single total figure of remuneration

This is standardised text copied from the ’Employee Pension Notices’ (EPN).

Salary

‘Salary’ includes gross salary; overtime; reserved rights to London weighting or London allowances; recruitment and retention allowances; private office allowances and any other allowance to the extent that it is subject to UK taxation. This report is based on accrued payments made by the Department and thus recorded in these accounts. In respect of Ministers in the House of Commons, departments bear only the cost of the additional Ministerial remuneration; the salary for their services as an MP £91,346 (from 1 April 2024) and various allowances to which they are entitled are borne centrally. However, the arrangement for Ministers in the House of Lords is different in that they do not receive a salary but rather an additional remuneration, which cannot be quantified separately from their Ministerial salaries. This total remuneration, as well as the allowances to which they are entitled, is paid by the Department, and is therefore shown in full in the figures above.

Benefits in kind

The monetary value of benefits in kind covers any benefits provided by the Department and treated by HM Revenue and Customs as a taxable emolument. Minister 1 received living accommodation provided at public expense and chargeable to tax under s163 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. The Permanent Secretary had the private use of an allocated car in the circumstances permitted by the Civil Service Management Code.

Bonuses

Bonuses are based on performance levels attained and are made as part of the appraisal process. The bonuses reported in 2024–25 relate to end of year performance awards in 2023–24 and some in year awards. The bonuses reported in 2023–24 relate to end of year performance awards in 2022–23 and some in year awards.

Fair pay

This is audited information.

The disclosures below show the relationship between the remuneration of the highest-paid director and the remuneration of the total workforce.

The banded remuneration of the highest-paid director in DSIT in 2024–25 was £205,000–£210,000 (2023–24: £195,000–£200,000). This was 3.5 times the median remuneration of the workforce (2023–24: 3.5 times), which was £59,379 (2023–24: £55,805).

In 2024–25, 23 (2023–24: 3) employees received remuneration in excess of the highest-paid director. Remuneration ranged from £22,375 to £259,896 (2023–24: £23,610–£364,000).

Total remuneration includes salary, non-consolidated performance-related pay, and benefits-in-kind. It does not include severance payments, employer pension contributions and the cash equivalent transfer value of pensions.

Table: Percentage change in remuneration between 2024–25 and 2023–24

	Highest paid director	Staff average
Salary and allowances	+5.1%	+13.5%
Performance pay & bonuses	Nil	-28.8%

Table: Remuneration of highest paid director vs workforce at lower quartile, median, and upper quartile

	2024–25 Lower quartile	2024–25 Median	2024–25 Upper quartile	2023–24 Lower quartile	2023–24 Median	2023–24 Upper quartile
Workforce salary	42,495	58,040	62,738	36,860	52,715	58,232
Workforce total pay & benefits (includes salary, non-consolidated performance related pay and benefits)	44,557	59,379	66,974	39,468	55,805	62,420
Ratio: highest paid director to workforce total pay and benefits	4.7 to 1	3.5 to 1	3.1 to 1	5.0 to 1	3.5 to 1	3.2 to 1

Pension benefits

This is audited information.

Table: Pension benefits: Ministers

	Pension benefits at age 65 as at 31 Mar 2025 £’000	Real increase in pension at age 65 £’000	CETV at 31 Mar 2025 £’000	CETV at 31 Mar 2024 £’000	Real increase in CETV £’000
Secretary of State Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP (from 5 Jul 2024)	0–5	0–2.5	15	-	9
Secretary of State Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP (to 5 Jul 2024)	0–5	0–2.5	58	53	2
Minister of State Sir Chris Bryant MP (from 8 Jul 2024)	0–5	0–2.5	31	23	5
Minister of State Lord Patrick Vallance (from 5 Jul 2024)	0–5	0–2.5	22	-	15
Minister of State Julia Lopez MP (to 5 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-
Minister of State Andrew Griffith MP (from 13 Nov 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Feryal Clark MP (from 9 Jul 2024)	0–5	0–2.5	4	-	2
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (from 9 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Viscount Camrose (to 5 Jul 2024)	-	-	-	-	-
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Saqib Bhatti MP (from 13 Nov 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)	0–5	0–2.5	3	2	1

Notes

Where ministers joined or left during the year, their CETV opening or closing amounts are as at their joining or leaving dates.
Julia Lopez MP: Paid by Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Pension details will be disclosed in the DCMS 2024–25 annual report and accounts.
Andrew Griffith MP and Viscount Camrose: were not paid for their ministerial roles.
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: has an unpaid joint role with DSIT and Department for Business and Trade.

Pension benefits: ministers

This is standardised text copied from the ’Employee Pension Notices’ (EPN).

Ministerial pensions

Pension benefits for Ministers are provided by the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF). The scheme is made under statute and the rules are set out in the Ministers’ etc. Pension Scheme 2015, available at

https://mypcpfpension.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ministerial-pension-scheme-rules.pdf.

Those Ministers who are Members of Parliament may also accrue an MP’s pension under the PCPF (details of which are not included in this report).

Benefits for Ministers are payable from State Pension age under the 2015 scheme. Pensions are re-valued annually in line with Pensions Increase legislation both before and after retirement. The contribution rate from May 2015 is 11.1% and the accrual rate is 1.775% of pensionable earnings.

The figure shown for pension value includes the total pension payable to the member under both the pre- and post-2015 Ministerial pension schemes.

The Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV)

This is the actuarially assessed capitalised value of the pension scheme benefits accrued by a member at a particular point in time. The benefits valued are the member’s accrued benefits and any contingent spouse’s pension payable from the scheme. A CETV is a payment made by a pension scheme or arrangement to secure pension benefits in another pension scheme or arrangement when the member leaves a scheme and chooses to transfer the pension benefits, they have accrued in their former scheme. The pension figures shown relate to the benefits that the individual has accrued because of their total Ministerial service, not just their current appointment as a Minister. CETVs are calculated in accordance with The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and do not take account of any actual or potential reduction to benefits resulting from Lifetime Allowance Tax which may be due when pension benefits are taken.

The real increase in the value of the CETV

This is the element of the increase in accrued pension funded by the Exchequer. It excludes increases due to inflation and contributions paid by the Minister. It is worked out using common market valuation factors for the start and end of the period.

Table: Pension benefits: Officials

	Accrued pension at pension age as at 31 Mar 2025 and related lump sum £’000	Real increase in pension and related lump sum at pension age £’000	CETV at 31 Mar 2025 £’000	CETV at 31 Mar 2024 £’000	Real increase in CETV £’000	Employer contribution to partnership pension account Nearest £100
Permanent secretary Sarah Munby	20–25	2.5–5	289	221	36	-
Director general Freya Guinness	70–75	2.5–5	1,170	1,019	49	-
Director general Alexandra Jones	20–25	2.5–5	295	239	27	-
Director general Emran Mian	35–40	2.5–5	654	579	41	-
Government chief scientific adviser Angela McLean	20–25	2.5–5	379	272	67	-
National technology adviser Dave Smith	0–5	2.5–5	83	26	44	-
Strategic finance director Jessie Mitchell	20–25	0–2.5	261	222	16	-
Strategic finance director Leah Sparks	20–25	2.5–5	323	267	27	-
Strategy and implementation director Joanna Cavan (from 1 May 2024)	55–60	2.5–5	1,000	908	54	-
Government chief digital officer Joanna Davinson (from 9 Dec 2024)	20–25	0–2.5	396	383	11	-
Government chief technology officer David Knott (from 1 Oct to 8 Dec 2024)	5–10	0–2.5	97	83	9	-
Government chief product officer Christine Bellamy (from 8 Jul 2024)	5–10	0–2.5	143	106	28	-

Pension benefits: Civil Service pensions

Civil Service Pensions

Pension benefits are provided through the Civil Service pension arrangements. Before 1 April 2015, the only scheme was the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS), which is divided into a few different sections – classic, premium, and classic plus provide benefits on a final salary basis, whilst nuvos provides benefits on a career average basis. From 1 April 2015 a new pension scheme for civil servants was introduced – the Civil Servants and Others Pension Scheme or alpha, which provides benefits on a career average basis. All newly appointed civil servants, and the majority of those already in service, joined the new scheme.

The PCSPS and alpha are unfunded statutory schemes. Employees and employers make contributions (employee contributions range between 4.6% and 8.05%, depending on salary). The balance of the cost of benefits in payment is met by monies voted by Parliament each year. Pensions in payment are increased annually in line with the Pensions Increase legislation. Instead of the defined benefit arrangements, employees may opt for a defined contribution pension with an employer contribution, the partnership pension account.

In alpha, pension builds up at a rate of 2.32% of pensionable earnings each year, and the total amount accrued is adjusted annually in line with a rate set by HM Treasury. Members may opt to give up (commute) pension for a lump sum up to the limits set by the Finance Act 2004. All members who switched to alpha from the PCSPS had their PCSPS benefits ‘banked’, with those with earlier benefits in one of the final salary sections of the PCSPS having those benefits based on their final salary when they leave alpha.

The accrued pensions shown in this report are the pension the member is entitled to receive when they reach normal pension age, or immediately on ceasing to be an active member of the scheme if they are already at or over normal pension age. Normal pension age is 60 for members of classic, premium, and classic plus, 65 for members of nuvos, and the higher of 65 or State Pension Age for members of alpha. The pension figures in this report show pension earned in PCSPS or alpha – as appropriate. Where a member has benefits in both the PCSPS and alpha, the figures show the combined value of their benefits in the two schemes but note that the constituent parts of that pension may be payable from different ages.

When the government introduced new public service pension schemes in 2015, there were transitional arrangements which treated existing scheme members differently based on their age. Older members of the PCSPS remained in that scheme, rather than moving to alpha. In 2018, the Court of Appeal found that the transitional arrangements in the public service pension schemes unlawfully discriminated against younger members (the ’McCloud judgment’).

As a result, steps are being taken to remedy those 2015 reforms, making the pension scheme provisions fair to all members. The Public Service Pensions Remedy is made up of two parts.

www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-the-public-service-pension-remedy-affects-your-pension

The first part closed the PCSPS on 31 March 2022, with all active members becoming members of alpha from 1 April 2022. The second part removes the age discrimination for the remedy period, between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022, by moving the membership of eligible members during this period back into the PCSPS on 1 October 2023.

The accrued pension benefits, Cash Equivalent Transfer Value and single total figure of remuneration reported for any individual affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy have been calculated based on their inclusion in the PCSPS for the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022, following the McCloud judgment. The Public Service Pensions Remedy applies to individuals that were members, or eligible to be members, of a public service pension scheme on 31 March 2012 and were members of a public service pension scheme between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022. The basis for the calculation reflects the legal position that impacted members have been rolled back into the PCSPS for the remedy period and that this will apply unless the member actively exercises their entitlement on retirement to decide instead to receive benefits calculated under the terms of the alpha scheme for the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022.

The partnership pension account is an occupational defined contribution pension arrangement which is part of the Legal & General Master trust. The employer makes a basic contribution of between 8% and 14.75% (depending on the age of the member). The employee does not have to contribute but, where they do make contributions, the employer will match these up to a limit of 3% of pensionable salary (in addition to the employer’s basic contribution). Employers also contribute a further 0.5% of pensionable salary to cover the cost of centrally provided risk benefit cover (death in service and ill health retirement).

Further details about the Civil Service pension arrangements can be found at the website:

www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk

Cash Equivalent Transfer Values

A Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) is the actuarially assessed capitalised value of the pension scheme benefits accrued by a member at a particular point in time. The benefits valued are the member’s accrued benefits and any contingent spouse’s pension payable from the scheme. A CETV is a payment made by a pension scheme or arrangement to secure pension benefits in another pension scheme or arrangement when the member leaves a scheme and chooses to transfer the benefits accrued in their former scheme. The pension figures shown relate to the benefits that the individual has accrued as a consequence of their total membership of the pension scheme, not just their service in a senior capacity to which disclosure applies.

The figures include the value of any pension benefit in another scheme or arrangement which the member has transferred to the Civil Service pension arrangements. They also include any additional pension benefit accrued to the member as a result of their buying additional pension benefits at their own cost.

CETVs are worked out in accordance with the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and do not take account of any actual or potential reduction to benefits resulting from Lifetime Allowance Tax which may be due when pension benefits are taken.

Real increase in CETV

This reflects the increase in CETV that is funded by the employer. It does not include the increase in accrued pension due to inflation, contributions paid by the employee (including the value of any benefits transferred from another pension scheme or arrangement) and uses common market valuation factors for the start and end of the period.

Fee entitlements for non-executive board members

This is audited information.

The table below shows fees to the non-executive directors who were also members of departmental board.

Table: Fee entitlements for non-executive board members

	2024–25 Fee entitlement £’000	2024–25 Fee entitlement: full year £’000	2023–24 Fee entitlement £’000	2023–24 Fee entitlement: full year £’000
Dominic Field From 22 Apr 2024 Interim lead non-executive board member from 1 Nov 2024	15–20	-	-	-
Liz Cohen From 22 Apr 2024 Chair of audit and risk and assurance committee (ARAC)	15–20	-	-	-
Jason Chin From 22 Apr 2023	10–15	-	10–15	-
Nicola Hodson From 1 Nov 2024	5–10	10–15	-	-
Helen Milner From 1 Nov 2024	5–10	10–15	-	-
Adam Tickell From 1 Nov 2024	-	-	-	-
Paul Wilmott From 1 Nov 2024	-	-	-	-
Shonnel Malani To 1 Aug 2024	0–5	15–20	15–20	-
Melissa Di Donato To 1 Aug 2024	0–5	15–20	15–20	-
Saul Klein To 1 Aug 2024	0–5	10–15	10–15	-
Alison Wolf To 21 Apr 2024	0–5	10–15	10–15	-
Ron Dennis To 21 Apr 2024	0–5	10–15	10–15	-

Notes

Adam Tickell and Paul Wilmott: This is an unpaid role.
Shonnel Malani: Lead non-executive board member until 1 August 2024. This was an unpaid role from 22 April 2024 to 1 August 2024.
Melissa Di Donato: Chair of ARAC until 21 April 2024. This was an unpaid role from 22 April 2024 to 1 August 2024.
Saul Klein: This was an unpaid role from 22 April 2024.

Question 2

Parliamentary accountability report

Accepted Answer

Statement of outturn against parliamentary supply

This is audited information.

Overview

In addition to the primary statements prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FREM) requires the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to prepare a Statement of Outturn against Parliamentary Supply (SOPS) and supporting notes.

The SOPS and related notes are subject to audit, as detailed in the certificate and report of the comptroller and auditor general to the House of Commons.

The SOPS is a key accountability statement that shows, in detail, how an entity has spent against their supply estimate. Supply is the monetary provision (for resource and capital purposes) and cash (drawn primarily from the Consolidated Fund), that Parliament gives statutory authority for entities to utilise. The estimate details supply and is voted on by Parliament at the start of the financial year.

Should an entity exceed the limits set by their supply estimate, called control limits, their accounts will receive a qualified opinion.

The format of the SOPS mirrors the supply estimates, published on GOV.UK, to enable comparability between what Parliament approves and the final outturn.

The SOPS contain a summary table, detailing performance against the control limits that Parliament have voted on, cash spent (budgets are compiled on an accruals basis and so outturn will not exactly tie to cash spent) and administration.

Non-voted Budgets generally comprise CFERs (Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts) that represent operating income or expenditure financed directly from the Consolidated Fund as a standing service or from the National Insurance Fund. Non-voted expenditure does not require Parliamentary authority but is included within budgets set by HM Treasury for completeness.

Estimates and outturn spend are disclosed gross (gross expenditure and income) for activities of the core department and net for the activities of the DSIT group’s arm’s length bodies.

The supporting Notes to the Statement of Outturn against Parliamentary Supply, 2024–25 detail the following: outturn by estimate line, providing a more detailed breakdown (note 1); a reconciliation of Outturn to Net operating expenditure in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure (SOCNE), to tie the SOPS to the financial statements (note 2); a reconciliation of Outturn to Net cash requirement (note 3); and, an analysis of income payable to the Consolidated Fund (note 4).

The SOPS and estimates are compiled against the budgeting framework, which is similar to, but different from, IFRS. An understanding of the budgeting framework and an explanation of key terms is provided on understanding budgets, in the financial review section of the Performance report. Further information on the public spending framework and the reasons why budgeting rules are different to IFRS can also be found in chapter 1 of the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, available on GOV.UK.

The SOPS provides a detailed view of financial performance, in a form that is voted on and recognised by Parliament. The financial review, in the performance report, provides a summarised discussion of outturn against estimate and functions as an introduction to the SOPS disclosures.

Summary tables – mirrors part 1 of the Estimates

Figures in the areas outlined in thick line cover the voted control limits voted by Parliament. Refer to the Supply Estimates guidance manual, available on GOV.UK, for detail on the control limits voted by Parliament.
Significant variances between Outturn and the Estimate are explained in the financial review in the performance report.

Summary table, 2024–25, in £000’s

	Outturn Voted	Outturn Non-voted	Outturn Total	Estimate Voted	Estimate Non-voted	Estimate Total	Outturn vs Estimate: saving or (excess) Voted	Outturn vs Estimate: saving or (excess) Total	Prior year outturn total restated 2023–24
Resource DEL See SOPS 1.1	865,250	-	865,250	1,035,931	-	1,035,931	170,681	170,681	814,814
Capital DEL See SOPS 1.2	13,156,677	-	13,156,677	13,266,951	-	13,266,951	110,274	110,274	12,438,258
Total DEL	14,021,927	-	14,021,927	14,302,882	-	14,302,882	280,955	280,955	13,253,072
Resource AME See SOPS 1.1	365,590	-	365,590	661,296	-	661,296	295,706	295,706	231,030
Capital AME See SOPS 1.2	(158,535)	-	(158,535)	272	-	272	158,807	158,807	(104,922)
Total AME	207,055	-	207,055	661,568	-	661,568	454,513	454,513	126,108
Total resource See SOPS 1.1	1,230,840	-	1,230,840	1,697,227	-	1,697,227	466,387	466,387	1,045,844
Total capital See SOPS 1.2	12,998,142	-	12,998,142	13,267,223	-	13,267,223	269,081	269,081	12,333,336
Total budget expenditure	14,228,982	-	14,228,982	14,964,450	-	14,964,450	735,468	735,468	13,379,180
Total budget and non-budget	14,228,982	-	14,228,982	14,964,450	-	14,964,450	735,468	735,468	13,379,180

Net cash requirement, 2024–25, in £000’s

	SOPS note	Outturn	Estimate	Outturn vs Estimate: saving or (excess)	Prior year outturn total restated 2023–24
Net cash requirement	SOPS 3	13,163,402	16,485,001	3,321,599	13,813,547

Administration costs, 2024–25, in £000’s

	SOPS note	Outturn	Estimate	Outturn vs Estimate: saving or (excess)	Prior year outturn total restated 2023–24
Administration costs	SOPS 1.1	310,255	337,860	27,605	254,038

Notes

Although not a separate voted limit, any breach of the administration budget, will also result in an excess vote.

Notes to the Statement of Outturn against Parliamentary Supply, 2024–25

This is audited information.

SOPS 1. Outturn detail, by estimate line

The financial review in the performance report explains the significant variances between outturn and estimate.

SOPS 1.1: Analysis of resource outturn by estimate line, in £000s

The total estimate columns include virements. Virements are the reallocation of provision in the Estimates that do not require parliamentary authority (because Parliament does not vote to that level of detail and delegates to HM Treasury). Further information on virements is provided in the Supply Estimates Manual, available on GOV.UK.
The outturn vs estimate column is based on the total including virements. The estimate total before virements have been made is included so that users can tie the estimate back to the Estimates laid before Parliament.

Significant variances between Outturn and Estimate are explained in the financial review section of the Performance report.

Resource spend by section	Section	Admin Gross	Admin Income	Admin Net	Prog Gross	Prog Income	Program Net	Resource outturn Total	Estimate Total	Estimate Virements	Estimate Total inc. virements	Outturn vs Estimate: saving/(excess)	Prior year outturn total restated 2023–24
DEL voted	A) Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	-	-	-	37,112	(31,734)	5,378	5,378	13,459	7,058	20,517	15,139	23,066
DEL voted	C) Science and Research	1,112	-	1,112	34,541	(218)	34,323	35,435	35,117	88,907	124,024	88,589	32,047
DEL voted	D) Capability	209,590	(1,081)	208,509	2,411	(4)	2,407	210,916	280,132	(66,707)	213,425	2,509	165,713
DEL voted	E) Government as Shareholder	-	-	-	1,500	(20,360)	(18,860)	(18,860)	(16,040)	-	(16,040)	2,820	(70,290)
DEL voted	F) Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors	39,281	(7)	39,274	49,436	-	49,436	88,710	136,421	(7,793)	128,628	39,918	115,719
DEL voted	G) Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions	46,366	(1,786)	44,580	203,636	(43,841)	159,795	204,375	175,659	28,716	204,375	-	179,698
DEL voted	H) Building Digital UK	-	-	-	42,781	(81)	42,700	42,700	46,484	-	46,484	3,784	39,669
DEL voted	I) Science and Research (ALB) net	62	-	62	266,020	-	266,020	266,082	342,928	(69,310)	273,618	7,536	307,064
DEL voted	J) Capability (ALB) net	8,726	-	8,726	-	-	-	8,726	1	8,725	8,726	-	3,171
DEL voted	K) Government as Shareholder (ALB) net	-	-	-	8,893	-	8,893	8,893	1,100	7,793	8,893	-	1,526
DEL voted	L) Broadcasting and Media ALB (net)	7,992	-	7,992	4,903	-	4,903	12,895	23,281	-	23,281	10,386	17,431
DEL voted	Total	313,129	(2,874)	310,255	651,233	(96,238)	554,995	865,250	1,038,542	(2,611)	1,035,931	170,681	814,814
DEL non-voted	M) Science and Research (CFER)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(2,611)	2,611	-	-	-
DEL non-voted	Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(2,611)	2,611	-	-	-
DEL	Total	313,129	(2,874)	310,255	651,233	(96,238)	554,995	865,250	1,035,931	-	1,035,931	170,681	814,814

AME voted	N) Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	-	-	-	153	-	153	153	40,153	-	40,153	40,000	154
AME voted	O) Science and Research	-	-	-	249,578	(413)	249,165	249,165	432,948	-	432,948	183,783	158,522
AME voted	P) Capability	-	-	-	34	-	34	34	288	-	288	254	(53)
AME voted	Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	376
AME voted	Q) Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy (ALB) net	-	-	-	(3,702)	-	(3,702)	(3,702)	39,141	-	39,141	42,843	1,212
AME voted	R) Science and Research (ALB) net	-	-	-	127,699	-	127,699	127,699	141,026	-	141,026	13,327	71,584
AME voted	S) Capability (ALB) net	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	519	-	519	519	2
AME voted	T) Government as Shareholder (ALB) net	-	-	-	(8,403)	-	(8,403)	(8,403)	1,650	1,477	3,127	11,530	-
AME voted	U) Broadcasting and Media ALB (net)	-	-	-	644	-	644	644	5,571	(1,477)	4,094	3,450	(767)
AME voted	Total	-	-	-	366,003	(413)	365,590	365,590	661,296	-	661,296	295,706	231,030
AME	Total	-	-	-	366,003	(413)	365,590	365,590	661,296	-	661,296	295,706	231,030
Resource	Total	313,129	(2,874)	310,255	1,017,236	(96,651)	920,585	1,230,840	1,697,227	-	1,697,227	466,387	1,045,844
Resource	Total resource and non-budget spending	313,129	(2,874)	310,255	1,017,236	(96,651)	920,585	1,230,840	1,697,227	-	1,697,227	466,387	1,045,844

SOPS 1.2: Analysis of capital outturn by estimate line, in £000s

	Section	Outturn Gross	Outturn Income	Capital Outturn Net total	Estimate Total	Estimate Virements	Estimate Total inc. virements	Outturn vs Estimate, savings or (excess)	Prior year outturn total restated 2023–24
DEL voted	A) Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	477,809	(19,621)	458,188	475,544	-	475,544	17,356	280,633
DEL voted	B) Promote competitive markets and responsible business practices	6,522	-	6,522	7,800	(1,278)	6,522	-	3,826
DEL voted	C) Science and Research	2,105,389	(57,874)	2,047,515	2,727,707	(622,377)	2,105,330	57,815	2,404,166
DEL voted	D) Capability	49,260	(28)	49,232	(14,209)	63,441	49,232	-	4,109
DEL voted	E) Government as Shareholder	159,245	(33,979)	125,266	236,538	(77,293)	159,245	33,979	78,748
DEL voted	F) Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors	181,403	-	181,403	199,655	(18,252)	181,403	-	111,119
DEL voted	G) Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions	69,016	-	69,016	59,260	9,756	69,016	-	74,734
DEL voted	H) Building Digital UK	270,251	(1,124)	269,127	384,356	(114,105)	270,251	1,124	93,028
DEL voted	I) Science and Research (ALB) net	9,935,707	-	9,935,707	9,171,216	764,491	9,935,707	-	9,361,266
DEL voted	J) Capability (ALB) net	1,793	-	1,793	-	1,793	1,793	-	4,162
DEL voted	K) Government as Shareholder (ALB) net	8,589	-	8,589	20,000	(11,411)	8,589	-	14,650
DEL voted	L) Broadcasting and Media ALB (net)	4,319	-	4,319	1,209	3,110	4,319	-	7,817
DEL voted	Total	13,269,303	(112,626)	13,156,677	13,269,076	(2,125)	13,266,951	110,274	12,438,258
DEL non-voted	M) Science and Research (CFER)	-	-	-	(2,125)	2,125	-	-	-
DEL non-voted	Total	-	-	-	(2,125)	2,125	-	-	-
DEL	Total	13,269,303	(112,626)	13,156,677	13,266,951	-	13,266,951	110,274	12,438,258
AME voted	N) Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	(2)	-	(2)	-	-	-	2	-
AME voted	O) Science and Research	-	-	-	200	-	200	200	-
AME voted	P) Capability	-	-	-	72	-	72	72	-
AME voted	Q) Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy (ALB) net	(50,974)	-	(50,974)	-	-	-	50,974	(935)
AME voted	R) Science and Research (ALB) net	(107,559)	-	(107,559)	-	-	-	107,559	(103,987)
AME voted	Total	(158,535)	-	(158,535)	272	-	272	158,807	(104,922)
AME	Total	(158,535)	-	(158,535)	272	-	272	158,807	(104,922)
Capital	Total	13,110,768	(112,626)	12,998,142	13,267,223	-	13,267,223	269,081	12,333,336
Capital	Total capital and non-budget spending	13,110,768	(112,626)	12,998,142	13,267,223	-	13,267,223	269,081	12,333,336

Notes

The total estimate columns include virements. Virements are the reallocation of provision in the Estimates that do not require parliamentary authority (because Parliament does not vote to that level of detail and delegates to HM Treasury). Further information on virements is provided in the Supply Estimates Manual, available on GOV.UK.
The outturn vs estimate column is based on the total including virements. The estimate total before virements have been made is included so that users can tie the estimate back to the Estimates laid before Parliament.

Significant variances between Outturn and Estimate are explained in the financial review section of the Performance report.

SOPS 2. Reconciliation of outturn to net operating expenditure

As noted in the overview to the SOPS, outturn and the estimates are compiled against the budgeting framework – which is similar to, but different from, IFRS. Therefore, this reconciliation bridges the resource outturn to net operating expenditure, linking the SOPS to the financial statements.

The prior year comparatives present the restated net operating expenditure as at 31 March 2024.

Table: SOPS 2. Reconciliation of outturn to net operating expenditure, in £000s

	SOPS note	Outturn total	Prior year outturn total restated 2023–24
Total resource outturn in Statement of Outturn against Parliamentary Supply	SOPS 1.1	1,230,840	1,045,844
Add
Capital grants		578,644	1,193,989
Share of profit/loss of joint ventures and associates		76,312	70,347
Other non-budget		(99,016)	(21,046)
Research and development costs		13,637,441	11,093,177
Total		14,193,381	12,336,467
Less
Profit on disposal of shares		-	42,789
Expected return on pension scheme assets		(95,955)	(89,967)
Capital income in SOCNE		(5,519)	(65,594)
Research and development income		(998,686)	(754,203)
Other
Impact of intra group transactions		-	(168)
Other differences		7,515	-
Total		(1,092,645)	(867,143)
Net operating expenditure for the period in consolidated SOCNE	SOCNE	14,331,576	12,515,168

Notes

Capital grants are budgeted for as capital departmental expenditure limit (CDEL) but accounted for as expenditure and income in the SOCNE, and therefore function as a reconciling item between resource and net operating expenditure.
Share of profit/loss of joint ventures and associates is accounted for in the SOCNE as a non-budget item and therefore function as a reconciling item.
Other non-budget includes intra group transactions where the cash payment is eliminated, and the budget impact is therefore recognised as a reconciling item.
Research and Development is budgeted for as CDEL but accounted for as income and expenditure in the SOCNE and therefore function as a reconciling item.

The department’s contributions to Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes are accounted for by apportioning the annual expected cost evenly across the calendar year, resulting in nine months’ worth of the 2024 contributions and three months’ worth of the 2025 contributions included in the SOCNE. This is different to the budgeting treatment where contributions are budgeted for in the period in which each invoice is received and paid, with the majority of costs classed as CDEL. This is therefore included as a reconciling item between resource outturn and net operating expenditure

SOPS 3. Reconciliation of net resource outturn to net cash requirement, in £000s

As noted in the overview to the SOPS, outturn and the estimates are compiled against the budgeting framework – not on a cash basis. Therefore, this reconciliation bridges the resource and capital outturn to the net cash requirement.

	SOPS note	Outturn	Estimate	Outturn vs Estimate: saving/(excess)
Total Resource Outturn	SOPS 1.1	1,230,840	1,697,227	466,387
Total Capital Outturn	SOPS 1.2	12,998,144	13,267,223	269,079
Adjustments for ALBs
Remove voted resource and capital		(10,204,709)	(9,747,642)	457,067
Removal of intra-group transactions		22,041	-	(22,041)
Add cash in grant-in-aid		9,752,621	11,176,058	1,423,437
Adjustments to remove non-cash items
Depreciation		(97,507)	(186,818)	(89,311)
New provisions and adjustments to previous provisions		(223)	(288)	(65)
Other non-cash items		(78,257)	(269,375)	(191,118)
Adjustments to reflect movements in working balances
Increase/(decrease) in receivables		(183,312)	-	183,312
(Increase)/decrease in payables		(276,236)	543,880	820,116
Total		(1,065,582)	1,515,815	2,581,397
Removal of non-voted budget items
Other non-voted budget items		-	4,736	4,736
Total		-	4,736	4,736
Net cash requirement		13,163,402	16,485,001	3,321,599

SOPS 4. Amounts of income to the Consolidated Fund

SOPS 4.1. Analysis of income payable to the Consolidated Fund , in £000s

In addition to income retained by the department, the following income is payable to the Consolidated Fund.

The type of income allowed to be retained by the department is set out in the ambit of the Supply Estimate. Income of a type not included in the Estimate, or in excess of amounts agreed with HM Treasury, is required to be surrendered to the Consolidated Fund.

	2024–25 Accruals	2024–25 Cash basis	2023–24 Accruals	2023–24 Cash basis
Income outside the ambit of the Estimate	2,638	2,638	-	-
Total amount payable to the Consolidated Fund	2,638	2,638	-	-

SOPS 4.2: Consolidated Fund income

The amounts collected as agent for the Consolidated Fund (which are otherwise excluded from these group financial statements) are set out in the table below.

The significant income streams collected as agent are:

	Description
Licence Fees	Spectrum management annual licence fees – these are annual licences issued by Ofcom under the Wireless Telegraphy Act (WTA) and charges for Crown use of spectrum.
Other	BDUK superfast broadband programme – take-up claw-back – recovery of grants paid to suppliers for provision of superfast broadband in areas that were deemed at the time not to be commercially viable. Since installation and with the increased uptake of broadband nationally, suppliers have made higher than originally anticipated profits in some areas. Under the terms of this grant programme, these excess profits are clawed back by the department.

Table: SOPS 4.2 Consolidated Fund income, in £000s

	2024–25	2023–24
Taxes and licences fees
Spectrum Management fees: Wireless Telegraphy Act annual licence fees and charges to Crown spectrum users	418,441	186,909
Total	418,441	186,909
Fines and penalties
Information Commissioner civil monetary penalties issued	2,272	5
Total	2,272	5
Other
BDUK Superfast Broadband Programme – take-up claw-back	34,584	34,561
Innovate UK Interest Income	463	676
CFER Overpayment recovered from HM Treasury	6,465	-
Amount payable to the Consolidated Fund	462,225	222,151
Balance held at start of year	134,501	3,301
Payments into the Consolidated Fund	(598,743)	(112,500)
Balance held on trust at end of year	621	134,501

Other parliamentary accountability disclosures

This is audited information.

Losses

Table: losses statement

	2024–25 Core dept & agencies	2024–25 DSIT group	2023–24 restated Core dept & agencies	2023–24 restated DSIT group
Total number of losses	52	88	47	214
Total value of losses £’000	11,504	11,703	222	732

Details of individual losses over £300,000

The core department incurred exchange rate and hedging losses of £6.9 million in 2024–25. This arose as a result of the settlement of 3 forward contracts used to hedge against the Horizon and Copernicus EU programme contract costs, which resulted in a realised revaluation loss on these financial instruments at the date of settlement. This was offset by the relative FX gain achieved on the hedged item upon settlement of the contract.

Building Digital UK incurred a loss of £955,115. This debt arose as a result of suspected fraudulent activity on the voucher scheme. Two over-arching issues were identified; (1) Installation of non-compliant equipment, and (2) Claims for ineligible beneficiaries. In February 2025 there was a debt oversight meeting where current spend on chasing the debt was reviewed; it was decided that it was not value for money to continue chasing the debt and the decision was made to write it off.

UK Space agency incurred a foreign exchange loss of £2.2 million. This occurred following completion of a forward contract and subsequently entering a buy back arrangement with the Bank of England to sell surplus foreign currency. This loss arose due to changes in ESA commitments from the time the forward contract was entered into to its maturity.

In addition, UKSA incurred a loss of £397,000 for early termination fees in relation to a lease for a property owned by Government Property Agency. This is due to transition to a new office location in London as part of the Cabinet Office ‘Plan for London’ initiative.

Finally, there was a £840,000 loss arising to UKSA from writing off a debt following the debtor entering into administration during the year. The debt arose due to claw back of grant funding.

Special payments

Special payments include extra-contractual, ex gratia, compensation, special severance payments, extra-statutory and extra-regulatory.

Table: special payments

	2024–25 Core dept & agencies	2024–25 DSIT group	2023–24 restated Core dept & agencies	2023–24 restated DSIT group
Total number of special payments	3	13	4	7
Total value of special payments – £’000	162	532	171	217

Details of individual special payments over £300,000

There were no individual special payments above £300,000 made by the core department or DSIT group.

There were 2 special severance payments for the core department with a maximum of £90,000 a median of £74,871 and a minimum of £59,743. The total amount of special severance payments paid out was £149,743.

Gifts over £300,000

During 2024–25, the core department did not give any reportable gifts above £300,000.

Fees and charges

See note 5.1 for further detail.

Core department and agencies

The core department and agencies income related to fees and charges was £58 million as at 31 March 2025 (31 March 2024: £49 million).

Arm’s length bodies

The majority of the DSIT group’s income relating to fees and charges was attributable to the Office of Communications, £184 million as at 31 March 2025 (31 March 2024: £164 million). The Office of Communications sets fees to recover its costs from its regulatory sectors, and has a range of fees including:

Networks and services, postal services administrative charges
Broadcasting licence and application fees
Network and information systems regulatory fees
WTA receipts retention, related to relevant expenditure including spectrum management duties

No subsidy or overcharging arose from provisions of relevant facilities. All under or over recovery of fees are included in the following year’s charges in accordance with statutory requirements

Remote contingent liabilities

In addition to contingent liabilities reported in the financial statements, under IAS 37, the department also reports remote contingent liabilities. These are liabilities that have a small, remote likelihood of resulting in a transfer of economic benefit by the department. The department has given the following guarantees, indemnities, or letters of comfort.

Table: quantifiable remote contingent liabilities

	1 Apr 2024 £m	Increase/(decrease) in year £m	31 Mar 2025 £m
BT Guarantee	3,700	-	3,700
BDUK Shared Rural Network indemnity	15	(6)	9
Total	3,715	(6)	3,709

BT guarantee

When BT was privatised in 1984 the government gave a guarantee (contained in the Telecommunications Act 1984) in respect of certain liabilities of the privatised company. Following High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings on the terms and scope of the Crown Guarantee, which would only apply if BT were to enter insolvent winding-up, the contingent liability is approximately the size of the BT pension scheme (BTPS) deficit. The last triennial actuarial valuation of the pension scheme as at 30 June 2023 valued the deficit at £3.7bn. BT has closed the BTPS for future accruals of benefit from 1 June 2018, as a result the liabilities covered by the Crown guarantee will be limited to those relating to benefits accrued before that date (together with indexing and any legally required increments). These liabilities remain with BT plc and so legislation is no longer required on the scope of the guarantee. The contingent liability largely consists of the considerable deficit on the BTPS fund but, providing BT takes steps to reduce that, possible growth in the liability should now be limited.

BDUK Shared Rural Network indemnity

BDUK Shared Rural Network indemnity results from a legally binding agreement to indemnify mobile network operators (MNO), via their subsidiary, Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited in respect of costs up to £9 million that may arise if there is a change in the operator of the Emergency Services Network (ESN). The probability of crystallisation occurring from 2024 is low, due to a possible extension of the existing ESN contract and ongoing merger discussions between MNOs. The liability will cease to exist in 2041 which marks the end of the programme.

Unquantifiable remote contingent liabilities

Core department

	Description
Statutory indemnities	The Cabinet Secretary has provided a government wide indemnity to Public Appointments Assessors (PAAs). This will ensure that PAAs will not have to meet any personal civil liability incurred in the execution of their PAA functions.
Intellectual property	A liability to the European Patent Office could arise under Article 40 of the European Patent Convention of 1973 as the UK is one of the contracting states. A liability to the World Intellectual Property Organisation could arise under Article 57 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty as the UK is one of the contracting states.
Indemnities against personal liability	Indemnities have been given to the directors appointed by the core department to wholly owned subsidiaries. These indemnities are against personal liability following any legal action against the companies.
Others	A contingent liability exists in relation to the disposal of radioactive sources on the Teddington site should the radiological work at NPL cease and the normal practice of returning depleted sources to the supplier of replacement sources, no longer occurs. These costs cannot be reliably estimated. As a member of EUMETNET, the Met Office is indemnified to pay any liabilities transferred to the individual member state shareholders in the event that the organisation was no longer a going concern. Ordnance Survey issue indemnity letters to non-executive directors.

DSIT group

UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Under the UN Space Treaties (the Outer Space Treaty and the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (the ‘Liability Convention’)), the government is ultimately liable to pay compensation to third parties for damage caused by its space objects. For damage arising on the surface of the earth, or to an aircraft in flight the liability is absolute (which means that the claimant does not have to prove fault), whereas damage arising in space is a fault-based regime.

To manage the risk to the government, the Outer Space Act 1986 (which regulates spaceflight activities carried out by UK entities overseas) and the Space Industry Act 2018 (which regulates spaceflight activities in the UK) requires licensees to indemnify the government against any claims made by third parties against the government. The Space Industry Act also requires the licensee to indemnify claims made by third parties against the licensee with respect to damage arising in the UK. Limits of operator liability are to be included as licence conditions in all licences issued under both Acts.

The UK Space Agency and DSIT hold the contingent liability arising from satellite operations and procuring a launch under both the Space Industry Act and the Outer Space Act. In the event that a contingent liability crystallises, the UK Space Agency will in the first instance assess whether it can meet the level of claim. If this is not the case, it is expected that the department will fund this liability. The Department for Transport holds the contingent liability for launch activities taking place from the UK.

In conjunction with the contingent liabilities stemming from the Space Industry Act 2018 and the Outer Space Act 1986, a contingent liability relevant to the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories (CDOTs) also exists for historic and extant licences issued under the Outer Space Act 1986. This pertains to scenarios where the government has agreed to address any claims directed at a CDOT concerning licensed activities within that jurisdiction where a licence has either been issued through the Civil Aviation Authority or by the jurisdiction itself.

UKRI

UKRI collaborates with a number of other international partners in the funding, management and operation of technical facilities which are not owned by UKRI. In the event of a decision to withdraw from any of these arrangements, it is likely that UKRI would assist in the search for a replacement partner to ensure that technical commitments were met. The most significant international collaborations are in respect of European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and European Southern Observatory (ESO). For both of these facilities there is the possibility that UKRI would be obliged to contribute to decommissioning costs arising from a decision taken to discontinue operations. The decisions to decommission are not wholly within UKRI’s control.

Reconciliation of contingent liabilities included in the supply estimate to the accounts

This is not audited information.

A reconciliation of differences between contingent liabilities reported in the supply estimates and those reported in the annual report and accounts are set out below. Further detail on the contingent liabilities can found be in note 21 contingent liabilities and in the Supplementary Estimates 2024–25.

Table: reconciliation of quantifiable contingent liabilities

Description	Amount per supply estimate £’000	Amount disclosed in ARA £’000	Variance £’000
DSIT core department – BT guarantees	Not disclosed	3,700,000	£3,700,000
UKRI – STFC share of Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) unfunded provision for staff related costs and decommissioning on closure	10,500	9,400	£1,100 movement as a result of the costs changing in the year alongside foreign exchange movements.

Table: reconciliation of unquantifiable contingent liabilities

Description	Included in the supply estimates £’000	Disclosed in the ARA £’000	Explanation of difference £’000
Core
DSIT core and group – claims from suppliers, employees and third parties.	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
Indemnities to directors of wholly owned subsidiaries	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
Intellectual Property – liabilities to European Patent Office under Article 40 of the European Patent Convention and Article 57 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
Indemnity to Public Appointment Assessors	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
Disposal of reactive sources at the Teddington site	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
EUMETNET – Met Office is indemnified to pay liabilities transferred to the individual member shareholders	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
Ordnance Survey indemnities	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
DSIT group
BDUK Shared Rural Network	Unquantifiable	£9,000	£9,000
BDUK ERDF	Unquantifiable	£2,500	£2,500
UKSA – liability for accidental damage arising from UK space activities	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
UKRI – decommissioning of CERN and ESO	Unquantifiable	Unquantifiable	No variance
UKRI – operations linked to global fiscal obligations	Not disclosed	Unquantifiable	Undisclosed in supply estimates
Harwell-guarantee to HSIC General Partner Ltd	Not disclosed	Unquantifiable	Undisclosed in supply estimates

Sarah Munby

Permanent Secretary and Principal Accounting Officer

30 June 2025

Ministerial titles and names	Tenure (if applicable)
Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology	From 5 Jul 2024
Lord Vallance of Balham Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation	From 5 Jul 2024
Rt Hon Sir Chris Bryant MP Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecomms	From 8 Jul 2024
Rt Hon Feryal Clark MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government	From 9 Jul 2024
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety	From 9 Jul 2024
Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology	To 5 Jul 2024
Rt Hon Julia Lopez MP Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure	To 5 Jul 2024
Rt Hon Andrew Griffith MP Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation	To 5 Jul 2024
Rt Hon Saqib Bhatti MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy	To 5 Jul 2024
Viscount Camrose Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Intellectual Property	To 5 Jul 2024

Non-executive directors	Tenure (if applicable)	Board	Noms	ARAC
Dominic Field Interim Lead Non-executive director from 1 Aug 2024	From 22 Apr 2024	Y	Y
Liz Cohen, ARAC Chair	From 22 Apr 2024	Y		Y
Nicola Hodson	From 1 Nov 2024	Y
Helen Milner	From 1 Nov 2024	Y
Adam Tickell	From 1 Nov 2024	Y
Paul Willmott	From 1 Nov 2024	Y
Bryan Ingleby				Y
Gillian Leng	From 22 Apr 2024			Y
Mark Poulton	From 22 Apr 2024			Y
Vikas Shah	Left 31 Dec 2024			Y
Saul Klein	Left 1 Aug 2024	Y
Melissa Di Donato ARAC Chair to 22 Apr 2024	Left 1 Aug 2024	Y		Y
Shonnel Malani Lead Non-Executive Director	Left 1 Aug 2024	Y	Y	Y
Alison Wolf	Left 22 Apr 2024	Y
Ron Dennis	Left 22 Apr 2024	Y
Jason Chin	Left 22 Apr 2024	Y		Y

	Position held
Advent International	Managing partner
Advent International Limited	Board member
European Investment Advisory Committee and Investment Advisory Committee, Advent International	Member
Rubix Limited	Non-executive director
Cobham Limited	Non-executive director
Ultra Electronics Group	Non-executive director
Maxar Technologies	Non-executive director
British Asian Trust	Trustee

	Position held
Executive Council of o9	Member
The Design Museum	Trustee
London & Partners	Non-executive director

	Position held
The Copper Mark	Independent director
Australian Doctors International	Director

	Position held
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	Programme leader and executive committee member
Cambridge University	Professor of chemistry and chemical biology
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute	Associate faculty
Trinity College, Cambridge	Fellow
Genus Plc	Non-executive board member
Constructive Biology Ltd	Director
Recorded Genomics (subsidiary of Constructive Bio)	Director
Synaffix	Member of scientific advisory board
Okapi Bioscience Ltd	Member
The Royal Society	Fellow
The Academy of Medical Science	Fellow
European Molecular Biology Organisation	Fellow
Oxford University	Advisor to the E.P. Abraham fund
Biochemistry at ACS Publications; Cell Chemical Biology, Cell Press; Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Cell Press	Member of the editorial board (scientific journals)

	Position held
Kyriba Corp.	Chair, chief executive officer and shareholder
Porsche AG	Supervisory board member
Mews	Non-executive director and shareholder
JPM Europe, Ltd	Independent non-executive director and nominations committee member

	Position held
IBM UK Ltd	Chair
Drax Group PLC	Non-executive director
Beazley PLC	Non-executive director
techUK	Deputy president
Moebius one LTD	Director
Moebius two LTD	Director

	Position held
Good Things Foundation	Group CEO and trustee
Climate Subak CIC (known as ‘Subak’)	Chair and non-executive director

	Position held
University of Birmingham	Vice chancellor
Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USS)	Non-executive director

	Position held
KIRBI A/S (Holding company of Lego A/S)	Employee
BrainPOP inc.	Board member
Area 9 Lyceum A/S	Board member
Spouse is a trustee of a charity related to another government department’s portfolio

	Position held
Phoenix Court Spaces Limited	Director
Phoenix Court Works Limited	Director
Phoenix Court Group Limited	Director
Zinc Ventures Limited	Director
Faculty Science Limited	Director
Radix DLT	Director
The Manchester Academy	Director
Newton Venture Education	Director
Exodus Capital Limited	Director
The Next Economy Works Limited	Director
London Business School	Executive fellow

	Position held
King’s College London	Professor of public sector management
King’s College London	Mathematics school governor
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (as then called)	Member of Levelling-up Advisory Council
House of Lords	Cross-bench peer
University Mathematics Schools Network (U-Maths)	Trustee

	Position held
Lavendo Holdings Ltd (and its subsidiaries)	Owner
King Bourne Estates Ltd	Owner
Dreamchasing (and its subsidiaries)	Owner
Podium Analytics	Chairman and founder
Varley International Holdings Ltd	Director and shareholder
Podium Applied Technologies Ltd	Director and shareholder
Persica Pharmaceuticals	Shareholder
Coeus International Ltd	Director
British East Asian Council (dormant)	Director

	Position held
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	Chair
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Committee Strategy; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	Formerly a non-executive director of the audit, risk and assurance committee
Alliance For Better Care Community Interest Company	Senior independent director
Origin Housing Limited (resigned April 2024)	Executive director and deputy chair
Bryan Ingleby Consulting Limited (currently dormant)	Director

Full name	Details of interest
Darren Murphy	Doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham
Nicola Barlett	Local Councillor for the West Green Ward at Haringey Borough Council

	Position held
Solicitors Regulation Authority	Non-executive board member
Shoosmiths LLP	Non-executive board member
University of Manchester’s Incubation Facility	Consultant
Alliance Manchester Business School	Member of the advisory board
RDentify Ltd	Board member
Enspec Power	Non-executive board member
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	Chair of the audit, risk and assurance committee
We are Family Foundation	Trustee
North of England Zoological Society (trading as Chester Zoo)	Trustee
Greater Manchester Lieutenancy	Deputy lieutenant

	Position held
Brevia Health	Adviser
The Royal Society of Medicine	President
Department of Health and Social Care	Independent reviewer
Atheneum and IQVIA	Occasional ad hoc paid consultancy
Cochrane Collaboration	Trustee
Cambridge Life Science Group	Member
NHS innovation and Life Science Commission	Contributor
Family member is a civil servant at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

	Position held
Industrial Development Advisory Board	Member
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	Independent member of council
Spouse is a non-executive board member of S4C and trustee of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund

	Relevant interest
Emran Mian	Spouse is the CEO of Unizima; while in post, Emran will not be involved in any discussion or decision relating to Unizima or the biomanufacturing sector
Alexandra Jones	Spouse works at UK Export Finance; while in post, Alexandra will not be involved in any discussion or decision relating to UK Export Finance.
Joanna Cavan	Partner works at PA Consulting; while in post, Joanna will not be involved with any DSIT commercial contracts with PA Consulting
Angela McLean	Partner holds roles with Waltonwell Ltd and Oxford Capital Partners; Angela will alert DSIT if potential issues arise
Angela McLean	Fellow, the Royal Society and member, Academia Europaea; no risks identified from academic memberships
Angela McLean	Honorary distinguished professor, University of Loughborough; while in post, measures are in place to prevent Angela influencing on Research Excellence Framework (REF) outcomes

	Coverage of work	Number of meetings held
Departmental board (the board)	The board provides advice and challenge to DSIT on its performance. It comprises, officials, and non-executive directors (independent experts). The board advises DSIT and its public bodies which it sponsors, on 6 key areas: strategic clarity, delivery monitoring, change management, commercial sense, risk and assurance, and talent and capability.	3
Nominations committee (Noms)	Noms advises on processes for rewarding senior executives to help DSIT achieve its goals. Noms does not decide the level of reward of a particular senior executive. Noms does not make decisions on senior appointments in DSIT public bodies, but it may discuss a key appointment if appropriate. Noms is chaired by the lead non-executive director.	1
Audit, risk and assurance committee (ARAC)	ARAC supports the accounting officer and the board by reviewing the assurances provided on governance, risk management and controls. ARAC is chaired by a non-executive director. It may consider issues relating DSIT public bodies. ARAC has no delegated powers to take decisions but may consider the factors being assessed. The board delegates responsibility to ARAC for making sure DSIT’s reporting obligations to HM Treasury, Cabinet Office and Parliament are met efficiently and effectively.	4

	Total, of which:	SCS pay band 2	SCS pay band 1	G6	G7	SEO	Special advisers
Number of exits from the Civil Service at SCS level	2	1	1	Not applicable to G6	Not applicable to G7	Not applicable to SEO	Not applicable to special advisers
Number of BARS applications assessed by DSIT over the year	5	1	2	1	1	-	-
Number of BARS applications where conditions were set	5	1	2	1	1	-	-
Number of applications found to be unsuitable for the applicant to take up	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of breaches of the rules in 2024–25	-	-	-	-	-	-	Not applicable to special advisers

DSIT public bodies	Organisations	Number of organisations
ALBs: Executive agencies	Building Digital UK (BDUK), Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Met Office, UK Space Agency (UKSA)	4
ALBs: Non-departmental public bodies (NDBP)	Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), British Technology Investments (BTI,) Copyright Tribunal (CT), Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS) UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	6
Public corporations	National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Ordnance Survey (OS)	2
Unclassified bodies	Ofcom, Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA)	2

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