Corporate report

DSIT Supplementary Estimates memorandum 2024 to 2025

Published 1 April 2025

This memorandum gives further explanation to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Supplementary Estimate 2024 to 2025. The format of this document follows guidance from the Parliamentary Scrutiny Unit, to provide wider context on the department’s objectives and finances.

1. Overview

1.1 Objectives

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has the following priority outcomes:

1. Accelerating Innovation: Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development, aligned to industrial strategy. 

2. Technology For Good: Ensure new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared. 

3. Modern Digital Government: Drive a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back. 

The detail of how spending programmes relate to these priorities is provided in Section 3.1.

1.2 Spending controls

DSIT’s spending is broken down into several spending totals, for which Parliament’s approval is sought.

The spending totals which Parliament votes are:

• Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (“Resource DEL”) – expenditure - within the current financial year, including day to day running costs.
• Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (“Capital DEL”) – expenditure on creating or buying assets, where value will extend beyond the current financial year, which for DSIT includes investment in digital infrastructure and Research and Development (R&D) spending.
• Resource Annually Managed Expenditure (“Resource AME”) – less predictable day to day spending: in DSIT’s case, mainly movements in the value of provisions and the expenditure of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Trust.
• Capital Annually Managed Expenditure (“Capital AME”) – less predictable investment spending: in DSIT’s case this is focused on pension valuations.

In addition, Parliament votes on the net cash requirement, designed to cover the elements of the above budgets, which require DSIT to pay out cash during the financial year.

1.3 Main areas of spending

The two graphics below show DSIT’s RDEL and CDEL budgets for the current year, after taking account of the adjustments made through the Supplementary Estimate process.  They are broken down to show how funding is distributed across the department’s main spend activities.

Resource DEL: total budget £1.0 billion 2024 to 2025

Description	£ million
Core and agency admin costs	216.123
Depreciation	451.863
Digital, broadcasting and media	139.846
Building Digital UK	45.139
Government Digital Function	175.659
Other Costs including partners organisations	7.301
Total	£1,035.931 million

Capital DEL: total budget £13.3 billion 2024 to 2025

Description	£ million
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	9,132.104
Building Digital UK	384.356
UK Research Base including EU Programmes	1,803.396
Geospatial Commission	148.490
UK Space Agency	617.824
Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)	40.000
Other partner organisations	20.000
Met Office	382.403
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)	0.909
National Measurement System (NMS)	137.292
Science and Society	112.387
Other costs	487.790
Total	£13.266.951 million

1.4 Comparison of spending totals sought

The table and graphic below show how the totals sought for DSIT through the Supplementary Estimates process compare to the original budget this year and the final outturn last year:

Table 1: Spending total amounts sought for DSIT this year compared with the final budget last year.

	Supplementary Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 (%)
Resource DEL	1,035.9	430	71.0%
Capital DEL	13,267.0	-579.8	-4.2%
Resource AME	661.3	410.2	163.3%
Capital AME	0.3	0.2	277.8%

Table 2: Spending total amounts sought for DSIT this year compared with final outturn last year.

	Supplementary Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to final outturn last year (Outturn 2023 to 2024) (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to final outturn last year (Outturn 2023 to 2024) (%)
Resource DEL	1,035.9	401.8	63.4%
Capital DEL	13,267.0	903.4	7.3%
Resource AME	661.3	430.6	186.7%
Capital AME	0.3	105.2	100.3%

1.5 Key drivers of spending changes since original budget

Resource DEL

There has been an increase in RDEL of £430.0 million since the 2024-2025 original budget set out in Main Estimate. The main changes relate to:

• An increase in Resource DEL admin budgets of £163.9 million since the Main Estimate which reflects the department’s final administration funding requirements in 2024-2025, including the increased budget requirement following the Digital Machinery of Government (MoG) transfer from Cabinet Office.
• A £146.5m increase in depreciation, amortisation, and impairment costs.
• An increase in Resource DEL programme budget of £119.6 million with the main drivers relating to a series of Budget Cover Transfers (BCTs) between departments and the increase in programme budget following the Digital MoG transfer.

Capital DEL

The decrease in CDEL of £579.8 million since the budget at Main Estimate 2024-2025 is largely due to:

• £539.0m ‘budget cover returns’ as part of the Spending Review 2025 Phase 1, which included lower than expected budget requirements across AI Research Resource (AIRR+), Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), Horizon and Copernicus EU Programmes budgets and Building Digital UK (BDUK). Further details are set out in section 2.1.
• A net budget reduction of £54.5 million of CDEL in line with forecast across a range of programmes as part of the Supplementary Estimates process. This included £30.0 million of net underspends from the Horizon Guarantee, due to lower-than-expected costs.
• An increase in budget following the Digital MoG transfer from Cabinet Office of £59.3 million.

The main causes of the changes in Capital and Resource AME budgets since the 2024-2025 original budget are:

• A £268.5 million increase in the provision for potential hedging losses on the Horizon and Copernicus foreign exchange hedging contracts which were set up earlier this year.
• A £47.0 million increase in the Research Councils’ Pension Scheme to bridge the gap between contributions received and benefits due, with the increase correcting the value allocated at Main Estimate

1.6 New policies and programmes - ambit changes

The ambit has been updated to include the activities relating to the Digital MoG areas, which have transferred from Cabinet Office to DSIT during this financial year.

1.7 Spending trends

The DSIT DEL spending trends charts below show overall spending trends for the last four years based on historic data for outturns and planned budgets. The charts are showing outturns for 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 compared to 2024-2025 budgets following the Supplementary Estimates and plans for 2025-2026.

Chart 1: DSIT DEL spending trends: 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 (£m)

DEL budgets

Capital DEL increases mainly reflect a continuing growth in spend qualifying as R&D since the last Spending Review. Non-R&D CDEL programmes spend such as Building Digital UK (BDUK) are expecting budgets to increase in 2025-2026.

Resource DEL in 2024-2025 reflects an increase in budget for key programmes including Digital Technologies and Telecoms and the creation of the Government Digital Service following the Digital MoG from Cabinet Office during 2024-2025.

The Government Digital Service budgets for 2025-2026 are expected to be finalised as part of future Estimates and are not included in the Resource DEL 2025-2026 position (for comparison, the 2024-2025 Government Digital Service (GDS) Resource DEL budget is £177.9 million).

Chart 2: DSIT AME spending trends: 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 (£m)

AME budgets

Resource AME in DSIT is subject to significant fluctuation from year to year due to non-cash costs arising from movements in provisions and the impact of changes to discount rates on provisions. The main increase in 2024-2025 relates to a £268.5 million increase in the Horizon Europe and Copernicus provision for potential losses on foreign exchange hedging contracts. AME budgets for 2025-26 have not yet been set.

1.8 Administration costs and efficiency plans

At Main Estimate, the administration budget (ring fenced and non-ringfenced) was set at £174.0 million. The Supplementary Estimates adjustments reflect the administration budget agreed with HM Treasury for 2024-2025 of £337.9 million, including changes agreed as part of the Spending Review 2025 Phase 1 in Autumn 2024.

Table 3: administration costs - spending total amounts sought this yearcompared to original budget this year and final outturn last year

	Supplementary Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 (%)	Difference (+/-) compared to final outturn last year (Outturn 2023 to 2024) (£m)	Difference (+/-) compared to final outturn last year (Outturn 2023 to 2024) (%)
Administration costs	337.9	163.9	94.2%	83.8	33.0%

The Matrix program is the most substantial driver of the admin budget increase since the Main Estimate 2024-25, with a £58.7 million allocation agreed with HMT following Spending Review 2025 Phase 1.

DSIT transition costs and baseline correction contributed £49.1 million of the budget increase.  There was also a £16.2 million programme to admin ‘switch’ to account for a long running agreement to re-allocate National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) and AISI (AI Safety Institute) budgets.

Following the Machinery of Government changes in 2024-2025^{[footnote 1]}, DSIT admin budget increased by £44.7 million, capturing incoming budgets from Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO).

1.9. Funding: Spending Review and Budgets

DEL funding for DSIT for 2024-2025 was based on plans published for legacy departments in Spending Review 2021. Since that time, Government has made changes, including costs associated with establishing DSIT and transfers to DSIT from other Government departments.

Control totals for 2024-2025 were reset during Spending Review 2025 (SR25) Phase 1, which concluded at Autumn Budget (AB24)^{[footnote 2]} on 30 October 2024. Phase 1 of SR25 set Capital and non-ringfenced Resource control totals for 2024-2025, and indicative budgets for 2025-2026. SR Phase 2 was launched at AB24 and is due to conclude in June 2025.

1.10 Other funding announcements

Other spending announcements, which affect 2024-2025:

• Spring Budget 2024^{[footnote 3]} included a series of announcements that will impact 2024-2025 spend, including:
  • A package focused on scaling up UK Science and Tech businesses, which included a £92.0 million joint Government and industry investment in life sciences and advanced manufacturing, and a £10.0 million investment for the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland.
  • A £7.4 million investment into a new AI upskilling fund pilot that will enable SMEs to realise the growth and productivity benefits of AI.
  • Details of four research data cloud pilot projects worth £5.0 million to unlock data’s potential for research innovation, with £2.7 million of this budgeted for 2024-2025.

Other announcements which also relate to 2024-2025 funding that have been absorbed within existing budget limits include:

• New projects in support of the Science and Technology Framework.^{[footnote 4]}

2. Spending detail

As shown in the table in Section 3.1, departmental expenditure contributes to several different strategic objectives, in particular spend assigned to the ‘Science and Research’ and ‘Capability’ subheads. However, due to Parliamentary rules, budgets must be assigned to only one specific Estimate subhead even though spending often contributes to other lines.

2.1 Explanations of changes in spending

Resource DEL

Table 4: Resource DEL spending plans this year compared with earlier this year.

Subhead	Description	2024 to 2025 Supplementary Estimates budget sought (£m)	2024 to 2025 Main Estimates budget approved (£m)	Change from Main Estimates (£ m)	Changes from Main Estimates (%)	Differences of more than 10% which are more than £10 million (see note number)
A	Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	13.5	27.2	-13.7	-50.4%	1
B	Promote competitive markets and responsible business practices	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
C, I, M	Science and Research	375.4	292.1	83.3	28.5%	2
D, J	Capability	280.1	133.1	147.0	110.4%	3
E, K	Government as Shareholder	-14.9	-32.6	17.7	54.2%	4
F, L	Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors	159.7	137.8	21.9	15.9%	5
G	Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions	175.7	0.00	175.7	100%	6
H	Building Digital UK	46.5	48.2	-1.8	-3.7%	no data
No data	Total voted and non-voted	1035.9	605.9	430.0	71.0%	no data

Differences of more than 10% which are more than £10 million; of more than 5% and £200 million; and significant or unusual changes, are explained below. Numbers relate to the relevant row in the table above.

Note number:

1. Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy

Resource DEL spending under this subhead is, overall, forecast to decrease by £13.7 million, or 50.4% since the 2024-2025 Main Estimate. This is driven largely by:

• A £14.7 million increase in income recognised by Geospatial.
• A £2.7 million decrease in depreciation requirement following review of latest forecasts.
• A £1.0 million increase in Intellectual Property Office (IPO) dividend income.

2. Science and Research

Resource DEL spending under this subhead is, overall, forecast to increase by £83.3 million, or 28.5% since the 2024-2025 Main Estimate. This is driven largely by:

• A £95.9 million increase in depreciation budgets, as reviewed against current forecasts.

3. Capability

Resource DEL spending under this subhead is, overall, forecast to increase by £147.0 million, or 110.4% since the Main Estimate. The main movements are:

• £58.7 million additional RDEL awarded following the Spending Review 2025 Phase 1 to reflect funding requirements for the Matrix programme.
• £55.3 million additional RDEL relates to admin requirements for Machinery of Government changes following the former BEIS MoG in 2023.
• £43.7 million additional depreciation required following review of latest forecasts across a range of programmes.

4. Government as Shareholder

Resource DEL spending under this subhead, is, overall, forecast to rise by £17.7 million, or 54.2%, since the Main Estimate. The main movement is:

• A £18.0 million reduction in income for the Ordnance Survey dividends compared with the Main Estimate.

5. Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media Sectors

Resource DEL spending under this subhead, is, overall, forecast to increase by £21.9 million, or 15.9%, since the Main Estimate. The main movements are:

• £13.4 million net increase due to Budget Cover Transfers ‘BCTs’, with the most material relating to £9.2 million transfer to National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) Transformation budget from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and £2.5 million Emergency Alerts budget transfer from Cabinet Office (CO).
• £12.5 million net increase due to internal budget movements between subheads, with most substantial, a £16.2 million budget ‘switch’ for National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP)
• £4.9 million switch from Admin to Capital DEL for AI Safety Institute (AISI), to re-align cost classification.

6. Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions

Resource DEL spending under these new subheads, is, overall, forecast to increase by £175.7 million, or 100%, since the Main Estimate. This is as a result of the Digital Machinery of Government budgets moving from Cabinet Office to DSIT as part of the Supplementary Estimates process.

Capital DEL

The table below shows how spending plans for Capital DEL compare with earlier this year.

Table 5: Capital DEL spending plans this year compared with earlier this year

Subhead	Description	2024 to 2025 Supplementary Estimates budget sought (£m)	2024 to 2025 Mains Estimates budget approved (£m)	Change from Main Estimates (£m)	Change from Main Estimates (%)	(see note number)
A	Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	475.5	388.7	86.8	22.3	7
B	Promote competitive markets and responsible business practices	7.8	7.8	no data	0.0%	no data
C, I, M	Science and Research	11,896.8	12,582.7	-685.9	-5.5%	8
D, J	Capability	-14.2	7.9	-22.1	-280.1%	9
E, K	Government as Shareholder	265.5	182.8	73.7	40.4%	10
F, L	Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors	200.9	208.1	-7.3	-3.5%	no data
G	Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions	59.3	no data	59.3	100%	11
H	Building Digital UK	384.4	468.9	-84.5	-18.0%	12
No data	Total voted and non-voted	13,267.0	13,846.8	-579.8	-4.2%	no data

Differences of more than 10% which are more than £10 million; of more than 5% and £200 million; and significant or unusual changes, are explained below. Numbers relate to the relevant row in the table above.

7. Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy

Total capital spending under these subheads is forecast to increase by £86.8 million, or 22.3%, compared to 2024-2025 Main Estimate. The main changes are:

• £67.9 million increase in Office for Life Sciences (OLS) budget following business planning budget allocations across DSIT, reflected in internal budget reallocations after Main Estimate.
• £11.4 million net budget increase due to Budget Cover Transfers ‘BCTs’, mainly relating to a £10.0 million transfer in for OLS, £7.0 million transfer in for Future Medicines Institute (FMI), transfer from NIE to UK Research and Innovation and £6.4 million reduction for an OLS contribution towards AI For Healthcare / PathAI.

8. Science and Research

Capital spending under these subheads is, overall, forecast to decrease by £685.9 million or 5.5%, compared to the 2024-2025 Main Estimate.

This is mainly driven by:

• A £870.2 million reduction in Horizon and Copernicus EU Programmes budget due to the first EU association invoice payment being made in financial year 2023-24; as a result, the 2024-2025 budget has been aligned to £1,047.8 million.
• A £364.4 million increase in Research Base budget following business planning budget allocations across DSIT, with the final budget of £685.3 million.
• A £220.0 million reduction in (ARIA) budget following a ‘budget cover return’ as part of the Spending Review 2025 Phase 1, due to lower than budgeted costs of ARIA’s programmes in 2024-2025. All of ARIA’s financial commitments were met in full.
• A £219.6 million increase in UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) budget following business planning across DSIT and to reflect transfers from Core DSIT to fund Managed Programmes run on DSIT’s behalf, resulting in budget realignment to expected £9,131.2 million.
• A £100.0 million reduction in Horizon and Copernicus EU Programmes budget following a ‘budget cover return’ as part of the Spending Review, due to lower-than-expected costs of the Horizon Guarantee. Costs of the Horizon Guarantee are demand-led and dependent on the number and costs of successful UK projects. All financial obligations under DSIT’s association agreement to Horizon Europe, Copernicus and the Horizon Guarantee have been met in full.

9. Capability

Capital spending under these subheads is, overall, forecast to reduce by £22.1 million or 280.1%, compared to the 2024-2025 Main Estimate.

This is mainly driven by:

• £30.9 million increase in IFRS 16 costs for leased buildings relating to London Whitehall Office.
• £54.5 million net budget reduction in line with forecast with most material decrease relating to £30.0 million Horizon Guarantee.

10. Government as Shareholder

Capital spending under this subhead is forecast to increase by £73.7 million or 40.4%, compared to 2024-2025 Main Estimate. This is mainly driven by:

• £73.0 million increase in Met Office budget for Research and Development costs.

11. Modernising and reforming the work of the Government Functions

Capital spending under these new subheads, is, overall, forecast to increase by £59.3 million, or 100%, since the Main Estimate. This is as a result of the Digital Machinery of Government transfer of budgets from Cabinet Office, following the July MoG announcement.

12. Building Digital UK

Capital spending under this subhead is forecast to decrease by £84.5 million or 18.0%, compared to 2024-2025 Main Estimate. This is mainly driven by:

• A net £43.0 million ‘budget cover return’ of forecast underspend caused by supplier delivery delays.  A subsequent ground-up BDUK Central Delivery Forecast (CDF) has been completed to reflect updated future period expectations and ensure appropriate budget profile.
• £41.5 million net Budget Cover Transfer (BCTs) reduction with the main material transfers relating to £17.9 m Superfast transfer to Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) and £16.8 million Shared Rural Network (SRN) budget transfer to Home Office.

Resource AME

The table below shows how spending plans for Resource AME compare with earlier this year.

Table 6: Resource AME spending plans this year compared with earlier this year

Subhead	Description	2024 to 2025 Supplementary Estimates budget sought (£m)	2024 to 2025 Main Estimates budget approved (£m)	Change from Main Estimates (£m)	Change from Main Estimates (%)	(see note number)
O, R	Science and Research	574.0	221.6	352.4	159.0%	13
P. S	Capability	0.8	0.0	0.8	100.0%	no data
N,Q	Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy	79.3	29.5	49.8	168.5%	14
T	Government as Shareholder	1.7	no data	1.7	100.0%	no data
No data	Building Digital UK	no data	no data	0.0	no data	no data
U	Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media Sectors	5.6	0.0	5.6	100.0%	no data
No data	Total voted and non-voted	661.3	251.1	410.1	163.3%	no data

Differences which are significantly above or below inflation are explained below. Numbers relate to the relevant row in the table above.

13. Science and Research

Resource AME spending on these subheads is forecast to be £352.4 million higher than previously forecast in the Main Estimate due to:

• £268.3 million estimated hedging revaluation gain/loss on EU Programmes. The purpose of these hedges is to insulate the UK from exchange-rate volatility.
• £47.0 million increase in Research Councils’ Pension Scheme to bridge the gap between contributions received and benefits due, with the increase correcting the value allocated at Main Estimate valuation provision.
• £15.0 million UKRI AME requirement to cover corporation taxation.
• £11.9 million Innovate UK AME requirement to cover loan write off.

14. Deliver an Ambitious Industrial Strategy

Resource AME spending on these subheads is forecast to be £49.8 million higher than previously forecast in Main Estimate. This is largely due to:

• £40.0 million revaluation of OneWeb investment.
• £9.6 million increase in NESTA Trust AME requirements for grants to private sector.

Capital AME

The table below shows how spending plans for Capital AME compare with earlier this year.

Table 7: Capital AME spending plans for this year compare with earlier this year

Subhead	Description	2024 to 2025 Supplementary Estimates budget sought (£m)	2024 to 2025 Main Estimates budget approved (£m)	Change from Main Estimate (£m)	Change from Main Estimate (%)	See note number
O, R	Science and Research	0.2	0.0	0.2	100%	no data
P, S	Capability	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0%	no data
No data	Total voted and non-voted	0.3	0.1	0.2	278%	no data

Differences which are significantly above or below inflation are explained below. Numbers relate to the relevant row in the table above.

2.2 Ring fenced budgets

Within the totals, the following elements are ring fenced i.e. savings in these budgets may not be used to fund pressures on other budgets without express permission from HM Treasury.

As part of this Supplementary Estimate, HM Treasury agreed to relax several ringfences in order for the Department to manage pressures and reallocate underspends.

The department is discussing a revised set of policy ring fences with HM Treasury following the 2024 Machinery of Government change and will communicate these in future Estimates once they have been agreed.

Table 8: amounts sought this year compared with earlier this year

	2024 to 2025 Supplementary Estimates (£m)	Compared to (Main Estimate 2024-2025 (£m)	Compared to (Main Estimate 2024-2025 (%)
Financial transactions Of which:	61.1	63.1	-3.2%
British Technology Investments	20.0	20.0	0.0%
National Measurement Service	3.6	3.6	0.0%
Met Office	-5.4	-5.4	0.0%
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	40.0	40.0	0.9%
Other	2.9	4.9	40.8%
Depreciation	536.7	305.3	75.79%

2.3 Changes to contingent liabilities

The list of contingent liabilities shown in Part III: Note K includes those relating to DSIT, that have been updated since Main Estimates Explanatory Memorandum.

This schedule relates to liabilities recognised at the time of issuing this document with a complete audited schedule to be published in the Annual Report and Accounts.

The estimate for current contingent liabilities which were disclosed at the Main Estimate have either moved by de minimis amounts or remained unquantifiable.

3. Priorities and performance

3.1 How spending relates to objectives

Outcome 1: Accelerating Innovation: Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development, aligned to industrial strategy.

Estimates subheads: A, N, Q, B, C, I, M, O, R, D, J, P, S, E, K, T, F, L, U

Outcome 2: Technology For Good: Ensure new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.

Estimates subheads: A, N, Q, C, I, M, O, R, D, J, P, S, F, L, U, H

Outcome 3: Modern Digital Government: Drive a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.

Estimates subheads: D, J, P, S, G

3.2 Measures of performance against each priority

DSIT measures performance for the department against its high-level objectives.

3.3  Major projects

The department is responsible for several major projects:

• Met Office Supercomputing 2020+ Programme
• Matrix Cluster Transformation Programme
• Open Networks Programme
• Project Gigabit
• Shared Rural Network
• National Underground Asset Register
• One Login

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority reports annually on delivery of major projects. See the data for DSIT.

4. Other information

4.1 Additional specific information required by the Select Committee

Table 9: breakdown of administration budget - spending total amounts sought this year compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025

Administration budget	Supplementary Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 (£m)	Compared to Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 (%)
Wages and salaries / Purchase of goods and services / other	308.2	139.3	121%
Depreciation	17.1	10.0	71%
Total core department and Agency administration	325.3	149.3	118%
UKRI (depreciation)	0.0	6.0	-100%
Information Commissioners office	1.0	6.0	-83%
Information Commissioners office (depreciation)	3.3	3.3	0%
Ofcom (depreciation)	8.2	7.8	6%
UK Shared Business Services	0.0	1.6	-100%
Total partner organisations administration	12.5	24.6	-49%
Total administration budget	337.9	174.0	94%

5. Accounting Officer approval

This memorandum has been prepared according to the requirements and guidance set out by the House of Commons Scrutiny Unit, available on the Scrutiny Unit website.

The information in this Estimates Memorandum has been approved by myself as Departmental Accounting Officer.

Sarah Munby
Accounting Officer
Permanent Secretary
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

10 February 2025

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