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Find out who to contact when you have questions about the spend controls.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for digital and technology activities.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
The Cabinet Office spend controls help organisations to reduce unnecessary spend and encourage cross-government collaboration.
This policy summary outlines the objectives, benefits, scope, and the responsibilities of your organisation when using the Cabinet Office spend controls.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval when buying or extending facilities management contracts, regardless of their cost.
This Spend Control ceased as a requirement on 1st February 2023. Other Cabinet Office Spending Controls remain operational.
Find out about the Industry Security Assurance Centre (ISAC) and its associated responsibilities.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
The Cabinet Office aims to meet the following SLAs for approvals that use version 4 of the spend controls guidance.
Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) administers the UK’s system of export controls and licensing for military and dual-use items. ECJU is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
What to do when spending falls outside of your delegated authority limits and understand the responsibilities of accounting officers.
Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy and technology for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
The UK government hosted a senior US government delegation for the second United States-UK Strategic Sanctions Dialogue.
Follow this guidance to create forward-looking pipelines for the current versions of the commercial and digital and technology spend controls processes.
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