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This Spend Control ceased as a requirement on 1st February 2023. Other Cabinet Office Spending Controls remain operational.
Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.
Centrally approved new spending on property, advertising, consultancy, technology, commercial and recruitment.
Find out what transactions to include in the amount you use to work out Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT).
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
Follow this guidance to submit information to the Cabinet Office on all consultancy and professional services spend at or above the thresholds specified below.
Follow this guidance to create forward-looking pipelines for the current versions of the commercial and digital and technology spend controls processes.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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