Written questions by O'Brien.

How much annual grant funding was issued by the Aerospace Technology Institute (a) in total, (b) for Zero Carbon Emission Aircraft Technologies, (c) for Ultra Efficient Aircraft Technologies, (d) for Cross-cutting Enabling Technologies and (e) for Non-CO2 Technologies in each financial year since 2021-22.

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme is jointly delivered by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Innovate UK, and the ATI. The Department does not hold the detailed breakdown requested but can confirm the total value of grants awarded, including those relating to non‑CO₂ technologies (see Table). Information on individual projects funded via the ATI Programme, including award values, project leads and focus areas, is published by Innovate UK (link here). Individual R&T projects may undertake activity that falls across several of the categories requested. ATI Prog. Grant Award (£m)2021-22 (Batch 35)2022-23 (Batch 36, 37, 38)2023-24 (Batch 39, 40, 41)2024-25 (Batch 42, 43, 44)2025-26 (Batch 45, 46)Total89.2218.9220.0212.2143.4Non-CO2 Prog. only---1.36.1

Innovation and Technology, with reference to SOPS 1.1 in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £209,590,000 in gross spend on D) Capability in 2024-25; and for what reasons that figure has increased from the equivalent of £118,965,000 in 2019-20 in the equivalent Common Core table of the 2023-4 Annual Report.

The 2024-25 outturn for Capability gross administration costs is broken down as below:Staff costs*£84.078mOther operating costs£43.484mPurchase of goods and services*£40.218mMatrix programme*£28.295mDepreciation and other non-cash expenditure£11.455mOther costs, including finance costs and grants£2.059mTotal £209.590m*As one of DSIT’s major projects, Matrix programme costs have been presented separately i.e. deducted from other totals above.To note that DSIT was established in February 2023, whereas the reported 2019-20 value is an assumptions‑based apportionment for a department that did not exist at the time; as such the two figures are not directly comparable.Since the establishment of DSIT, there have been further several structural and operational changes including a further Machinery of Government change during 2024-25, which transferred Government Digital Service (GDS) policy responsibilities from the Cabinet Office to DSIT, increasing the size and scope of the department. New policy areas and programmes have also been established in this period, including the Matrix programme. Collectively, these factors, along with inflationary increases, have contributed to the higher costs recorded within the DSIT Capability line.

With reference to his Answers to Questions 109199, 109198, 109197 and 109196, if he will publish the spreadsheet with the information requested in these questions with the number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted as individual categories up to a maximum of six times rather than in groups.

The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:- The number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the number of previous convictions for that specified offence up to a maximum of 6.As set out in response to questions 109196-109199, this data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.Previous convictions are already a statutory aggravating factor, with Sentencing Guidelines being clear that sentencers must consider the nature and relevance of previous convictions, and the time elapsed since the previous convictions.

Innovation and Technology, with reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, if she will publish (a) a breakdown of resource spending on G) Modernising and reforming the work of the Government functions; (b) the £46,366,000 spent in gross administration costs; and (c) the £203,636,000 spent in gross programme costs.

The net resource spending on ‘Modernising and reforming the work of the Government functions’ for 2024-25 was £204.375m. The breakdown of gross expenditure is split between Admin and Programme spend is shown below.The £46.366m Admin spent in gross administration costs is broken down as below:Purchase of goods and services£28.627mStaff costs£17.737mOther operating costs£0.002mTotal£46.366m The £203.636m spent in gross programme costs is broken down as below: OneLogin£82.8mGov.Uk£21.6mProduct and Services£15.9mGovernment Chief Product Officer£9.5mOther (Includes Notify)£73.7mTotal£203.5m

Innovation and Technology, with reference to (a) SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, a breakdown of the £209,590,000 spent in gross administration costs on capability and (b) Table 1, Annex A: Common Core Tables in the Department's 2020/21 Annual Report, a breakdown of the £118,965,000 spent on Capability in 2019/20, on what basis there is a difference between the two figures.

The 2024-25 outturn for Capability gross administration costs is broken down as below:Staff costs*£84.078mOther operating costs£43.484mPurchase of goods and services*£40.218mMatrix programme*£28.295mDepreciation and other non-cash expenditure£11.455mOther costs, including finance costs and grants£2.059mTotal £209.590m*As one of DSIT’s major projects, Matrix programme costs have been presented separately i.e. deducted from other totals above.2019-20 outturn for the Capability line as shown within the 2020-21 Annual Report and Account was prepared for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, DSIT’s predecessor department. Since then, multiple Machinery of Government (MoG) changes have taken place, resulting in significant movements of policy responsibilities across government departments, including DSIT, DESNZ, DBT, DCMS and the Cabinet Office.It should be highlighted that the Matrix programme - representing a material element of 2024-25 expenditure has only come into operation in more recent years. For these reasons, the two financial years are therefore not readily comparable.

With reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £6,156,284,000 spent on Programme Resource Outturn in A: Core Department in 2024-25.

Please see the breakdown attached at Annex 1.

With reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2020-21 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £2,402,602 in gross spend on Programme Resource Outturn in A: Operational Delivery in 2020-21.

Please see attached.

With reference to SOPS 1.1 in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £1,030,869,000 in gross spend on Programme Resource Outturn in H: Other Benefits in 2024-25; and for what reasons that figure has increased from £343,956,000 in the equivalent SOPS 1.1 table in the 2020-21 Annual Report of the Department.

Please see attached Annex. We can confirm that the increase in recent years compared to 2020-21 is primarily due to the Household Support Fund. The Household Support Fund came in October of 2021 so is not included in the 2020-21 ARA.

With reference to his answer of 28 January 2026 Question 107135, if he will publish a breakdown of the £126m in CDEL outturn for 2024/5 in the category of "Capital grants to private sector companies (net)".

The requested breakdowns are below: CURRENT GRANTS TO PERSONS AND NON-PROFIT (NET)DescriptionCapital DEL (£000)Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)Total (£000)Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)180,149-180,149Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)68,68811668,804Citizens Advice-42,31742,317Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)26,0441,91527,959Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV)24,35653124,887Help to Grow-20,91320,913Consumer advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector-19,50219,502National Trading Standards (NTS)-12,51812,518Global Centre of Rail Excellence6,865-6,865Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (eRGF)3,0002,6515,651Music Export Growth Scheme-2,9832,983Materials Processing Institute2,042-2,042The British Standards Institution-1,8961,896Convention of Scottish Local Authorities-1,3011,301Other2,0536,4808,533 313,197113,123426,320 SUBSIDIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIESDescriptionCapital DEL (£000)Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)Total (£000)Energy Intensive Industries (EII) Compensation Scheme-141,679141,679Postmaster Horizon redress-Suspension Renumeration Review-Provision utilisation-8,9798,979Other-2323 -150,681150,681 CAPITAL GRANTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES (NET)DescriptionCapital DEL (£000)Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)Total (£000)Movement on financial guarantee liabilities-Growth Guarantee Scheme62,332-62,332Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (eRGF)34,766-34,766Steel infrastructure15,263-15,263Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)7,930-7,930Called financial guarantees-Enterprise Financial Guarantee Scheme6,099-6,099 126,390-126,390

Innovation and Technology, with reference to table 1 of Annex A of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, if he will publish a breakdown of the spending of Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit spending on Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy, net in that financial year.

Please find below breakdown of the ‘Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy’ line outturn for FY 2024-25 per table 1 in Annex A of the DSIT Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25: Geospatial Commission £147.676mMet Office £146.027mNational Measurement Service £121.310mOffice for Life Sciences £42.384mPosition, Navigation & Timing (PNT) Office £0.564mInnovation & Research £0.215mResearch Base Innovation £0.012mTotal £458.188m

With reference to his answer to question 106583, if he will publish a breakdown of the £2bn in capital spending by his Department in 2024-25 in rows 2578, 2579, 9185 and 9197 of the OSCAR Annual Data 2024-5 (Outturn) spreadsheet, under the PESA Economic Group Codes (a) Capital Support for Local Government (net), (b) Capital Support for Public Corporations, (c) Capital Grants to Private Sector Companies (net) and (d) Capital Support for Public Corporations.

It is not possible to provide a breakdown for individual rows within the dataset due to the way the OSCAR system shows monthly data collected during the year from departmental management accounts on a separate line to adjustments made at year-end to align final outturn with the published annual report and accounts.

With reference to his answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107450, if he will publish a breakdown of the administration and programme expenditure for 2024/5 in the categories of "Subsidies to private sector companies" and "Current grants to persons and non-profit (net)".

The requested breakdowns are below: CURRENT GRANTS TO PERSONS AND NON-PROFIT (NET)DescriptionCapital DEL (£000)Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)Total (£000)Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)180,149-180,149Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)68,68811668,804Citizens Advice-42,31742,317Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)26,0441,91527,959Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV)24,35653124,887Help to Grow-20,91320,913Consumer advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector-19,50219,502National Trading Standards (NTS)-12,51812,518Global Centre of Rail Excellence6,865-6,865Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (eRGF)3,0002,6515,651Music Export Growth Scheme-2,9832,983Materials Processing Institute2,042-2,042The British Standards Institution-1,8961,896Convention of Scottish Local Authorities-1,3011,301Other2,0536,4808,533 313,197113,123426,320 SUBSIDIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIESDescriptionCapital DEL (£000)Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)Total (£000)Energy Intensive Industries (EII) Compensation Scheme-141,679141,679Postmaster Horizon redress-Suspension Renumeration Review-Provision utilisation-8,9798,979Other-2323 -150,681150,681 CAPITAL GRANTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES (NET)DescriptionCapital DEL (£000)Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)Total (£000)Movement on financial guarantee liabilities-Growth Guarantee Scheme62,332-62,332Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (eRGF)34,766-34,766Steel infrastructure15,263-15,263Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)7,930-7,930Called financial guarantees-Enterprise Financial Guarantee Scheme6,099-6,099 126,390-126,390

With reference to his answer to of 28 January 2026 to Question 107135, if he will publish a breakdown of the £313m in CDEL outturn for 2024/5 in the category of "Current grants to persons and non-profit (net)".

I refer the Member to the answer I gave on 4 February 2026 to question 109830.

Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the (a) number of staff and (b) operating expenditure have increased at the Animal Plant Health Agency since April 2017.

The increase in expenditure is mainly due to variable costs for the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) response to exotic disease outbreaks, principally avian influenza. When the UK left the EU, staff and costs increased in APHA to resource additional trade and border responsibilities including the management of Sevington which transferred from Defra to APHA in 2025. APHA required additional operational resource to support the introduction of the new ‘green lane’ schemes, as part of the Windsor Framework in 2023, to simplify requirements for moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the (a) number of staff and (b) and operating expenditure have increased at the Environment Agency since April 2017.

The increase in both staffing levels and operating expenditure at the Environment Agency since April 2017 reflects the expansion of its responsibilities, operational activity, and its role in supporting the Government’s growth agenda. Staff numbers have grown to support increased flood and coastal erosion risk management, strengthened environmental regulation and enforcement, and delivery of additional functions following EU Exit.

How many people were (a) convicted for burglary and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for burglary.

The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the number of previous convictions for that specified offence.This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any aggravating and mitigating factors, in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.Previous convictions are already a statutory aggravating factor, with Sentencing Guidelines being clear that sentencers must consider the nature and relevance of previous convictions, and the time elapsed since the previous convictions.

How many people were (a) convicted of theft and (b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for theft.

The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the number of previous convictions for that specified offence.This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any aggravating and mitigating factors, in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.Previous convictions are already a statutory aggravating factor, with Sentencing Guidelines being clear that sentencers must consider the nature and relevance of previous convictions, and the time elapsed since the previous convictions.

How many people were (a) convicted for robbery and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for robbery.

The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the number of previous convictions for that specified offence.This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any aggravating and mitigating factors, in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.Previous convictions are already a statutory aggravating factor, with Sentencing Guidelines being clear that sentencers must consider the nature and relevance of previous convictions, and the time elapsed since the previous convictions.

How many people were (a) convicted for a sexual offence and (b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for sexual offences.

The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the number of previous convictions for that specified offence.This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any aggravating and mitigating factors, in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.Previous convictions are already a statutory aggravating factor, with Sentencing Guidelines being clear that sentencers must consider the nature and relevance of previous convictions, and the time elapsed since the previous convictions.

How many people were (a) convicted for a violence against the person offence and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occassions the offender has been convicted for a violence against the person offence.

The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the number of previous convictions for that specified offence.This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any aggravating and mitigating factors, in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.Previous convictions are already a statutory aggravating factor, with Sentencing Guidelines being clear that sentencers must consider the nature and relevance of previous convictions, and the time elapsed since the previous convictions.