Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 15108

Employment: Finance

Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Dave Robertson

LabourLichfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what share of employment-support funding associated with the increase in spending to over £3.5 billion by 2028-29 has not been allocated to specific programmes and interventions.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
DWP conducts annual planning rounds, through which it confirms the funding for individual programmes. Allocations for future years will be confirmed as part of the 2027/28 and 2028/29 Main Estimates.