To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse has been of developing the Digital Assistance Scheme to support the movement of agri-food goods and live animals from Great Britain to Northern Ireland as of 21 November 2022.
Answered on
28 November 2022
A total of £27.66m, as detailed in the table below, has been spent to date on development of the Digital Assistance Scheme.
Type of Spend | FY 2020-21 | FY 2021-22 | FY 2022-23* | Total |
DAS Programme and Staff Costs | 0.25 | 5.94 | 7.36 | 13.55 |
DAS Capital Costs | 3.20 | 7.79 | 3.12 | 14.11 |
Total | 3.45 | 13.73 | 10.48 | 27.66 |
*Spend to October 2022. A number of actuals remain outstanding.