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Recommendation 14
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Department for Business and Trade exceeded its Voted Resource Expenditure limit by £219 million
Recommendation
The Department for Business and Trade was authorised a Voted Resource Annually Managed Expenditure limit of £950,594,000. Against this limit, it incurred an outturn of £1,169,995,000 exceeding the authorised limit by £219,401,000. 2 Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24 HC 27, published 29 July 2024 3 Department for Business and Trade Annual Report and Accounts 2023–2024 HC 391, published 30 January 2025 6
Government Response
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