Lord Mendelsohn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Mendelsohn on 2014-04-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Department for Work and Pensions to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.

Lord Freud

Financial Management information showing the whole financial position of the Department for Work and Pensions in the round is provided to the Departmental Executive Team every month. The Departmental Board also receives this monthly by correspondence and also receives a more detailed update from the Finance Director at the quarterly board meetings.

Any potential breach of Treasury funding control totals would provoke immediate action and does not rely on reporting cycles.

Given the range and complexity of budgets across the Department, we do not have a simple percentage that would trigger an issue being tabled.