I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided to the hon. Member for Bridlington and the Wolds (Charlie Dewhirst) on the 11 March 2026, which states the cost for lanyards until March 2026.

Additional staff lanyards were procured for £1156.80 in July 2026.

The branded lanyards were purchased to support National Apprenticeship Week, a significant event in the apprenticeships and skills calendar. They were used to promote the crucial role apprenticeships and apprentices play in the Department’s capability and skills plan. The lanyards were used at apprenticeship engagement events to recognise apprentices’ achievements and encourage awareness and uptake of apprenticeship opportunities across the Department.

The purchase was approved in line with the Department’s existing arrangements for branded merchandise. As the Department’s apprenticeship branding does not change annually, the lanyards can be reused at future apprenticeship events, providing ongoing value for money.

The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Since 4 July 2024, core Defra (excluding its agencies and arm’s-length bodies) has spent £7,251 on lanyards, purchasing a total of 12,870 items. These comprised ‘staff’, ‘escorted’ and ‘unescorted’ designs used to facilitate access to Defra group buildings. This includes lanyards procured centrally for use across shared buildings, including for sites recorded under the Environment Agency property centre, and where agencies and arm’s-length bodies request that purchases are made on their behalf. Unit costs vary depending on the quantity ordered.

The Forestry Commission has two design types of lanyards. A generic green lanyard with 'staff' is used in Forest Research; these are purchased at a cost £59.75 (per 100) per annum. Lanyards for the other offices contain the organisation logo with a bulk purchase of 2,700 at a cost of £1,593.00 following the introduction of ID cards for all staff in August 2025.

Ofwat has purchased 970 lanyards since 4 July 2024. This has cost £551.80. Ofwat uses the generic lanyard design, but with three options: for staff (black), visitors (yellow) and contractors (blue/orange).

Since 4 July 2024, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has spent a total of £4,588.00 on lanyards. The below breakdown details the designs of lanyards purchased, the number of each lanyard design purchased, and the cost of each lanyard design purchased.

APHA can only collate financial spend data where requisitioners have specified the spend is on lanyards. When staff join APHA they are issued with a pass and lanyard, either from Defra Estates or from the organisation which owns the building.

Cefas has identified the following spend on lanyards:

All of the listed lanyards were plain, and therefore there was no spend on design. Numbers can only be estimated at around 100, as such details are not routinely held on Cefas’s systems. Other lanyards used by Cefas are provided through Defra Property Services, who report these costs.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) does not hold centrally recorded information on expenditure on lanyards. Lanyards are provided to the RPA as part of facilities management services under contracted arrangements, with stock procured and managed by the Department’s facilities service provider.

Since 4 July 2024, total expenditure on lanyards by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is £112.74. The lanyards purchased were VMD-branded. A total of 60 lanyards were procured at a unit cost of £1.879, giving a total cost of £112.74.

RBG Kew has spent £2,440 on lanyards since July 2024. Due to disproportionate costs and time, RBG Kew cannot provide any further detail.

The Consumer Council for Water has not purchased any lanyards for its staff since 4 July 2024.

The Environment Agency occupies a shared Defra group estate and as such, lanyards are provided through its shared Facilities Management arrangement with Defra. The expenditure for these is covered within Defra's figures.

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has not purchased any lanyards for its staff since 4 July 2024 because it has an existing stock of lanyards purchased in February 2024. These are plain green with JNCC printed in white.

Since 4 July 2024, total expenditure on lanyards by the Marine Management Organisation is £144.95 (including VAT). This related to the purchase of 100, 20mm dye sub lanyards, with the Marine Management Organisation and Government crest printed on them.

Natural England has conducted a search of all programme budget reports since 4 July 2024 and has identified two transactions for lanyards in this period:

• £396 was spent on lanyards for name badges at a Nature Recovery Conference
• £7.50 for lanyards used during Marine Citizen Science Week

Details of the numbers and design are not available.

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has not purchased any lanyards directly in this time period. They are supplied by the OEP’s landlord, along with the security pass for access to the building. They are charged for within the costs of managing security access, and not separately. All the OEP’s lanyards are plain black.

Seafish has spent £458 on lanyards since 4 July 2024, mainly relating to international expos with a small number for safety training instructors. The lanyards purchased for expos are for staff and exhibitors to wear at the various trade exhibitions that Seafish attends.

In 2024, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology spent £3,972+VAT on 5,000 lanyards for its staff. These lanyards were of one design, containing the words Science, Innovation and Technology. In 2025, 100 lanyards were purchased for members of staff working in the Government Digital Service, at a cost of £259+VAT. This lanyard’s design included the words “Made by the Government” on one side, and “Government Digital Service” on the other. In 2025, 150 lanyards were also purchased for the Government Office for Technology Transfer, at a cost of £456+VAT. In 2026, a further number of lanyards were printed for the Government Office for Technology Transfer at a cost of £155+VAT. Operational purchase decisions are delegated to relevant officials.

The department does not hold information centrally on the purchase of lanyards by its agencies and public bodies.

The following table shows the requested information for all bodies except for NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency; information for the excepted bodies is not held centrally or in the format requested, and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost:

Source: Department of Health and Social Care, MHRA, NHSBT, NHSBSA, Human Tissue Authority, NICE, CQC

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has spent £1087.45 on 3107 lanyards for Remembrance Sunday since July 2024. These were plain and did not carry any design. The lanyards were used as part of the delivery of the annual national Remembrance Sunday commemorations, helping to identify volunteers, authorised personnel and manage access within the secure event footprint. The Department also spent £2,970 on 1500 lanyards for VE Day 80 in 2025 to support the safe and secure delivery of the commemorations. These carried the government’s VE 80 branding. The Department’s communications team spent £687.10 on 900 lanyards since July 2024. These were plain and did not carry any design. Information relating to the Department's agencies and public bodies is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The information requested is not centrally held in an accessible form. Due to this any response could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons has not incurred costs for lanyards since 4th July 2024.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) spent £714.00 (inc VAT) on lanyards for staff since 4 July 2024. The design features NIO branding. 100 lanyards were purchased at a cost of £5.95 each.

In the same time period, the NIO’s public bodies made the following purchases:

Crown Solicitor’s Office: £33.50 for 50 lanyards printed with the word ‘staff’;

Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: £7.46 for 10 lanyards printed with the word ‘staff’;

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: £225.60 for 100 lanyards printed with the NIHRC logo; and

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery: £844 on 400 lanyards printed with the word ‘staff’.

Since the 4^th July 2024:

The AGO has bought no lanyards.

The SFO have bought 250 SFO lanyards, for a total cost of £251.50.

The GLD have bought 400 lanyards, for a total cost of £454.20.

The CPS have bought 3405 lanyards, for a total cost of £5,117.59.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The building landlord (usually the Government Property Agency) would be responsible for ensuring lanyards are available for security passes.

The Wales Office has spent £173.17 on lanyards since 4 July 2024. There was one design, bilingual Wales Office branding which was included in the cost of the lanyards.

This detail of information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The information requested is not held.

The requested information is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

The department purchases plain lanyards as standard. There are lanyards with clip and safety release in a blue colour and come in packs of 10. Spend on these lanyards since July 2024 is £24,906.73

Spend on other lanyards is £421.23. This was for 500 DWP Data & Analytics purple lanyards.

Since July 2024, DBT has spent £6306.41 (including delivery charges) on a total of 4530 lanyards through our print supplier (APS) and our stationery suppliers (Banner up until October 2025 and Lyreco from November 2025). Specific details of design, quantities and costs can be found in table 1 below.

UK Export Finance spent £2774.28 on three orders totalling 1,570 lanyards used for customer conferences and promotional events. These bore the name of the department and its logo and came in different coloured bands. In addition,10 special lanyards were purchased for £28.50 in March 2025 to be used to identify First Aiders among UKEF staff.

Information relating to the rest of the Department’s agencies and public bodies is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Table 1 – DBT lanyard expenditure