Capital Projects: Spending
Debate between Baroness Swinburne and Baroness Whitaker
Baroness Swinburne (Con)
In the first instance, this applies only to all new spending and all new capital. It does not apply to anything that was previously done before February. HMT is taking a proportionate approach to approving business cases. That means that the new delegation approach has not yet caused any delays to DLUHC’s ability to deliver on levelling up, or, as I understand, our partners’.
Baroness Whitaker (Lab)
My Lords, is it still the case that, when the Treasury computes the cross-benefits of departmental proposals, it does not take account of the benefit and savings accrued to a department other than the one which will own the programme or the capital outlay?
Baroness Swinburne (Con)
I apologise to the noble Baroness because I do not know the answer to that. I will get back to her in writing.