Capital Projects: Spending

Baroness Whitaker Excerpts

Thursday 26th October 2023 Lords Chamber

[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.