Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on utilising the reserves in resource funding for 2024-25.

The Reserve is used for genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures, or certain special cases of expenditure that would otherwise be difficult to manage. Chapter 2 of Consolidated Budgeting Guidance sets out further information on the criteria for Reserve funding.