Government Departments: Public Expenditure
(asked on 23rd June 2025) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what explains the increase in Departmental Expenditure Limit reserves between the Spring Statement 2025 and Spending Review 2025.
This question was answered on 7th July 2025
The change in the 2025 Departmental Expenditure Limit Reserves between Spring Statement 2025 and Spending Review 2025 is a result of changes to department budgets authorised by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
This includes Reserve claims paid at Main Supply Estimates, which are detailed in departments individual Main Estimates memoranda and surrenders made from department budgets back to the Reserve at the Spending Review.