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Public Expenditure

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 4 September 2024UIN 3173

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 1813 on Public Expenditure, what the overspend was in each Departmental budget at the end of (a) July and (b) August 2024.

Answered by Darren Jones

On 29th July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This announcement was accompanied by the document ‘Fixing the Foundations’. The Chancellor is running a Spending Review and will publish a full breakdown of departmental settlements at Budget in October.

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