Arms Length Bodies: Costs
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 24653 on Arms Length Bodies, which financial years Phase 2 savings apply to; whether those savings are from the RDEL budget; what the baseline is for those savings; and whether those savings are in addition to Phase 1 savings.
Answered by Darren Jones
Phase 2 of the Spending Review covers financial years 2026/27 to 2028/29 on RDEL to 2029/2030 on CDEL, whilst Phase 1 covers 2025/26.
Over Phase 2, a 5% minimum RDEL savings target has been set for all departments and arm’s-length bodies. This is in addition to the 2% productivity, efficiency, and savings target the government set departments in Phase 1 of the Spending Review.
The outcomes of the Spending Review will be set out at its conclusion in June.
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