Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the capital budget reduction from 2026/7 to 2029/30 on his Department's delivery of its spending plans, and where reductions have been allocated to meet the budget reduction, with particular reference to the capital spending in Voted Expenditure on page 278 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026/7 in the following categories: i) Housing and Planning, ii) Local Growth and Devolution, iii) Housing and Planning (ALB)(net) and iv) Integrated Settlements for Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities.
Answered by Samantha Dixon
Departments have been asked to contribute 1p in every £1 of their capital budgets to fund this Government’s Defence Investment Plan, helping keep the country safe in an increasingly volatile world.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will set out further impacts on specific policies and programmes in due course.
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