PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure (25 July 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what underspends are projected in (a) her Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies in (i) this financial year and (ii) the Spending Review period.

Asked by:
Julia Lopez (Conservative)

As of 24 May 2024, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is not forecasting to underspend on the budget as agreed at the Main Estimate.

As the Chancellor set out in her speech on Monday 29 July, this department has inherited a number of forecasted spending pressures. This is also the case for each of the department’s arm’s-length bodies.

We are currently in the final year of this Spending Review period with no budget set beyond March 2025. Future budgets will be dealt with as part of the upcoming Spending Review.

Answered by:
Stephanie Peacock (Labour)
2 August 2024