Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total Government underspend is for this financial year; and what the underspend is for each Department.

As the Chancellor set out in her statement on July 29, there is a forecast Resource DEL overspend of £21.9 billion against the plans set out for departments at Spring Budget 2024. This already factors in the Treasury’s assessment of a £7.1bn fallaway over the course of the year, as set out in Table 1 of Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25.