Ministry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure Limits
(asked on 22nd November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, published on 22 November 2023, and to the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, what the reason is for the decrease in planned (a) RDEL and (b) CDEL in 2023/24.
This question was answered on 27th November 2023
Both reductions are due to budget cover transfers from the Ministry of Defence to other Government Departments to cover their costs. The detail of all of these transfers is provided within the relevant estimates memorandum.