Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 92597
Cabinet Office: Departmental Expenditure Limits
Tabled: 19 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 16 of the Cabinet Office Annual report and accounts 2024-2025, HC1372, 23 October 2025, what proportion of the underspend in Departmental Expenditure Limit spending has been (a) returned t
Answer
Chris WardAt the end of the financial year, all underspends are returned to the Consolidated Fund. The Cabinet Office did not re-profile any spending into 2025-26 from 2024-25.