Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 68462
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure
Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 28 July 2025
Question
Mr Louie French
Conservative — Old Bexley and Sidcup
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the funding announced for her Department in the Spending Review 2025 is (a) new funding and (b) was funding allocated to the Department by the previous Government.
Answer
Stephanie PeacockSpending Review 2025 (SR25) formally set all Departmental budgets for the upcoming SR period, no budgets had been formally set before for this period. As such, all SR25 funding was agreed by the current government.