To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on utilising the reserves in capital funding for 2024-25.
Answered on
24 May 2024
The Reserve is used for genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures, or certain special cases of expenditure that would otherwise be difficult to manage. Chapter 2 of Consolidated Budgeting Guidance sets out further information on the criteria for Reserve funding.
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