Written questions

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

Commons · Question 68462 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 28 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Louie French

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

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 28 Jul 2025

Spending 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.