Question follow-through · 74759
Public Sector Debt
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the trends in the cost of debt on Departmental Budgets.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the trends in the cost of debt on Departmental Budgets.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government has published Spending Review 2025, which set departmental spending allocations consistent with the fiscal strategy set out at Autumn Budget 2024 and Spring Statement 2025. The Chancellor will provide further updates at Autumn Budget 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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