Written question asked by Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 April 2025. It was answered by Janet Daby (Labour) on Friday, 2 May 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

T-levels: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 199977 on T-levels: Expenditure and to the Answer of 23 March 2025 to Question 35993 on T-levels: Finance, how her Department has reallocated the amount of money underspent on the T Level programme.

Answer: As per the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, the usual practice is for any underspends in overall departmental budgets, including the T level programme, by the end of the financial year to be returned to HM Treasury. However, throughout each financial year, the department reviews emerging forecasts against the departmental budgets originally set, as well as reviewing any pressures across the department. Unspent funding is then reallocated to wider education priorities.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 46976
Session: 2024-26
Related items: T-levels: Expenditure
Friday, 20 October 2023
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Subjects: Finance T-levels
Contains statistics: Yes
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