Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2016-03-21.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the budgetary implications of lower-than-predicted growth rates for government departments other than the Department for International Development.

Greg Hands

Departmental budgets were set at Spending Review 2015.

Budget 2016 announced an adjustment to Official Development Assistance spend to account for the lower growth forecast.