Spending Review

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United Kingdom government process budgetary planning exercise

The Spending Review is a periodic UK government process that sets multi-year departmental budgets and outlines public spending priorities.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Cabinet committees on public expenditure 1
Departmental Expenditure Limits 1
Spending Review 2010 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom government process ⓘ
budgetary planning exercise ⓘ
affects capital investment programmes ⓘ
public services funding ⓘ
welfare and social policy spending ⓘ
appliesTo UK central government departments ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines public spending limits ⓘ
frequency periodic ⓘ
hasNotableExample Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Spending Review 2010

Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Spending Review 2015

Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Spending Review 2020
includes Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Departmental Expenditure Limits

capital spending plans ⓘ
resource spending plans ⓘ
informedBy Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts ⓘ
fiscal rules ⓘ
macroeconomic projections ⓘ
introduced late 1990s under the New Labour government ⓘ
involves negotiations between HM Treasury and departments ⓘ
isConductedBy HM Treasury ⓘ
isOverseenBy Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
legalContext conducted within the UK fiscal framework ⓘ
linkedTo Autumn Statement ⓘ
Autumn Statement ⓘ
surface form: UK Budget
mayBe comprehensive ⓘ
targeted ⓘ
outlines public spending priorities ⓘ
output Spending Review document ⓘ
departmental spending settlements ⓘ
policyArea fiscal policy ⓘ
public expenditure management ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
predecessor Public Expenditure Survey system ⓘ
purpose to align spending with government policy priorities ⓘ
to allocate public expenditure across government departments ⓘ
to support the government’s fiscal strategy ⓘ
resultsIn multi-year spending envelopes ⓘ
spending settlements for departments ⓘ
sets multi-year departmental budgets ⓘ
stakeholder UK government departments ⓘ
devolved administrations ⓘ
local government (indirectly via grants) ⓘ
public bodies ⓘ
timeHorizon multiple financial years ⓘ
usedFor controlling overall public spending ⓘ
planning public service delivery ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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UK Shared Prosperity Fund → announcedIn → Spending Review ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Spending Review 2020
Spending Review → hasNotableExample → Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spending Review 2010
Spending Review → hasNotableExample → Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spending Review 2015
Spending Review → hasNotableExample → Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spending Review 2020
Spending Review → includes → Spending Review self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Departmental Expenditure Limits
this entity surface form: Cabinet committees on public expenditure
Autumn Statement → relatedTo → Spending Review ⓘ
Chief Secretary to the Treasury → worksOn → Spending Review ⓘ