Committee publication · Correspondence · 22 April 2025
Letter from Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding the Spending Review, dated 1 April 2025
From: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Inquiry: The work of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Summary
Secretary of State Lisa Nandy declines to disclose the DCMS Spending Review submission to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee ahead of the final SR25 settlement on 11 June 2025. She states that departmental submissions are confidential policy development documents and their disclosure could prejudice the review outcome. The committee will be able to scrutinise the final agreed settlement once presented to Parliament.
Key findings
- DCMS will not disclose its Spending Review submission to the committee, citing risk of prejudicing the review outcome and inhibiting free and frank advice across Treasury, No10 and DCMS.
- Final SR25 settlements will be presented to Parliament on 11 June 2025, at which point the committee can scrutinise policy impacts and outcomes.
- The government views DCMS sectors as crucial to the national growth mission and improving living standards.
- Spending Reviews are whole-of-government exercises with departmental submissions as only one input; final outcomes are collectively agreed by Cabinet.
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Key actors
Lisa Nandy MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Culture, Media and Sport Committee, HM Treasury, Cabinet
Notable line
“DCMS will not disclose the content of the SR submission to the Culture …”
Key Quotes
“This government considers DCMS sectors to be crucial to the national growth mission and to improving living standards in our villages, towns and cities.”
“Given the information in departments' submissions relates to the development of government policy across the Treasury, No10 and DCMS as part of the Spending Review process, its disclosure may inhibit free and frank advice and discussion on the policy in question.”
“The final SR25 settlements will be presented to Parliament in the usual way on 11 June”
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