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<p>The total cost of the R&R Programme, from 2020-21 until the end of 2022-23,
is £297m. This includes the costs of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration
and Renewal Delivery Authority which were established in April and May 2020 respectively
(including £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated).
It also includes the costs of Restoration and Renewal Client Team, which took over
the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body in January 2023.</p><p>The
total forecast spend for the current financial year (2023-24) is £83m, which includes
the costs of the Delivery Authority and the R&R Client Team.</p><p>The Delivery
Authority’s Main Estimate for 2024-25 is currently subject to parliamentary scrutiny
and approval. As well as parliamentary approval being required for the initial budget
provision, the Delivery Authority’s expenditure is subject to regular scrutiny and
challenge throughout the financial year including by the R&R Client Team and House
finance teams, Delivery Authority Board, R&R Programme Board, R&R Client Board
and Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s funding
is based on what is required to deliver the key activities tasked to it by the R&R
Client Team. The Delivery Authority seeks to ensure that its expenditure remains taut
and proportionate for the activities required to deliver the Programme and constantly
re-assesses its resources, scaling up or down as appropriate. The R&R Programme
routinely publishes information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual
reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p>
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