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<p>On 13 March 2018, the Treasury confirmed allocations of c.£1.6bn to departments.
A full breakdown of the allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial
Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/"
target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>The
Economic and Fiscal Outlook is produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility
(OBR). As part of their fiscal forecast they take a judgement on how much departments
will underspend on aggregate DEL spending. Further information on how the OBR reach
their judgement is available at <a href="https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/departmental-expenditure-limits/"
target="_blank">https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/departmental-expenditure-limits/</a>.</p>
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