Our spending
Overview of what we produce and publish
Our financial year starts 1 April and ends 31 March the following year.
We make estimates of what we think we’ll spend ahead of each year, review this funding requirement each Autumn, then review our spending at the end of the year in a report and a set of accounts.
The Speaker’s Committee approves our estimates, reports and accounts before the House of Commons adopts them.
In Wales, the Llywydd’s Committee approves and scrutinises our estimates and plans before they are laid in the Senedd.
In Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Body approves and scrutinises our estimates and plans before they are laid in the Scottish Parliament.
- UK Parliament Main Estimate, our Vote on Account and our Supplementary Estimate for the current and previous financial years.
- Senedd Main Estimate and Supplementary Estimate
- Scottish Parliament Estimate and Supplementary Estimate
Estimates
Main Supply estimate
Our Main Supply Estimate, or budget, sets out what we need for the financial year ahead.
We present this to the Speaker’s Committee at the start of the financial year for approval, before it goes to the House of Commons.
We present this to the Llywydd’s Committee by the 30 September for approval, and it is laid before the Senedd.
We present it to the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body by the 30 September for approval, before it gets laid before the Scottish Parliament.
Supplementary Estimate
We take a Supplementary Estimate to the Speaker’s Committee, for approval, if there are changes to the information in our Main Supply Estimate.
We do the same for the Llywydd’s Committee and Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.
We also produce correction slips if we need to make changes to our estimates.
Vote on account
Our Vote on Account sets out what we need during the gap from the end of one financial year, to when Speaker’s Committee approve our Main Supply Estimate.
Statement of excesses
We take a Statement of Excesses to the Speaker’s Committee due to exceeding what was approved in the Main and Supplementary Estimates.