Background
The Budget released in June 2010 set out the overall level of
Government spending for the four years from 2011/12 to 2014/15. The
Spending Review released today is the process through which this
spending is allocated to pay for all areas of Government activity
including public services, social security, and administration
costs. Spending Reviews aim to allocate resources across
Governmental departments over several years. Each department is
then able to manage and distribute this budget internally.
The Spending Review confirmed the anticipated reductions in the
budgets of a number of key areas of public sector provision,
including the announcement that the Department of Energy and
Climate Change (Decc) will be cut by 5%. Importantly, the
Government highlights their continued support for "action on
renewables" and the commitment to obtain 15% of energy from
renewables by 2020 in supporting the roll out of large and small
scale technologies, including
