Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Thursday, 4 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2025. It was answered by James Murray (Labour) on Friday, 12 December 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Treasury: Departmental Expenditure Limits

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be in each year of the Spending Review period; how much capital funding has been allocated to each of their Department’s programmes; and how much and what proportion of the capital DEL allocation remains unallocated in each year.

Answer

The capital DEL budget is as published in the Spending Review 2025 documentation. The detailed allocation of the capital DEL budget is still to be finalised in the annual business planning process.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

97101

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Treasury Departmental expenditure limits

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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