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 Hilary Benn (Labour) on Friday, 12 December 2025 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office: Departmental Expenditure Limits

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 Northern Ireland Office’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) settlements for the Spending Review period are set out below. Regarding the unallocated portion of the budget; currently, we have no unallocated CDEL in each year of the Spending Review period.

Programme Group	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
NIO	£0.623m	£2.043m	£0.178m	£0.193m	£2.393m
ALB	£0.523m	£0.868m	£0.108m	£0.108m	£0.108m
ICRIR	£1.669m	£7.881m	£0.100m	£0.100m	£0.100m
Total Capital DEL	£2.815m	£10.792m	£0.386m	£0.401m	£2.601m

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Type: Written question
Reference: 97106
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Spending Review 2025
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords; Budget 2025: Strong Foundations, Secure Future
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
House of Commons papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Subjects: Northern Ireland Office Departmental expenditure limits
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Northern Ireland Office: Departmental Expenditure Limits

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