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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and National Highways: Finance

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 88791

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual budget was for (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and (b) (i) Highways England and (ii) National Highways in each year since 2005.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows the main estimate budgets for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. The data for the financial years before 2011/12 are not readily available.

Year

Resource DEL Including Depreciation (£m)

Capital DEL (£m)

Resource AME (£m)

Depreciation (£m)

Resource DEL Excluding Depreciation (£m)

2011/12

194.3

25.6

1.8

27.6

166.7

2012/13

188.4

26.3

2.4

30.1

158.3

2013/14

172.0

27.1

26.2

32.0

140.0

2014/15

128.8

15.3

7.9

35.8

93.0

2015/16

141.0

20.0

4.0

37.0

104.0

2016/17

113.0

13.0

3.0

29.0

84.0

2017/18

98.0

13.0

2.0

25.0

73.0

2018/19

95.0

14.0

2.0

12.0

83.0

2019/20

92.0

16.0

2.0

7.0

85.0

2020/21

93.4

23.9

1.6

10.0

83.4

2021/22

127.0

21.0

2.0

13.0

114.0

2022/23

139.0

21.0

2.0

13.0

126.0

2023/24

129.0

21.1

1.6

12.9

116.1

2024/25

135.5

20.0

1.8

13.8

121.7

2025/26

137.7

21.1

0.1

13.4

124.3

The table below shows the data available for the annual budgets for the National Highways. This data has been extracted from the annual report and accounts.

Budget £m

Financial years

Operating expenditure

Capital expenditure

Total

2021-22

1,173

3,086

4,259

2022-23

1,235

3,213

4,448

2023-24

1,345

3,421

4,766

2024-25

1,467

3,670

5,137

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