Department for Business and Trade: Departmental Expenditure Limits
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, 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.
Answered by Kate Dearden
The Department for Business and Trade’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) settlement in each year of the Spending Review period is:
- 2025-26: £1.6 billion
- 2026-27: £1.8 billion
- 2027-28: £2.0 billion
- 2028-29: £2.0 billion
- 2029-30: £1.9 billion
Individual programme allocations are subject to annual internal planning. The Department’s CDEL settlement across all years of the Spending Review includes:
- Over £3.0 billion funding for the advanced manufacturing sector, anchoring the supply chain of zero emission vehicles, batteries and ultra-low and zero-carbon emission aircraft.
- £2.9 billion for the British Business Bank to support companies to start, scale and grow in the UK.
There is currently no unallocated capital funding in the Department, and allocations remain subject to the regular review of the Department’s capital spending plans.
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