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Ministry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure Limits

Asked by Liam ByrneLabourMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 12 December 2025UIN 97103

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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 Luke Pollard

The Ministry of Defence's Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits over the course of the Spending Review were published following the completion of the Spending Review earlier this year.

Funding against individual programmes will be established as part of the ongoing work on the Defence Investment Plan.

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