Northern Ireland Office: Departmental Expenditure Limits
The 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.
Answered by Hilary Benn
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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