Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment and (b) estimate she has made of the differential in her Department’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit budget in the (i) Spending Review and (ii) Autumn Budget 2025 in each year between 2024-25 and 2029-30.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The Spending Review 2025 established allocations of Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) up to financial year 2029-30, with further spending announcements made during Autumn Budget 2025. A profile of these spending limits is enclosed in the table below.
CDEL £m | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | 2027/28 | 2028/29 | 2029/30 |
SR25 Control Total | 21,565 | 22,904 | 23,176 | 22,741 | 23,940 |
AB25 | |||||
Net Changes at AB25 | 50 | 100 | 1646 | -10 | 420 |
New Control Total | 21,615 | 23,004 | 24,822 | 22,731 | 24,360 |
*CDEL is adjusted for TfL Business Rates Retention (£1.2bn p.a. from 2026-27).
Capital spending limits in future years and how they are allocated are subject to departmental business planning processes. Furthermore, the department will provide more detail on future spending plans at the appropriate Supply Estimate.
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