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Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 4 February 2026UIN 109830

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his answer of 28 January 2026 Question 107135, if he will publish a breakdown of the £126m in CDEL outturn for 2024/5 in the category of "Capital grants to private sector companies (net)".

Answered by Kate Dearden

The requested breakdowns are below:

CURRENT GRANTS TO PERSONS AND NON-PROFIT (NET)

Description

Capital DEL (£000)

Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)

Total (£000)

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)

180,149

-

180,149

Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)

68,688

116

68,804

Citizens Advice

-

42,317

42,317

Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)

26,044

1,915

27,959

Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV)

24,356

531

24,887

Help to Grow

-

20,913

20,913

Consumer advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector

-

19,502

19,502

National Trading Standards (NTS)

-

12,518

12,518

Global Centre of Rail Excellence

6,865

-

6,865

Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (eRGF)

3,000

2,651

5,651

Music Export Growth Scheme

-

2,983

2,983

Materials Processing Institute

2,042

-

2,042

The British Standards Institution

-

1,896

1,896

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

-

1,301

1,301

Other

2,053

6,480

8,533

313,197

113,123

426,320


SUBSIDIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES

Description

Capital DEL (£000)

Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)

Total (£000)

Energy Intensive Industries (EII) Compensation Scheme

-

141,679

141,679

Postmaster Horizon redress-Suspension Renumeration Review-Provision utilisation

-

8,979

8,979

Other

-

23

23

-

150,681

150,681

CAPITAL GRANTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES (NET)

Description

Capital DEL (£000)

Resource DEL (Programme) (£000)

Total (£000)

Movement on financial guarantee liabilities-Growth Guarantee Scheme

62,332

-

62,332

Exceptional Regional Growth Fund (eRGF)

34,766

-

34,766

Steel infrastructure

15,263

-

15,263

Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)

7,930

-

7,930

Called financial guarantees-Enterprise Financial Guarantee Scheme

6,099

-

6,099

126,390

-

126,390

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