Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
(asked on 2nd January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment and (b) estimate she has made of the differential in her Department’s Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit budget in the (i) Spending Review and (ii) Autumn Budget 2025 in each year between 2024-25 and 2029-30.
The Spending Review 2025 established allocations of Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) up to financial year 2028-29, with further spending announcements made during Autumn Budget 2025. A profile of these spending limits is enclosed in the table below.
RDEL £m | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | 2027/28 | 2028/29 |
Control Total | 8,291.0 | 8,118.7 | 7,671.5 | 7,509.5 |
Changes at AB25 | ||||
Net changes at AB25 | - | 131.5 | 138.6 | 109.5 |
New Control Total | 8,291.0 | 8,250.200 | 7,810.100 | 7,618.953 |
Spending limits for 2029-30, as well as how Resource Spending Limits are allocated are subject to business planning processes. Furthermore, the department will provide more detail on future spending plans at the appropriate Supply Estimate.