Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's overall resource budget for years (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21, and how will that resource be allocated across different areas.
Following the announcements in the Autumn budget, the Department’s resource budgets (excluding depreciation) and allocations are:
£m | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
Ring-fenced: Official Development Assistance | 42.7 | 45.9 | n/a |
Ring-fenced: Inshore Fisheries Conservation Areas | 3.0 | 3.0 | n/a |
Ring-fenced: Air Quality Grant | 2.0 | 2.0 | n/a |
Ring-fenced: Disallowance | 58.5 | 45.0 | n/a |
Ring-fenced: Voluntary Exit Schemes | 14.4 | 3.4 | n/a |
Other | 1,420.2 | 1,384.4 | n/a |
Total | 1,540.8 | 1,483.7 | n/a |
Allocation of the ‘other’ amounts is confirmed on an annual basis. Budgets beyond 2019/20 will be set under future Spending Reviews.