Liam Byrne MP: written questions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure LimitsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to his reply to parliamentary answer 97104 if he will set out his CDEL allocation in a table, programme by programme for each year for which budgets are available.
Answer: The detailed allocation of the Department’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) budget is currently being finalised as part of the annual business planning process. The allocations will be confirmed through the Main Supply Estimates which are us...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects HS2 Limited to complete its review of the timetable for releasing land for redevelopment at the Washwood Heath rolling stock maintenance yard.
Answer: HS2 Ltd is undertaking a sprint project that aims to identify and unlock opportunities for early release of land currently held for HS2 between London and Birmingham, around its stations and the Washwood Heath depot hub, to support both regeneration and e...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsWales OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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) wil
Answer: The Wales Office Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) over the Spending Review is shown below: Financial Year£Million2025/260.975*2026/270.0302027/280.0302028/290.030 The Department does not have capital programmes. The capital DEL is to cover the...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsScotland OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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)
Answer: The Departments capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) over the Spending Review is shown below:Financial Year£M2025-26*0.5002026-270.0502027-280.0502028-290.0502029-300.050 The Department does not have any capital programmes. The capital DEL is to c...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97106More
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 Limi
Answer: 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 R...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Departmental Expenditure LimitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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) w
Answer: The Budget 2025 was announced on 26 November 2025 and table C.2 confirms our Spending Review settlement of £2.3bn for 2026-2027, £2.3bn for 2027-2028, £2.3bn for 2028-2029 and £2.0bn for 2029-2030.Of which we must spend the following split to complete the...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure LimitsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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 Depa
Answer: The Budget document, published on 28 November 2025, set out the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2025-26 to 2029-30 (the Spending Review period) in table C.2. 2025-26 budgets are fully alloc...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Departmental Expenditure LimitsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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) w
Answer: The Ministry of Defence's Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits over the course of the Spending Review were published following the completion of the Spending Review earlier this year.Funding against individual programmes will be established as part of ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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 L
Answer: The Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025 sets out the Home Office settlement from HM Treasury. This includes the Home Office’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (CDEL), which are detailed in Table 5.4: Capital Departmental Expenditure Lim...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Departmental Expenditure LimitsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97101More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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
Answer: The capital DEL budget is as published in the Spending Review 2025 documentation. The detailed allocation of the capital DEL budget is still to be finalised in the annual business planning process.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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
Answer: Table 5.4 of HM Treasury's Spending Review 2025 document sets out the Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit budgets for each department up to 2029/30. Departmental level allocations for the Spending Review period will be set out in the coming months.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 Expenditur
Answer: The 2025 Autumn Budget confirmed that the Department’s capital budgets will rise to £15.2 billion by the end of the 2025 Spending Review period, in 2029/30, to invest in the National Health Service and wider health infrastructure. The following table show...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 Lim
Answer: DWP secured £1.0bn (2026/27), £0.8bn (2027/28), £0.6bn (2028/29) and £0.5bn (2029/30) in capital (CDEL) funding through the Spending Review. The Department is currently undertaking its internal business planning process, through which it will set programm...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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)
Answer: The Spending Review 2025 established allocations of Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) up to financial year 2029-30. A profile of these agreed allocations is enclosed in the table below, reflecting the measures announced at Autumn Budget 2025: ...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 Departmenta
Answer: The Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) for 2026-27 to 2029-30 have not changed materially since they were published on the gov.uk following Spending Review 2025. Please find those documents and DELs: Spending Review 2025 document -...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 Department
Answer: SR25 CDEL Allocation2025/262026/272027/282028/292029/30CDEL£2,695mn£2,760mn£2,781mn£2,776mn£2740mn Defra’s current capital delegated expenditure limits are displayed above, as set out in the Budget 2025 document (Table C.2). Any future amendments to Defra...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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 Expe
Answer: The Capital DEL budgets for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) were published as part of HM Treasury’s Spending Review 2025 on 11th June and revised at the Autumn Budget 2025 on 26th November. These documents provide the settlement del...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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)
Answer: The Budget 2025 confirmed capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) plans for 2025/26 to 2029/30; £6.8 billion in 2025/26, £8.3 billion in 2026/27, and £7.7 billion in 2027/28 to 2029/30. A proportion is allocated to improving condition of the school a...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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 Expendit
Answer: As detailed at Budget 2025, DCMS has £0.7bn of Capital DEL in each year of the Spending Review. The Department is currently completing its Business Planning process, which will allocate the funding to specific programmes. As such, we cannot yet confirm pr...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Departmental Expenditure LimitsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, 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 Li
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) settlement in each year of the Spending Review period is:2025-26: £1.6 billion2026-27: £1.8 billion2027-28: £2.0 billion2028-29: £2.0 billion2029-30: £1.9 billion Indivi...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97090More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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)
Answer: The Cabinet Office’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (CDEL) as set out in the 2025 budget are: £ billion (current prices)Plans 2025-26Plans 2026-27Plans 2027-28Plans 2028-29Plans 2029-30Cabinet Office0.50.60.50.30.2 All future years CDEL allocatio...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Departmental Expenditure LimitsAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97089More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what her 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 her Department’s programmes; and how much and what
Answer: The Law Officer Departments have a capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) as follows:2025-26 – 0.1b2026-27 – 0.1b2027-28 – 0.1b2028-29 – 0.2b2029-30 – 0.0bFuture years CDEL allocations are subject to planning in the usual way.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMayoral Development Corporations: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his proposed timetable is for establishing a West Midlands mayoral development company for east Birmingham.
Answer: I understand that the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) board has agreed on 17 October 2025, the intention to create Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) in East Birmingham by Autumn 2026. WMCA is planning to carry out public consultation in early ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister have lead responsibility for the implementation of the UK–US Technology Prosperity Deal; and what (i) structures and (ii) processes are in place to
Answer: The departments responsible for the implementation of the UK-US Technology Prosperity Deal are the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Their Secretaries of State have lead responsibility f...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister had responsibility for the negotiation of the UK–US Technology Prosperity Deal.
Answer: The responsible departments were the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Their Secretaries of State were responsible for negotiating the UK-US Technology Prosperity Deal.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
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