Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure
(asked on 20th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to table SOPS 1.2 from his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2024/5, if he will publish a breakdown of CDEL in Section A - Department for Business and Trade, covering both gross spending and income.
The breakdown of Estimate line ‘A DBT – Department for Business and Trade (DEL)’ for CDEL outturn of £492,483,000 for 2024-25 is:
| DBT Core (£000) | Insolvency Service (£000) | Companies House (£000) | Total (£000) |
Current grants to persons and non-profit (net) | 313,198 | - | - | 313,198 |
Income from sales of assets | (265) | - | - | (265) |
Income from sales of goods and services | (2,075) | - | - | (2,075) |
Net lending to the private sector and abroad | (72,606) | - | - | (72,606) |
Other capital | (13) | - | - | (13) |
Purchase of assets | 15,271 | 4,687 | 19,432 | 39,390 |
Purchase of goods and services | 12,327 | - | - | 12,327 |
Staff costs | 1,556 | - | - | 1,556 |
Capital grants abroad (net) | 150 | - | - | 150 |
Capital grants to persons & non-profit (net) | 1,270 | - | - | 1,270 |
Capital grants to private sector companies (net) | 126,391 | - | - | 126,391 |
Capital support for local government (net) | 10 | - | - | 10 |
Capital support for public corporations | 73,151 | - | - | 73,151 |
| 468,365 | 4,687 | 19,432 | 492,484¹ |
1Difference between this figure and figure in Estimate due to rounding.