{"value":{"id":1894100,"memberId":4797,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Chief Secretary to the Treasury","uin":"HCWS1441","dateMade":"2026-03-24T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","title":"Devolved government 2025-26 funding  ","text":"<p>In addition to changes in devolved government funding at Supplementary Estimates 2025-26, and in line with the Statement of Funding Policy, the Welsh Government has chosen to draw down £285.901 million in Resource DEL (excluding depreciation), £53.395 million in Capital DEL (General) and £10.704 million in Capital DEL (Financial Transactions) from the Wales Reserve in 2025-26. This is in line with the funding arrangements set out in the Welsh Government’s Fiscal Framework.</p><p>There have been further changes to devolved government funding due to the application of the Barnett formula which were processed after the finalisation of Supplementary Estimates 2025-26. In 2025-26, these have resulted in changes of:</p><ul><li>-£0.208 million Resource DEL (excluding depreciation) and £2.890 million Capital DEL (General) for the Welsh Government</li><li>-£0.344 million Resource DEL (excluding depreciation) and £0.188 million Capital DEL (General) for the Scottish Government</li><li>-£0.468 million Capital DEL (General) and -£0.921 million Capital DEL (Financial Transactions) for the Northern Ireland Executive in 2025-26.</li></ul><p>The Northern Ireland Executive will also carry forward an increase of £0.078 million Capital DEL (General) and defer a -£0.145 million Resource DEL (excluding depreciation) reduction to 2026-27.</p><p>The Welsh Government will also return £11.790 million Resource DEL (excluding depreciation).</p><p>Revised 2025-26 devolved government funding is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Welsh Government</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scottish Government </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resource DEL (excluding depreciation)</p></td><td><p>18,420.286</p></td><td><p>41,568.082</p></td><td><p>16,894.052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital DEL (General)</p></td><td><p>3,348.033</p></td><td><p>6,415.194</p></td><td><p>2,206.792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital DEL (Financial Transactions)</p></td><td><p>89.669</p></td><td><p>156.851</p></td><td><p>54.409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total DEL </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,857.988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48,140.127</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,155.253</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":4,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1894109,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2026-03-24T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1894100","method":"GET"}]}