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FOI198 Response

Updated 20 February 2026
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The Insolvency Service - central government funding
1. The amount of central government funding received on an annual basis over the last three years?
The below figures show cash received during each financial year.
Grant-in-Aid funding received from Department for Business and Trade
VAT recovered by DBT
Total DBT Financing
Redundancy Payments Service funding from the National Insurance Fund
2. How has this has been distributed amongst your different departments and projects in this period?
The below figures are on an accruals basis for funding during each financial year. This differs from the above figures in question 1 as they have been accounted for under International Financial Accounting Standards. They also include non-cash items and notional items.
Activity funded by Grant-in-Aid from DBT:
DEL Administration
DEL Programme:
Investigation and Enforcement *
Breathing Space
Debt Relief Orders **
Economic Crime Levy
Lease Right of Use assets capitalised under IFRS 16
Official Receiver Service fees shortfall
Project expenditure on Information Technology
Project expenditure on Non-Information Technology
Non-Cash items including depreciation on capitalised assets
Annually Management Expenditure
Activity funded from the National Insurance Fund:
Annually Management Expenditure:
Redundancy Payment Service
* The reduction in central government funding for Investigation and Enforcement activity in 2024-25 reflects the introduction of a new income stream, from 1 May 2024, from Companies House fees under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
** The increase in central government funding in 2024-25 for Debt Relief Orders reflects the Budget announcement on 6 March 2024 to the House of Commons that the £90 fee would be removed from 6 April 2024.