"Departmental spending" refers to the money used by specific departments within a company or organization to purchase goods, services, or resources necessary for their operations. Full definition
The detail of departmental spending plans for 2015 - 16 will be set at a spending review, which will be announced during the first half of next year. (politics.co.uk)
The central agencies had a full understanding on what was possible, and what was not, in developing the appropriate departmental spending reduction targets. (3dpolicy.ca)
The last Labour government was able to plan its 1997 manifesto on the basis of rising departmental spending in the first years after the election. (politics.co.uk)