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Departmental Expenditure Limit
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if there are any proposals to amend his Department's expenditure limit and running costs limit for 1999-2000. [97782]
Mr. Chris Smith: Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate for Class XI, Vote 1, the DCMS Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for 1999-2000 will be increased by £2,821,000 from £993,137,000 to £995,958,000 and the running costs limit will be increased by £902,000 from £32,972,000 to £33,874,000.
This is to provide £2,023,000 for minor increases in provision for various sectors of the Vote taking up the DEL end year flexibility on programme expenditure as announced by the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, column 393; a transfer of £104,000 to the National Assembly for Wales (Class XIV, Vote 1) in respect of annual grant formerly paid by the Crafts Council to the Arts Council for Wales towards their craft programme; a payment of £281,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry (Class IX, Vote 1) for Sector Challenge funding of tourist projects; a payment of £887,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry (Class IX, Vote 1) for Sector Challenge funding of media projects; and to provide £902,000 for increased expenditure on DCMS running costs in line with the DEL
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end year flexibility on running costs expenditure as announced by the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, column 393.
The increases will be offset by transfers, savings or a charge on the DEL Reserve, and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.
Mr. Rapson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in what way the Millennium Commission is promoting its activities around the country. [97212]
Mr. Chris Smith:
This is a matter for the Millennium Commission. I will reply to my hon. Friend in my capacity as Chairman of the Commission, and place copies of my reply in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the methods of depreciation his Department will apply in the current financial year to fixed assets in the preparation of departmental resource accounting balance sheets. [96922]
Mr. Chris Smith:
In accordance with the Treasury's Resource Accounting Manual and with Financial Reporting Standard 15: Tangible Fixed Assets, issued by the Accounting Standards Board, my Department has adopted the following methods of depreciation.
Depreciation is applied at rates calculated to write off the value of freehold buildings and other tangible fixed assets by equal instalments over their estimated useful lives. Lives are in the following ranges:
Mr. Alan Campbell:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proposals there are to change the 1999-2000 Departmental Expenditure Limit or running costs limits for the Cabinet Office. [97833]
Marjorie Mowlam:
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for the Cabinet office will be increased by £16,881,000 from £301,820,000 to £318,701,000 and the running costs limit has been increased by £5,122,000 to £115,018,000.
The increase is mainly to take account of the following:
(a) A transfer payment has been received from the Privy Council (Class XVII, Vote 5) (£480,000) for responsibility of Lord Privy Seal and from the Department of Social Security (Class XII, Vote 3) (£1,670,000) to provide for the Women's Unit and Women's National
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Commission. Provision for ownership of properties (£2,729,000) has transferred from the Property Advisers to the Civil Estate to Department for Education and Employment (Class I, Vote 1 and Class I, Vote 3).
(b) The Cabinet Office has taken end year flexibility (£12,000,000) as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, column 393, and remaining Departmental Unallocated provision (£340,000). This is to meet increased anticipated spend on disposing of the vacant Civil Estate and modernisation of government programme, including E-Envoy and Central Internet Strategy Unit.
(c) Increased provision (£5,000,000) for the autumn campaign raising awareness about Year 2000 millennium bug.
(d) Unanticipated expenditure (£120,000) in connection with NATO alliance in Kosovo.
The increase will be offset by transfer or charged to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
Mr. Tony Lloyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for changes to the 1999-2000 departmental expenditure limits and running cost limits within his responsibility. [97832]
Mr. Straw:
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £11,319,000 from £7,752,125,000 to £7,763,444,000. The running cost limit will be increased by £1,561,000 from £2,136,392,000 to £2,137,953,000. A separate running cost limit of £163,000 will be established for expenditure on Welfare to Work.
The changes in Class IV, Vote 1 are the net effect of the following transfers: £455,000 to the Department of Trade and Industry (Class IX, Vote 1), £50,000 to the Welsh Assembly (Class XIV, Vote 1), £1,499,000 to Prison Service (Class IV, Vote 2) in respect of the Crime Reduction Programme; £100,000 to the Lord Chancellor's Department (Class V, Vote 1) in respect of a new offence to reduce volatile substance abuse; £28,000 to the Treasury Solicitors (Class V, Vote VI) in relation to extending the Attorney-General's powers on unduly lenient sentences; £700,000 from the DEL Reserve in respect of a contribution to the Active Community Initiative; £10,000 to Department of Health (Class II, Vote II) as contribution towards a research programme; Neutral payment of £3,000,000 from the Lord Chancellor's Department (Class V, Vote 1) in respect of the Confiscated Assets Fund; £15,000 to the Prison Service (Class IV, Vote II) in respect of secondment costs; £5,067,000 from the Scottish Office (Class XIII, Vote 5) in respect of the balance due following a reduction in the level of contribution by the Scottish Office (Class XIII, Vote 5) in respect of the balance due following a reduction in the level of contribution by the Scottish Office towards Criminal Injuries administration and compensation costs from 13 per cent. to 11 per cent.; £7,000,000 from the DEL Reserve in respect of
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administration costs for the Asylum Seekers Directorate; £305,000 to the Department of Health (Class II, Vote II) in respect of drugs related research; Neutral payments of £100,000 from the Department of Health, £100,000 from the Department for Education and Employment, £100,000 from the Lord Chancellor's Department and £36,000 from the Welsh Assembly in respect of a contribution towards grant in aid for the National Family and Parenting Institute; Neutral payment of £12,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of contribution towards grant in aid for Youth Net.
The changes in Class IV, Vote 2 are the net effect of the following transfers: £500,000 to the Department of Health (Class II, Vote 2) for the running costs of the Prison Health Policy Unit and the Prison Health Task Force; £1,499,000 from the Home Office (Class IV, Vote 1) in respect of the Crime Reduction Programme; and £15,000 from the Home Office (Class IV, Vote 1) to cover a secondment to the Mental Health Unit. In addition, the Supplementary Estimate gives effect to the take up of £173,000 for Welfare to Work DEL under the end year flexibility scheme entitlements announced by my right hon. Friend the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, column 393, in reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Ms Lawrence).
Buildings--up to 75 years
Leasehold Improvements--the term of the lease
Equipment and Computers--3-10 years
Fixtures and Fittings--3-20 years
Intangible Assets--1 year.
Freehold land is not depreciated.
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