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TREASURY

Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Ruth Kelly): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, HM Treasury DEL will be decreased by £3,576,000 from £212,025,000 to £208,449,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £2,525,000 from £137,063,000 to £139,588,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

		New DEL
	Change	Voted	Non-voted	Total
Resource	-3,576,000	178,732,000	31,104,000	209,836,000
Capital	0	7,668,000	0	7,668,000
	Depreciation*0		-9,055,000	0	-9,055,000
Total	-3,576,000	177,345,000	31,104,000	208,449,000

* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

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The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

an increase in total Treasury administrative costs of £2,525,000 resulting from:


a partial draw down of eyf of £3,700,000 for the central Treasury, this increases voted central Treasury administration spend to the planned level published in the 2002–03 Departmental Report;


a partial draw down of eyf of £1,500,000 for DMO;


a transfer of £18,000 to the Cabinet Office for the transfer of the honours and dignities function;


an increase in AinA of £1,000,000 from secondments with matching spend;


a switch of £2,600,000 from OGC administration costs to OGC programme spend;


a transfer of £58,000 from OGC to ODPM, for the Ordnance Survey pan government agreement, this switch was not included in the Winter Supplementary as it would have produced a negative RfR;


an increase in AinA of £999,000 from OGC consultancies with £1,000,000 spend, giving a token £1,000 increase;


a partial draw down of programme eyf of £300,000 for Budget documentation;


a reduction in HM Treasury programme cost of capital of £7,758,000;


funding of £350,000 programme spend from the Invest to Save Budget for a project on banking;


a net transfer of £990,000 programme costs, for the honours and dignities function, to the Cabinet Office;


an increase in OGC programme spend of £2,600,000 resulting from the switch from administration costs mentioned above;


an increase in DEL CFERs of £603,000

Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo): Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Inland Revenue Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £147,821,000 from £3,079,864,000 to £3,227,685,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £102,094,000 from £2,932,555,000 to £3,034,649,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

(£000s)

		New DEL
	Change	Voted	Non-voted	Total
Resource	103,250	2,669,864	350,440	3,020,304
Capital	44,571	182,381	25,000	207,381
	Depreciation*-2,097		-158,564	-	-158,564
Total	145,724	2,693,681	375,440	3,069,121

* Depreciation which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £103,246,000 administration costs EYF; draw down of £36,000 allocated funds from the Evidence Based Policy Fund and a net reduction in the forecast asset figure of £32,000.

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The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of capital EYF and other resources EYF, totalling £44,031,000 as set out in the Public expenditure Outturn White Paper (CMS884), and an increase of £540,000 to VOA costs for the book value of assets sold.

Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Healey): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the H M Customs and Excise DEL will be increased by £69,803,000, from £1,221,392,000 to £1,291,195,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £58,986,000, from £1,073,736,000 to £1,132,722,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

		New DEL
	Change	Voted	Non-voted	Total
Resource	69,803,000	1,208,359,000	-	1,208,359,000
Capital	-	81,836,000	1,000,000	82,836,000
	Depreciation*-		-52,980,000	-	-52,980,000
Total	69,803,000	1,237,215,000	1,000,000	1,238,215,000

* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

administration costs changes resulting from the take up of DEL end year flexibility of £56,563,000 as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5884); a transfer of £2,500,000 from capital investment to administration costs to meet Lorry Road User Charging costs; a transfer of £77,000 to the Rural Payment Agency in respect of VAT recipe verifications; a transfer of £8,500,000 from non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision in resource DEL to voted administration costs in resource DEL; and


programme expenditure changes in respect of the take-up of DEL end-year flexibility of £5,907,000 as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5884); a transfer of £4,000,000 from DEFRA for work undertaken in respect of the illegal importation of Products of Animal Origin; a transfer of £154,000 from the Cabinet Office to cover the cost of a transferred asset; a transfer of £1,000,000 from capital investment to programme expenditure to meet Lorry Road User Charging costs; and a transfer of £244,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in accordance with the Ordnance Survey Pan Government Agreement.

As a result of the specified resource DEL changes mentioned in the above paragraph, the administration costs limit has increased by £58,986,000.

Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Ruth Kelly): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics DEL will be increased by £3,863,000 from £141,651,000 to £145,514,000 and the administration

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costs limit will be increased by £863,000 from £138,960,000 to £139,823,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

(£000)

		New DEL
	Change	Voted	Non-voted	Total
Resource	863	140,181	-	140,181
Capital	3,000	19,170	-	19,170
	Depreciation*-		-13,837	-	-13,837
Total	3,863	145,514	-	145,514

* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £1,500,000 resource from the Invest to Save Budget to fund the Citizen Information Project. This is partially offset by a transfer of £637,000 in total to other government departments in relation to work to develop the Neighbourhood Statistics programme. The transfers comprise £281,000 to the Home Office, £198,000 to the Department for Education and Skills, £94,000 to the Department for transport, £59,000 to the Department of Health and £5,000 to the

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Administration costs limit will be increased by £863,000 from £138,960,000 to £139,823,000

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the partial take up of DEL end year flexibility of £3,000,000 capital expenditure as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5884).

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills (Mr. Charles Clarke): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education and Skills DEL (including the Office for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate) will be increased by £839,929,000 from £25,302,171,000 to £26,142,100,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £7,517,000 from £243,143,000 to £250,660,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£

	Resources				Capital
DfES	Change	New DEL	Of which: Voted	Non-voted	Change	New DEL	Of which: Voted	Non-voted
RfRl	790,835	21,885,292	7,781,032	14,104,260	71,775	3,338,670	2,230,909	1,107,761
RfR2	-23,163	480,131	503,294	-23,163	0	27,625	27,625	0
RfR3	13	200,013	200,000	13	51	51	0	51
OFSTED	418	207,418	207,418	0	0	2,900	2,900	0
Sub Total	768,103	22,772,854	8,691,744	14,081,110	71,826	3,369,246	2,261,434	1,107,812
Depreciation*	-4,472	-46,988	-11,291	-35,697
Total	763,631	22,725,866	8,680,453	14,045,413	71,826	3,369,246	2,261,434	1,107,812

* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

Within the Administration Cost limits changes, the impact is set out in the following table:

£000

DfES	Original	Change	Revised
DfES (RfR1)	200,744	+6,380	207,124
Sure Start (RfR2)	7,999	+1,137	9,136
Children's Fund (RfR3)	4,400		4,400
OFSTED	30,000		30,000
Total	243,143	+7,517	250,660

The change in the resource element of the DEL of £768,103,000 arises from a £683,160,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL and an increase of £84,943,000 in the non-voted element of the resource DEL.

Voted Resource DEL

The £683,160,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises for RfRl from the Machinery of Government change of £648,227,000 (Department of Health £634,557,000; Home Office £7,447,000 and Department for Constitutional Affairs £6,223,000); the net transfer in from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of £35,920,000 for the School Sports Co-ordinator Programme; the net transfer in from the Department of Health of £4,258,0000 for Standards Fund for Health; the net transfer in from the Home Office of £3,397,000 for Positive Activities for Young People, for Adult Basic Skills and for the Community Champions Programme; the transfer in from the Office for National Statistics of £198,000 for the Neighbourhood Statistics Programme; the transfer in from the Department of Trade and Industry of £108,000 for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications Programme and the transfer in of £2,300,000 from RfR2 Sure Start for SEN Tribunal Early Support Pilot projects and Adult Basic Skills; the net transfer to the Department for Work and Pensions of £12,586,000 for Basic Skills programme through Jobcentre Plus and for the Disability Rights Commission; the net transfer to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of £2,057,000 for the Regional Co-ordination Unit support; the take up of existing provision of £3,140,000 for the Parenting Fund programme and the ex-TEC property provision; and the take up of Evidence Based Policy Funding of £65,000 for understanding the impact of child poverty and progression routes; the transfer to the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England (OFSTED) of £228,000 for Specialist Schools,

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Evaluation of Training in Schools and for the Independent State Schools Partnership, which is departmental DEL neutral, movement of £190,000 (OFSTED inspection of FE Training) from non-voted to voted DEL is departmental DEL neutral.

Non-Voted Resource DEL

The £84,943,000 increase in the non-voted element of the resource DEL arises from a £108,093,000 increase in RfRl from the Machinery of Government change of £94,833,000 for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) Non departmental public body; the transfer in from the Home Office of £7,000,000 for the Higher Education Funding Council for England to support the Active Community Fund project; the transfer in from the Department for Work and Pensions of £5,750,000 for the Adult Learning Inspectorate to inspect Jobcentre Plus training providers; the transfer in of £1,000,000 from RfR2 Sure Start for the Learning Skills Council for the delivery of FE childcare places; the transfer out of £300,000 from the Higher Education Funding Council for England to the Department of Health for Clinician Awards; the transfer out from the Adult Learning Inspectorate to Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England of £190,000 to inspect FE training in Higher Education Institutes which is departmental DEL neutral.

The £23,163,000 decrease in RfR2 arises from the £23,300,000 transfer to RfRl for the SEN Tribunal Early Support Pilot projects, for Adult Basic Skills and for the delivery of FE childcare places and the transfer in of £137,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions for the ongoing costs of the childcare team.

The £13,000 increase in RfR3 arises from the net transfer out of £160,000 to the Home Office for citizenship survey project; the transfer out of £30,000 to the Department for Work and Pensions for the family and children survey and the increase from the drawdown of Invest to Save Budget of £203,000 for the Children's Centre project aiming to improve the quality of partners existing services.

Administration Cost Limits

The £7,517,000 increase in the Administration Cost limit arises from a £6,380,000 increase in the Administration Cost limit for RfRl from the Machinery of Government changes of £6,458,000 (Department of Health £4,878,000; Department for Constitutional Affairs £1,070,000 and Home Office £510,000); the transfer in of £860,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions for Employment Service contributions to shared services and for support of the Detached National Experts; the transfer in of £198,000 from the Office for National Statistics for the Neighbourhood Statistics programme; the transfer in of £108,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications programme; the net transfer out of £2,157,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for the Regional Co-ordination Unit support and the programme to administrative expenditure reclassification of £913,000 for education in Prisons and Custodial institutions.

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The £1,137,000 increase in the Administration Cost limit for RfR2 arises from the reclassification of £1,000,000 programme to administrative expenditure; the transfer in of £137,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions for the ongoing costs of the Childcare team.

Capital DEL

The change in the capital element of the DEL of £71,826,000 arises from a £62,473,000 increase in the voted element of the capital DEL and an increase of £9,353,000 in the non-voted element of the capital DEL.

Voted Capital DEL

The £62,473,000 increase to the voted element of the Capital DEL arises from an increase for RFR1 from an in year draw down of £26,750,000 to fund the Capital Modernisation Fund projects through the Standards Fund; from the £20,000,000 transfer in from RfR2 Sure Start for Nursery Education grants; from the Machinery of Government changes of £15,723,000 from the Department of Health (£45,000) for IT and furniture; (£9,500,000) for Capital Modernisation Fund Children Services and (£6,178,000) for Secure Accommodation.

Non-Voted Capital DEL

The £9,353,000 increase to the non-voted element of Capital DEL arises from an increase for RFR1 of £9,302,000 for the Machinery of Government changes from the Department of Health for Credit Approvals for Personal Social Services. An increase to the non-voted element of Capital DEL in RFR3 for the take up of £51,000 from the Invest to Save Budget for the Children's Centre project aiming to improve the quality of partners existing services.

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