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Supplementary Estimates
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Stephen Timms): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office for National Statistics DEL will decrease by £422,000 from £178,426,000 to £178,004,000 and the administration costs limit will decrease by £417,000 from £153,677,000 to £153,260,000. 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 | -417 | 153,339 | - | 153,339 |
| Capital | -5 | 24,665 | - | 24,665 |
| Depreciation* | - | -13,837 | - | -13,837 |
| Total | -422 | 164,167 | - | 164,167 |
*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 a transfer of £917,000 in total to other government departments in relation to work to develop the neighbourhood statistics programme. The transfers comprise £518,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, £195,000 to the Department of Health, £126,000 to the Department for Education and Skills, £44,000 to the Department of Constitutional Affairs and £34,000 to the Department for Transport. This is partially offset by a transfer in to ONS of £500,000 from other government departments. These transfers comprise £300,000 from HM Treasury to fund work on the Atkinson Review of Government Output and Productivity and £200,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs in respect of registration services' gender recognition project.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from a transfer of £5,000 to the Department of Health in relation to work to develop the neighbourhood statistics programme.
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Broadcasting Courts Consultation Paper
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. Christopher Leslie): The Government's consultation paper on broadcasting courts is published today, and copies have been placed in the Library.
In the paper, the Government considers the question of broadcasting courts with an open mind. We are making no recommendations to change the existing law—our purpose is to open the debate on this subject and to gauge stakeholder and public opinion prior to developing policy.
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Although no proposals are being made, throughout the paper the Government maintains the position that nothing must be done that would harm the process of justice in any way. In particular, no changes will be made that might place added pressure on vulnerable participants in court proceedings, such as victims and witnesses.
In addition to the usual consultation with stakeholders, the Government wishes to encourage responses to the paper from the general public. To this end, an electronic copy of the consultation paper will be available on the DCA website, alongside an interactive copy of the questionnaire which can be completed on-line. There will also be a discussion forum, accessible via a link from the DCA website, on which interested parties will be able to share their views.
Magistrates Courts
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. Christopher Leslie): On Thursday 11 November, my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State made a statement in respect of supporting magistrates to provide justice.
The problems dealt with every day in the magistrates courts are at the very top of the public agenda. We rely on them to be the frontline in terms of the dealing with crime, youth justice, and many family issues.
Magistrates courts should be more:
To realise this, my Department is working in partnership with the magistracy, the district judges and those working in magistrates courts to identify what can be done to achieve this and that will supplement the substantial changes already taking place in the magistrates courts.
As part of this programme of work, "supporting magistrates to provide justice", tomorrow, my Department is writing to every single lay magistrate in England and Wales inviting them to complete a questionnaire to give me their ideas and suggestions.
The questionnaire will also be made available to the professional judiciary, all those who work in the magistrates courts and all organisations within the Criminal Justice System.
Further detail on the scope and objectives of this work, as well as electronic versions of the questionnaire, can be found on the internet at www.dca.gov.uk/magistrates.htm
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Supplementary Estimates
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Tessa Jowell):
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport DEL will be increased by £171,751,000 from £1,444,030,000 to £1,615,781,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £5,342,000 from £45,912,000 to £51,254,000.
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Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
*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 increased expenditure offset by increased appropriations in aid of £3,150,000 to the Royal Parks Agency.
Take up of end-year flexibility £85,033,000 in respect of: listed places of worship (£26,000); culture online (£2,160,000); museums, libraries and archives council (£1,000,000); public lending right (£92,000); strategic commissioning (£256,000); DCMS/Wolfson improvement fund (£104,000); school sports co-ordinator project (£3,000,000); English Heritage (£123,000); the royal household (£200,000); non-cash requirements (£13,015,000); tourism (£75,000); and to fund other on-going projects within NDPBs (£64,836,000), specifically: Imperial War Museum—£2,800,000; National Gallery—£3,450,000; National Museums Liverpool—£2,468,000; Tate Gallery—£13,500,000; British Library—£8,880,000; Arts Council—£14,018,000; Sport England—£7,920,000; UK Sports Council—£4,250,000; English Heritage—£3,000,000; UK Film Council—£4,550,000.
Transfers from other Government Departments of £1,000,000 from DfES in respect of strategic commissioning: museums and galleries education programme and £4,000,000 from DfT in respect of Wembley development costs.
Transfers to other Government Departments of £3,000,000 to DfES in respect of school sport co-ordinators programme; £23,000 to DfES in respect of staff costs of PESSCL; £770,000 to MoD for grant to the Met Office.
A reserve claim of £1,250,000 to cover the costs of the sale of the TOTE.
The increase in the Department's administration costs limit arises from take up of end-year flexibility of £5,865,000 in respect of: broadcasting reviews (500,000); cash management bonus 2002–03 and 2003–04 (£63,000 and £55,000 respectively); to meet ongoing commitments (£5,247,000).
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from take up of end-year flexibility of £130,796,000 in respect of capital modernisation fund projects (£68,803,000); ERDF (£27,630,000); and to fund ongoing projects within the Department's NDPB's (£34,363,000), specifically from 2002–03 EYF entitlement: museums, galleries and libraries—£30,385,000; arts—£89,000; historic buildings monuments and sites—£439,000; sport—£207,000; from 2003–04 EYF entitlement National Museum of Science and Industry—£800,000; Tate Gallery—£963,000; Sir John Soanes Museum—£200,000; Sport England—£1,000,000; English Heritage—£280,000.
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Transfers to DWP of £20,800,000 in respect of repayment of ERDF/ESF loan from 2003–04 under the PES pool arrangement to increase European development fund expenditure borne on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Estimate.
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