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Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday 16 November 2004
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Supplementary Estimates
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. Christopher Leslie): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Northern Ireland Court Service and national archives: Public Records Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission DEL will be increased by £280,221,000 from £3,256,319,000 to £3,536,540,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £116,908,000 from £886,273,000 to £1,003,181,000. 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 Department of Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:
Take-up of DEL end-year flexibility:
£31,790,000 administration costs as set out in the public expenditure outturn White Paper; £27,200,000 administration costs in relation to receipts for the sale of Birmingham Priory Courts; £343,000 administration costs in relation to the online forms finance-invest to save budget (ISB) 387; £201,000 resources in the form of grants to the Legal Services Commission in relation to the invest to save budget (ISB) project award—legal services to prisoners; £167,000 resources in the form of grants to Legal Services Commission in relation to the ISB award—live and interactive (project Eagle); £10,000 administration costs in relation to the invest to save budget project 384 computer enquiry system; £3,304,000 administration costs, £2,990,000 programme costs, in relation to the CJS Reserve; £7,555,000 administration costs, £6,574,000 programme costs in relation to the single asylum fund (SAF) for 2004–05;
Transfers from Central HM Treasury funds:
£15,000,000 administration costs from the in relation to the single asylum fund (SAF) for 2004–05 SR02 uplift; £6,000,000 programme costs in relation to election pilots; £2,000 resources in the form of grant to Legal Services Commission in relation to the ISB award—live and interactive (project Eagle) ref: 297;
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£23,580,000 administration costs and £24,823,000 programme costs, from Home Office in relation to the CJS reserve;
£2,745,000 administration costs to DCA headquarters, £590,000 administration costs to the Court Service and £23,918,000 programme costs to DCA headquarters from the Home Office in relation to the single asylum fund (SAP);
Transfers from other Government Departments:
£3,900,000 programme costs from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to the Court Service in relation to Election Pilots Transfer for Elections Claims Unit (ECU); £3,600,000 resources from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Court Service in relation to section 53 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; £517,000 administration costs from the Department for Education and Skills, and £2,858,000 administration costs to the Court Service in relation to the implementation costs for S.118 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002; £337,000 administration costs from Home Office in relation to the recovered asset incentivisation fund; £330,000 resources from the Department for Education and Skills to Legal Services Commission: administration in relation to the implementation costs for S.118 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002; £330,000 administration costs to DCA headquarters and £20,000 administration costs to the Court Service from the Department of Trade and Industry in relation to the Civil Partnership Bill; £210,000 administration costs from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in relation to funding for election claims service level agreement (SLA); £62,000 administration costs from the Ministry of Defence in relation to Naval Courts Martial; £44,000 administration costs in relation to the transfer of the neighbourhood statistics programme (NeSS) admin fund 2004–05 from the Office for National Statistics; £4,000 administration costs from the Home Office and £14,000 programme costs in relation to the Anti Social Behaviour Act part 2—Juvenile County Court pilot;
Transfers to other Government Departments:
£22,000,000 programme costs to the Northern Ireland Court Service in relation to funding the Legal Services Commission in Northern Ireland; £200,000 administration costs to the Office for National Statistics in relation to funding the gender recognition project; £34,000 administration costs to the Northern Ireland Court Service in relation to the Civil Partnership Bill; £17,000 administration costs to the Department of Trade and Industry being contribution to the apportionment of the fees for senior salaries review body (SSRB) members;
A transfer to the Wales Office of £490,000 resources from the National Assembly for Wales to cover DCA merger.
The change in the resource element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL arises from:
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A PES transfer from the Department for Constitutional Affairs of £22,034 in respect of the funding of publicly funded legal services in Northern Ireland (£22,000), expenditure arising from the introduction of the Civil Partnership Bill in Northern Ireland (£34,000) and an adjustment (£10,138) to convert the baseline for publicly funded legal services from a cash to a resource basis.
The change of £2,000,000 in the resource element of the national archives DEL arises from:
Expenditure on the development of digital information systems for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and development of online services for the national archives website further to improve access to catalogues and records. The increase sought comprises £2 million end year flexibity draw down and a reduction of £2 million in depreciation provision offset against a £2 million increase in resources DEL. Additionally, to allow the national archives to develop wider market sales operations, a neutral change is sought to allow for £3.4 million of expenditure on events, on wholesale publishing, book purchases and record copying intended for sale through the national archive's retail sales outlets and wholesale distribution channels. This expenditure is offset by additional wider market receipts generated by these retail sales of £3.4 million. The 2004–05 main estimate provided £36.7 million administration cost limit. The winter supplementary estimate requests an increase in the original provision of £2 million, making the new limit £38.7 million.
The change in the capital element of the Department of Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:
Take-up of DEL End Year Flexibility:
£16,115,000 capital costs as set out in the public expenditure outturn White Paper; £30,900,000 capital costs in relation to receipts for the sale of Birmingham Priory Courts; £9,580,000 capital, in relation to the CJS Reserve; £8,400,000 capital in relation to the Capital Modernisation Fund (CMF); £2,000,000 capital costs in relation to the Single Asylum Fund (SAF) for 2004–05;
£6,520,000 capital from Home Office in relation to the CJS Reserve;
The change in the capital element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL arises from:
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £2,000 in end year flexibility to fund a programme of major refurbishment and IT related projects.
The change in the capital element of the national archives DEL arises from:
Expenditure on the development of digital information systems for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and development of online services for the national archives website to further improve access to catalogues and records. This increase comprises a £1.3 million end-year flexibility draw-down.
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