Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill

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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill

Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill
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A
Bill
To
authorise the use of resources for the service of the years ending with 31st
March 2004 and 31st March 2005 and to apply certain sums out of the
Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004
and 31st March 2005; and to appropriate the supply authorised in this Session
of Parliament for the service of the years ending with 31st March 2004 and 31st
March 2005.
Whereas the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled have
resolved to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the
Consolidated Fund towards making good the supply which they have granted
to Her Majesty in this Session of Parliament:—
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice
and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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Use of resources for the year that ended with 31st March 2004
The use of resources for the service of the year that ended with 31st March 2004
is authorised to the amount of £69,497,995.67.
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Issue out of the Consolidated Fund for the year that ended with 31st March
2004
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The Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom
and apply to the service of the year that ended with 31st March 2004 the sum
of £67,597,194.64.
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Use of resources for the year ending with 31st March 2005
The use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2005 is
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authorised to the amount of £7,067,482,000.

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Issue out of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending with 31st March 2005
The Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom
and apply to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2005 the sum of
£6,073,788,000.
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Appropriation of amounts and sums voted for supply services and limits on
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appropriations in aid
(1)
All the amounts and sums authorised by this Act and the other Act mentioned
in Schedule 1 to this Act, for the service of the year that ended with 31st March
2004 and of the year ending with 31st March 2005, totalling, as is shown in the
said Schedule, £13,879,870,995.67 in amounts of resources authorised for use
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and £13,763,310,194.64 in sums authorised for issue from the Consolidated
Fund, are appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as
from the date of the passing of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule 1, for
the services and purposes specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(2)
Part 1 of Schedule 2 also sets out modifications of the limits set for the purposes
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of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20) on the
resources applicable as appropriations in aid for the year that ended with 31st
March 2004.
(3)
Part 2 of Schedule 2 also sets out, for the services and purposes specified in that
Part of that Schedule, modifications of the limits set for the purposes of section
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2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 on the resources
applicable as appropriations in aid for the year ending with 31st March 2005.
(4)
The limits as modified by Part 1 of Schedule 2 shall be deemed to have been in
force from 22nd February 2005.
(5)
The limits as modified by Part 2 of Schedule 2 shall be deemed to have been in
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force from 15th November 2004.
(6)
Subsection (5), so far as it relates to—
(a)
a reduction set out in the Table in Part 2 of Schedule 2, or
(b)
a modification so set out which, according to a note to that Part,
comprises a reduction,
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does not affect the validity of anything to which subsection (7) applies.
(7)
This subsection applies to anything done in accordance with a direction given
for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act
2000 during the year ending with 31st March 2005 if (disregarding subsection
(5)) —
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(a)
at the time it was done the direction complied with the limit set under
a previous Appropriation Act, or
(b)
that direction would have complied with the limit then in force if that
limit had, for the period ending with 22nd February 2005, been
increased as mentioned in the note in question.
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(8)
The payment of amounts into the Consolidated Fund is not required (by or
under any enactment or otherwise) to the extent that permission for their
retention is given by the Treasury in anticipation of the giving of directions, by
reference to a Statement of Excesses, that will authorise the application of the
amounts as appropriations in aid for the service of the year ending with 31st
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March 2005; but—

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(a)
a permission for the purposes of this subsection expires with the giving
by reference to a Statement of Excesses of any direction that authorises
the application of resources as appropriations in aid in relation to the
Request for Resources or Estimate to which the amounts in question are
referable; and
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(b)
if, having given such a permission, the Treasury decide before its
expiry not to give the anticipated direction, they must withdraw the
permission on making the decision.
(9)
The abstracts of Schedule 1 and of Schedule 2 which are annexed to this Act
shall have effect as part of this Act.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2005.

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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill
Abstract of Schedule 2

Abstract of Schedule 1

(Resources authorised for use and Grants out of the Consolidated Fund
subject to appropriation)

Resources authorised for use ................................................
£13,879,870,995.67

Grants out of the Consolidated Fund ...................................
£13,763,310,194.64

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Abstract of Schedule 2

(Appropriation of amounts and sums voted for supply services and limits on
appropriations in aid)

Part
Net resources
Grants out of the
Operating
Non-operating

authorised for use
Consolidated Fund
Appropriations
Appropriations

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in Aid
in Aid

£
£
£
£

2003–04 and 2004–05

Part 1.  Excesses, 2003–04
69,497,995.67
67,597,194.64
37,324,362.30
0

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Part 2.  Supplementary, 2004–05
13,810,373,000
13,695,713,000
2,901,578,000
912,684,000

Grand Total ..............................................................
13,879,870,995.67
13,763,310,194.64
2,938,902,362.30
912,684,000

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Schedule 1 — Resources authorised for use and Grants out of the Consolidated Fund subject to appropriation
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Schedule 1
Section 5

Resources authorised for use and Grants out of the Consolidated Fund
subject to appropriation

Resources
Grants out of the

authorised for use
Consolidated Fund

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£
£

For the service of the year ended 31st March 2004—

Under this Act
69,497,995.67
67,597,194.64

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For the service of the year ending 31st March 2005—

Under Act 2004 c. 38
6,742,891,000
7,621,925,000

Under this Act
7,067,482,000
6,073,788,000

Total ......................................................................................
13,879,870,995.67
13,763,310,194.64

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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill
Schedule 2 — Appropriation of amounts and sums voted for supply services and limits on appropriations in aid
Part 1 — Excesses, 2003–04
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Schedule 2
Section 5

Appropriation of amounts and sums voted for supply services and limits on
appropriations in aid
Part 1
Excesses, 2003–04
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Table of—
(a)
the resources authorised for use to make good excesses incurred in
meeting the costs of the defence and civil services which are specified
in the first column of the Table for the year that ended with 31st
March 2004;
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(b)
the sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to make
good those excesses; and
(c)
modifications of the limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), on the
resources applicable as appropriations in aid to make good those
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excesses.

Estimate/
Net Resources
Grants out of the
Operating
Non-operating

Request for Resources
authorised for use
Consolidated Fund
Appropriations
Appropriations

in Aid
in Aid

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£
£
£
£

TEACHERS’ PENSION SCHEME

67,597,194.64

0

1.  Teachers’ pensions
69,496,995.67

37,324,362.30

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HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

0

0

1.  Administering the indirect tax and customs
1,000.00

0

control systems fairly and efficiently, and enabling

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individuals and businesses to understand and comply

with their obligations [1]

Administrative costs of taxation; the operation of

customs revenue controls; the provision of trade

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information and other customs and excise related

services; the regulation of activities of the money

laundering regulatory regime; payments in respect of

Shipbuilders’ Relief and the Customs and Excise

National Museum; the provision of resources to police

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authorities to facilitate the independent investigation

of complaints and allegations against departmental

staff; and on associated non-cash items.

Total, Excesses, 2003–04. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69,497,995.67
67,597,194.64
37,324,362.30
0

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Note
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Revised ambit. Parliamentary authority is required to cover expenditure
within previously voted resource limits but outside the coverage of the
original ambit. The revised ambit includes the additional wording “the
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provision of resources to police authorities to facilitate the independent
investigation of complaints and allegations against departmental staff”.

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Schedule 2 — Appropriation of amounts and sums voted for supply services and limits on appropriations in aid
Part 2 — Supplementary, 2004–05
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Part 2
Supplementary, 2004–05

Table of—
(a)
the supplementary resources authorised for use to meet the costs of
the services and purposes which are specified in the first column of
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the Table for the year ending with 31st March 2005;
(b)
the supplementary sums authorised for issue out of the
Consolidated Fund to meet those costs;
(c)
supplementary reductions of the resources or sums previously
authorised for such use or issue; and
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(d)
modifications of the limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), on the
resources applicable as appropriations in aid to meet those costs.

Estimate/
Net Resources
Grants out of the
Operating
Non-operating

Request for Resources
authorised for use
Consolidated Fund
Appropriations
Appropriations

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in Aid
in Aid

£
£
£
£

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS

1,341,957,000

0

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1.  To help build a competitive economy and
1,124,757,000

-58,390,000*

inclusive society by: creating opportunities for
[2]

everyone to develop their learning; releasing

potential in people to make the most of themselves;

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and achieving excellence in standards of education

and levels of skills

Loans to voluntary aided schools; provision relating

to former grant-maintained schools; the Assisted

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Places Scheme; music and dance schools; support for

the Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth; City

Technology Colleges; support for Academies; the

school curriculum and its assessment; education

action zones; modernising the teaching profession and

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other educational services and initiatives; initiatives to

write-off student loans to teachers in England and

Wales; class size reductions; school and local

education authority intervention; specialist schools;

excellence in cities and other specific grants to local

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authorities including those through the Standards

Fund; grants in aid to the National College for School

Leadership, the Teacher Training Agency, the British

Educational Communications and Technology

Agency, and the Qualifications and Curriculum

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Authority and the Partnerships for Schools; support

for the Centre for Information Learning Technology;

capital grants to schools including those through the

Standards Fund; the youth service; careers guidance

and services including through the Connexions

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Service including working capital grants and loans for

capital purchases; higher, further and other education

provision and initiatives, including the Higher

Education Innovation Fund, the Science and Research

Investment Fund and Higher Education Business

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Fellows; capital grants to music, dance and other

schools; payments for education in prisons and other

custodial institutions; student grants; the payment of

access funds and education maintenance allowances;

the provision of training and assessment programmes

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for young people and adults; initiatives to improve

education, training and qualifications arrangements

and access to these; the promotion of enterprise;

teacher training initiatives; payments to the

Department for Work and Pensions to support the UK

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subscription to the International Labour Organisation

and other international educational programmes;