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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Supplementary Estimates
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. David Lammy): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Constitutional Affairs and Northern Ireland Court Service departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £74,547,000 from £3,536,540,000 to £3,611,087,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £38,001,000 from £1,003,181,000 to £1,041,182,000.
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 for Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:
Resource Change: Admin (total increase of £37,001,000)
Voted: total increase of £65,403,000
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Transfers from Central HM Treasury funds:
(i) £58,000,000 resources in relation to the Libra reserve claim.
Transfers from other Government Departments:
(ii) £446,000 resources from the Cabinet Office in relation to the re-funding for the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Transfers to other Government Departments:
(iii) £554,000 resources to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to costs for CPS case progression officers and secondees.
(iv) £122,000 resources to the Department for Work and Pensions being the increase indeduction of benefits for fines.
(v) Reversal of a transfer of £2,745,000 admin resources to DCA HQ and £590,000 admin resources to Court Service from the Home Office in relation to the Single Asylum Fund (SAF).
Transfers between sections within the RfR:
(vi) £7,450,000 admin resources to Capital in relation to the reclassification of Birmingham Priory Courts proceeds for Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
(vii) £10,000,000 admin resources to Capital from DCA HQ to the Court Service in relation to PFI liabilities.
Transfer between voted & non-voted resources:
(viii) £28,402,000 increase to voted admin resources in relation to the take up of departmental unallocated provision.
Transfers from other Government Departments:
(ix) £16,000 resources from the Cabinet Office in relation to the re-funding for Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £12,191,000)
Voted: total decrease of £12,191,000
Transfers from other Government Departments:
(i) £8,800,000 resources from Home Office in relation to downstream costs for criminal justice initiatives.
(ii) £1,400,000 resources from Home Office in relation to funding for Liverpoolcommunity justice centre.
(iii) £800,000 resources from Home Office—Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) in relation to funding the development of Libra interface to Exchange Integration Service Stream Release.
(iv) £206,000 resources from Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology for Crown Courts.
(v) £52,000 resources from Home Office—Criminal Justice Information, Technology in relation to Virtual Plea and Direction Hearings.
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(vi) £35,000 resources from Home Office: Criminal justice information technology in order to fund the application of the Criminal Justice System Exchange project.
(vii) £750,000 resources from Home Office: Criminal Justice Information Technology in relation to the Effective Trial Management Programme.
Transfers to other Government Departments:
(viii) £29,000 resources to the Home Office in relation to costs for Contribution to Group of States against Corruption.
(ix) Reversal of a transfer of £23,918,000 programme resources to DCA HQ from the Home Office in relation to the Single Asylum Fund (SAF).
Transfers between sections within the Estimate:
(x) £287,000 resources from Magistrates Courts Revenue Grant to Magistrates Courts Capital Grant in relation to building and Information Technology costs.
The change in the resource element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL arises from:
Resource Change: Admin (total increase of £1,000,000)
Voted: total net increase of £1,000,000.
(i) To take up resource end year flexibility of £1,000,000 in respect of administration expenditure on the development costs associated with the Integrated Court Operations System (ICOS). This is partially offset by the profit arising form the sale of a surplus court building (£470,000) classified as programme.
Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £470,000)
Voted: total decrease of £470,000
(i) Decrease of £470,000 being the netting of the profit element of the sale of a surplus court building against current programme provision. The change in the capital element of the Department for Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:
Capital Change (total increase of £48,737,000)
Voted: total increase of £50,937,000
Transfers from Central HM Treasury funds:
(i) £31,000,000 capital to the Court Service in relation to a non-cash reserve claim for PFI liabilities.
Transfers between sections within the Estimate:
(i) £287,000 resources from Magistrates Courts Grants to Magistrates Courts Capital Grants in relation Magistrates Courts Capital building and Information Technology costs.
(ii) £7,450,000 admin resources to Capital in relation to the reclassification of Birmingham Priory Courts proceeds for Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
(iii) £10,000,000 admin resources to Capital from DCA HQ to the Court Service in relation to PFI liabilities.
Transfer between voted and non-voted capital:
(iv) £2,200,000 increase to voted capital from supplementary credit approvals in relation to Libra funding.
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The change in the capital element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL arises from:
Capital Change (total increase of £470,000)
Voted: total increase of £470,000
(i) To take up non-operating appropriations in aid of £1,000,000 arising from the sale of surplus court buildings. These non-operating appropriations in aid will offset additional capital expenditure on major refurbishment and IT projects. In budget terms, the increase in gross expenditure is offset by the net book value of the properties of £530,000.
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 £12,478,000 from £1,615,781,000 to £1,628,259,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £163,000 from £51,254,000 to £51,417,000. 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 DEL arises from a transfer in respect of the PES Pool European Regional Development Fund to the Department for Work and Pensions that has been offset with transfers from non-voted spending in respect of accrued superannuation liability contributions (ASLCs) for the public lending right of £52,000; for the British Library of £2,230,000; for the Football Licensing Authority of £104,000 and for English Heritage of £1,327,000. A reserve claim of £400,000 to cover the costs of the sale of the TOTE.
The increase in the Department's administration costs limit arises from transfers from other Government Departments of £35,000 from ODPM in respect of salary costs for joint working on local public service agreements and £128,000 from Cabinet Office in respect of funding for the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from increased expenditure offset by increased non operating appropriations in aid of £110,000 in respect of sale of properties at Windsor; £268,000 from the Northern Ireland Office Broadcasting contract; and £10,000 in respect of rents received by the Royal Parks Agency.
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