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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Supplementary Estimates
The Secretary of State for International Development (Hilary Benn):
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £163,106,000 from £3,758,690,000 to £3,921,796,000 and the
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administration costs limit will be increased by £10,024,000 from £222,000,000 to £232,024,000, 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 | 136,078 | 3,293,768 | 607,500 | 3,901,268 |
| Capital | 22,528 | 40,528 | 40,528 | |
| Depreciation* | 4,500 | -20,000 | -20,000 | |
| Total | 163,106 | 3,314,296 | 607,500 | 3,921,796 |
* Depreciation, which forms part of the 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 partial draw down of £10,000,000 of administration costs end year flexibility, as set out in the Public Expenditure 2003–04 Provisional Outturn White Paper (Cm 6293), for the administration of development programmes, humanitarian assistance, systems to improve efficiency, and the administration costs of the new Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit.
A full draw down of £153,092,000 of other resource end year flexibility, as set out in the Public Expenditure 2003–04 Provisional Outturn White Paper (Cm 6293), for development programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia and for programmes contributing to multiple objectives, and for the programme costs of the new Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit.
A claim on the reserve of £25,000,000 in respect of humanitarian assistance following the earthquake and tsunami in south-east Asia.
A transfer of £500,000 from the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs for development projects in Russia and the Ukraine.
A transfer of £24,000 of administration costs from the Cabinet Office relating to DfID's use of the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.
A transfer of £6,500,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for planned programme activity on global conflict prevention.
A reduction of £1,038,000 in respect of a transfer to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for planned programme activity on conflict prevention in Africa.
A reduction of £16,000,000 relating to a transfer to the capital DEL of subscription costs for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
A reduction of £35,000,000 relating to the reclassification of the costs of DfID's investment in CDC Group plc from the DEL to annually managed expenditure.
A reduction of £7,000,000 relating to transfers of Africa conflict prevention unallocated provision to the Ministry of Defence (£2,920,000) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (£4,080,000).
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The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
A draw down of £6,528,000 of capital end-year flexibility, including £6,064,000 vired from other resource, as set out in the Public Expenditure 2003–04 Provisional Outturn White Paper (Cm 6293) for investment in improvements to management information and financial systems, acquisition of equity in Actis Capital llp, and the initial capital costs of the new Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit.
An increase of £16,000,000 relating to a transfer from the resource DEL of subscription costs for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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The change in the adjustment for depreciation arises from forecasts being lower, by £4,500,000, than the total included in the Main Estimate.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Supplementary Estimates
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Paul Murphy): Subject to parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2004–05 spring Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £47,954,000 from £1,236,190,000 to £1,284,144,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resource and capital is as set out in the following table:
| Resource (£'000s) | Capital (£'000s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | New DEL | Of which:voted | Non-voted | Change | New DEL | Of which:voted | Non-voted |
| 48,054 | 1,201,508 | 344,087 | 857,421 | (100) | 82,636 | 35,561 | 47,075 |
The change in the resource element of the DEL by £48,054,000 arises from the draw down of £50,281,000 end-year flexibility and the surrender of PES transfers to other departments of £2,227,000.
The extra resource is primarily required to fund a non-budget pressure relating to the PSNI FTR severance provision.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the surrender of PES transfers to other departments of £100,000.
PRIME MINISTER
Senior Salaries
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair):
The 27th report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries, which makes recommendations about the pay of the Senior Civil Service, senior military personnel and the judiciary, is being published today. Copies are available in the Vote Office and the Libraries of the House. The Government are grateful to the chairman and members of the review body for their work.
The main recommendations of the review body for the Senior Civil Service are:
An uplift from 1 April 2005 of 2.5 per cent to the pay range minima and target rates for each of the Senior Civil Service pay bands below Permanent Secretary and a 3 per cent uplift to the pay range ceilings;
Individual base pay awards to range from 0 to 9 per cent depending on contribution with an average award of 4.2 per cent;
The bonus pot to increase by 1 per cent to 5 per cent of pay bill and that the minimum non-consolidated bonus payment to remain at £2,500;
The main recommendation of the review body for the senior military is:
An increase from 1 April 2005 of 2.5 per cent in the incremental pay scales for senior military officers.
The main recommendation of the review body for the judiciary is:
The Government accept these recommendations. Their cost will be met within existing departmental expenditure limits.
Pay increases for Members of Parliament and Ministers are linked automatically to the movement of the mid point of the pay bands for the Senior Civil Service. Their salaries will therefore increase by 2.8 per cent from 1 April 2005.
Supplementary Estimates
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Security and Intelligence Agencies' departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £72,799,000 from £1,333,590,000 to £1,406,389,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £23,713,000 from £603,517,000 to £627,230,000. This includes available Departmental Unallocated Provision, which was not included in the written statement for the Winter Supplementary Estimate. 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 of £45,000 from the Cabinet Office for funding the resource element of a Capital Modernisation project;
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
a transfer of £2,000,000 from the Cabinet Office for the funding of a Capital Modernisation project;
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