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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Departmental Expenditure Limit
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 decreased by £8,962,000 from £4,481,044,000 to £4,472,082,000. The administration budget remains unchanged at £238,970,000. 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 | -20,954 | 3,814,516 | 637,574 | 4,452,090 |
| Capital | 12,000 | 42,000 | 42,000 | |
| Depreciation* | -8 | -22,008 | -22,008 | |
| Total | -8,962 | 3,834,508 | 637,574 | 4,472,082 |
*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 these assets would lead to double counting.
The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
The take up of £4,865,000 of departmental unallocated provision within Request for Resources 1 to support development programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.
The take up of £5,000,000 of departmental unallocated provision within Request for Resources 1 to support programmes developing innovative approaches to development.
An increase of £2,000,000 within Request for Resources 1 in respect of additional resources provided to enable a donation to be made to the Disasters Emergency Committee equivalent to VAT charged on Tsunami appeal events.
A transfer of £19,000 from the Department for Education and Skills to Request for Resources 1 for charitable donations relating to the UK Presidencies of the G8 and European Union.
A reduction of £2,838,000 within Request for Resources 1 to adjust for the refund of VAT to the BandAid Charitable Trust being lower than the provision included in Main Estimates.
A reduction of £9,865,000 resulting from the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to Request for Resources 1 to support development programmes in sub-saharan Africa and programmes developing innovative approaches to development.
A reduction of £7,985,000 relating to the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a consequence of the transfer of policy responsibility for the Small Grants Scheme.
A reduction of £12,000,000 relating to the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of support for the African Union mission in Sudan (Darfur).
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A reduction of £150,000 relating to the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of Global Conflict Prevention projects in the Caucasus.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
A draw down of £11,800,000 of capital end-year flexibility as set out in the Public Expenditure 2004–05 Provisional Outturn White Paper (Cm 6639) within Request for Resources 1 for construction of new offices and security enhancements to regional offices, for investments in regional development banks and other international development agencies, and for investment in improvements to management information and financial systems.
A draw down of £200,000 of capital end-year flexibility within Request for Resources 2 for investment in information systems for the Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit.
The change in the adjustment for depreciation arises from the inclusion within Request for Resources 2 of an allowance for the depreciation of assets used for post conflict reconstruction.
SCOTLAND
Departmental Expenditure Limit
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Alistair Darling): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Scotland Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £59,014,000 from £23,306,369,000 to £23,365,383,000.
The DEL increase takes account of the following routine adjustments to the Scottish Executive provision:
The DEL increase also includes the following transfers between the Scottish Executive and other Government departments, amounting to a net increase of £3,093,000. These are:
The increases will be offset by interdepartmental transfers as detailed above or charged to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Departmental Expenditure Limit
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Alan Johnson):
The Department has, today, produced its Winter Supplementary 2005–06 Estimates Memorandum. Copies of the Memorandum have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
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TRANSPORT
Departmental Expenditure Limit
The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Alistair Darling): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Transport DEL for 2005–06 will be decreased by £21,457,000 from £11,745,372,000 to £11,723,915,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £22,446,000 from £242,112,000 to £264,558,000.
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.
Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £22,446,000)
Voted: total increase of £22,446,000.
(i) a transfer of £19,203,000 from non voted programme resource to Central Administration arising from the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority;
(ii) a transfer of £7,643,000 from voted programme resource arising from the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority; partially offset by
(iii) a transfer of £4,400,000 to the Office of Deputy Prime Minister for their share of accruing superannuation liability charges.
Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £36,096,000)
Voted: total increase of £1,575,986,000
(i) a net transfer from non-voted resource provision of £1,583,379,000 comprising:
(a) a transfer of £1,554,693,000 arising from the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority and the transfers of responsibilities to the Department;
(b) £17,268,000 transfer to freight grants for functions transferred from the Strategic Rail Authority;
(c) £12,118,000 transfer from Departmental Unallocated Provision for Transport Direct (£7,000,000), Crossrail preparation costs, EU presidency costs and the study of the long term impact of transport decisions (£4,118,000) and transport security (1,000,000); partially offset by:
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(d) £700,000 transfer from Roads and Local Transport to Departmental Unallocated Provision to decrease resource provision for consultancies and other services.
(ii) a transfer of £250,000 from the Department for Trade and Industry for the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.
(iii) a transfer of £7,643,000 to voted administration resource.
Non Voted: total decrease of £1,612,055,000.
(i) a net transfer of £1,583,379,000 to voted resource.
(ii) a transfer of £19,203,000 to voted administration resource; and
(iii) a net transfer of £9,473,000 to other government departments comprising:
(a) £4,000,000 to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the Wembley National Stadium project;
(b) £3,750,000 to the Scottish Executive for functions transferred from the Strategic Rail Authority;
(c) £2,000,000 to the Office of Rail Regulation for the transfer of functions from the Strategic Rail Authority;
(d) £63,000 to the Welsh Assembly for additional staff costs arising from the devolution of rail services to Wales; partially offset by
(e) £340,000 from the Home Office for the Libra Restart Project.
Capital Change (total decrease of £4,300,000)
Voted: total increase of £50,986,000
(i) a net transfer from non-voted capital provision of £50,986,000 comprising:
(a) a reclassification of £54,286,000 from supported capital expenditure (revenue) to capital grants for local transport major schemes;
(b) a transfer of £700,000 to transport technology research from Departmental Unallocated Provision; partially offset by
(c) £4,000,000 transfer from Transport Direct to Departmental Unallocated Provision.
Non-Voted total decrease of £55,286,000
(i) a net transfer of £50,986,000 to voted capital and
(ii) a net transfer of £4,300,000 to the Office of Rail Regulation for the transfer of functions from the Strategic Rail Authority.
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