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WALES
Departmental Expenditure Limit
The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Peter Hain): The Wales Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £1,207,000 from £12,242,287,000 to £12,243,494,000. The increase is a result of:
(b) A consequential of £564,000 for the Invest to save budget as part of the Chancellor's Spring Budget.
These transfers are as follows:
The increase in DEL will be offset by transfers from other Departments and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
WORK AND PENSIONS
Vinyl Chloride Monomer-Related Diseases
The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Margaret Hodge): The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council report has today been laid before Parliament. After careful consideration, I have accepted the recommendations. Amending legislation will be laid before Parliament.
In brief the changes are as follows:
In the case of Prescribed Disease C24 prescription has been changed from:
Copies of the report have been placed in the Library, and are available to hon. Members from the Vote Office.
Departmental Expenditure Limit
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. James Plaskitt):
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions DEL will be increased by £203,583,000 from £8,623,821,000 to £8,827,404,000 and the administration costs limits
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will be increased by £39,855,000 from £6,019,407,000 to £6,059,262,000. 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 | 143,425 | 6,815,271 | 1,715,181 | 8,530,452 |
| Capital | 60,158 | 396,414 | 9,928 | 406,342 |
| Depreciation (1) | -108,628 | -762 | -109,390 | |
| Total | 203,583 | 7,103,057 | 1,724,347 | 8,827,404 |
1. 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:
i. an increase in provision of £80,000,000 (other current) due to increased spending on employment programmes (take up of end of year flexibility);
ii. an increase in provision of £600,000 (grants) due to a transfer from the Scottish Executive for the costs of administration subsidy to Local Authorities;
iii. an increase in provision of £2,939,000 (grants) due to a successful bid from the Invest to Save budget;
iv. an increase in provision of £5,000,000 (administration) for the costs of age-related payments as announced in the 2004 Pre-budget Report;
v. an increase in provision of £31,000 (grants) due to a successful bid from the Invest to Save budget;
vi. a reduction in provision of £145,000 (administration) due to a transfer to the Ministry of Defence for the Veterans Agency postal budget;
vii. an increase in provision of £20,000,000 (other current non-cash) due to an increase in the provision for Early Release (end of year flexibility);
viii. an increase in provision of £25,000,000 (administration) from the Reserve to meet the cost of higher Post Office Card Account volumes as agreed in the SR2002 Settlement;
ix. an increase in provision of £10,000,000 (administration) for measures to promote Financial Inclusion as agreed in the 2005 Budget Report;
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The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
x. an increase in provision of £60,000,000 due to spending on Jobcentre Plus rollout (take up of End Year Flexibility);
xi. an increase in provision of £158,000 due to a successful bid from the Invest to Save budget;
The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from those items noted above as affecting administration costs.
Movements from Non-voted expenditure
Additionally there are the following drawdowns that are neutral in overall DEL terms:
Departmental Unallocated Provision
xii. £1,500,000 (resource) into RfR2 for the Working Age Client Group;
xiii. £25,000,000 (resource) into RfR3 for the Pensions Service;
xiv. £26,675,000 (resource) into RfR5 for Corporate Administration;
xv. £7,000,000 (capital) into RfR5 for Corporate Projects;
xvi. £25,000,000 into RfR1 for Child Support Reform;
xvii. £30,000,000 into RfR2 for the Customer Management System;
xviii. £69,000,000 (resource) and £29,000,000 (capital) into RfR3 for the Pensions Transformation Project;
xix. £47,000,000 into RfR5 for expenditure on the Payment Modernisation Project, the Resource Management Project and the Debt Management Project;
xx. £70,000,000 into RfR2 for Jobcentre Plus roll out.
xxi. £21,000,000 from RfR3 into non-voted.
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Winter Supplementary Estimate 2005–06
The Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (Ms Harriet Harman):
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 Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £112,824,000 from £3,673,082,000 to £3,785,906,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £13,847,000 from £476,234,000 to £490,081,000
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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_£18,331,000)
Transfers from other Government departments:
(i) £3,550,000 resources from the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) Criminal Justice Service (CJS) ring fence to provide additional funding for the Effective Trial Management Programme (ETMP) information technology programme.
Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
(ii) £1,225,000 increase of resources in relation to Local Government Elections.
(iii) £15,141,000 increase of resources in relation to Departmental underspends.
(iv) £150,000 increase of resources in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT).
Transfers to other Government departments:
(v) £248,000 to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to staff on secondment to Liverpool Community Justice Centre.
(vi) £150,000 to the Home Office in relation to Contribution to the Central Witness Bureau.
(vii) A Machinery of Government transfer of £48,000 to the Department for Culture, Media & Sports in relation to the Remembrance Sunday Ceremony.
Transfers between sections within the Estimates:
(viii) A reduction of £1,289,000 Public Guardianship Office administration resource to program in relation to internal re-allocation.
Resource_Change:_Programme_(total_increase_of_£47,894,000)
Transfers from other Government departments:
(i) £23,780,000 resources from the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) ring fenced funding.
(ii) £215,000 resources from the Home Office in relation to support funding for Essex Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB).
Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
(iii) £14,000 to Legal Services Commission: Administration in relation to Invest to Save Budget (ISB) funding for the Live and Interactive Project—ISB Ref: 297.
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Transfers between sections within the Estimates:
(iv) An increase of £1,289,000 from Public Guardianship Office administration resource to program in relation to internal re-allocation.
Transfers to other Government departments:
(v) £2,000,000 to the Home Office in relation to Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB) funding.
(vi) £1,804,000 to Crown prosecution Service in relation to Effective Trial Management Programme (ETMP) Funding.
Enforcement Improvement Pilot:
(vii) £44,600,000 additional appropriations in aid to Her Majesty's Court Service in relation to the Enforcement Improvement Pilot Scheme (the appropriation in aid of fine receipts in order to reinvest in the enforcement process).
(viii) £71,000,000 non-voted resource DEL for Elections
The change in the resource element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL arises from:
Resource_Change:_Admin_(total_decrease_of_£4,484,000)
(i) To take up resource end year flexibility of £655,000 in respect of administration expenditure on the planned costs associated with the Integrated Court Operations System (ICOS), £250,000 implementation costs of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission and in respect of additional cash expenditure on publicly funded legal services by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.
(ii) A reduction of £5,389,000 administration resource to programme in relation to internal reallocation.
Resource_Change:_Programme_(total_increase_of_£17,389,000)
(iii) An increase of £5,389,000 from administration resource to programme in relation to internal reallocation.
(iv) To take up resource end year flexibility of £12,000,000 in respect of additional cash expenditure on publicly funded legal services by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.
The change in the capital element of the Department for Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:
Capital_Change_(total_increase_of_£33,694,000)
Transfers from other Government departments:
(i) £3,480,000 capital from the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) Criminal Justice Service (CJS) ring fence to provide additional funding for the Effective Trial Management Programme (ETMP) information technology programme.
Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
(i) £18,500,000 capital to Her Majesty's Court Service in relation to Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
(ii) £10,200,000 capital to Her Majesty's Court Service in relation to Greater London Magistrates Court Authority capital receipts.
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(iii) £11,300,000 capital in relation to Core Capital Grants to Local Authorities.
(iv) £5,580,000 increase of capital in relation to the Criminal Justice Reserve.
(v) £1,330,000 increase of capital in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT).
(vi) £170,000 increase of capital in relation to the Capital Modernisation Fund.
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(vii) £34,000 capital to Legal Services Commission: Administration in relation to Invest to Save Budget (ISB) funding for the Live and Interactive Project—ISB Ref: 297.
Transfers to other Government departments:
(i) £16,900,000 capital to the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) funding.
There is no change in the capital element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL.