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Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday 21 November 2006

Treasury

Government Actuary's Department (Delegated Expenditure Limits and Administration Budgets

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary’s Departmental Expenditure Limit will be reduced by £71,000 from £917,000 to £846,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:

£’000
ChangeNew DEL
VotedNon- VotedVotedNon- VotedTotal

Resource DEL

-61

-

618

-

618

Of which:

-

Administration budget*

-61

-

618

-

618

Near Cash in RDEL

-61

-

51

7

58

Capital**

-10

-

228

-

228

Less Depreciation***

-

-

-422

-

-422

Total

-71

-

424

-

424

*The total of ‘Administrative budget’ and ‘Near-cash’ in Resource DEL figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping

**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

***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 DEL and capital arises from a machinery of Government requirement to transfer these funds to the Office for National Statistics to reflect the transfer of the Occupational Pension Schemes survey function to meet a recommendation of the “Morris Review of the Actuarial Profession”.

HM Revenue and Customs(Delegated Expenditure Limits and Administration Budgets)

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the H M Revenue and Customs departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £56,085,000 from £4,802,839,000 to £4,858,924,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £9,887,000 from £4,482,376,000 to £4,492,263,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:


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£'000
ChangeNew DEL
VotedNon- VotedVotedNon- votedTotal

Resource DEL

4,617

23,946

4,126,902

424,604

4,551,506

of which:

.

Administration Budget*

9,887

4,432,189

60,074

4,492,263

Near-cash in RDEL

12,677

57,616

3,858,595

468,604

4,327,199

Capital**

27,522

-

303,679

3,739

307,418

Less Depreciation ***

7,200

-

-189,133

-

-189,133

Total

39,339

23,946

4,241,448

428,343

4,669,791

*The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping
**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
***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.

**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

***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: Admin (total increase of £9,887,000)

Voted: total increase of £9,887,000.

RfR1

Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £18,676,000)

Voted: total decrease of £5,270,000.

RfR1

Non-voted: total increase of £23,946,000.

RfR1

Capital Change (total increase of £27,522,000)

RfR1

Voted: total increase of £27,522,000

RfR2


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Office for National Statistics (Delegated Expenditure Limits)

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (John Healey): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £2,205,000 from £193,998,000 to £196,203,000, and the administration budget will be increased by £1,545,000 from £166,878,000 to £168,423,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£’000
ChangeNew DelTotal
VotedNon- votedVotedNon- Voted

Resource Del:

1,418

777

161,846

6,777

168,623

Of which:

Administration budget*

768

777

161,646

6,777

168,423

Near cash in RDEL:

1,418

777

139,081

7,218

146,299

Capital**

10

-

27,580

-

27,580

Less Depreciation ***

-

-

-19,633

-

-19,633

Total

1,428

777

169,793

6,777

176,570

*The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL 'figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
***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: Admin (total increase of £1,545,000)

Voted: total increase of £768,000.

(i) Take up of £250,000 from the Invest to Save Budget to fund the Quality Measurement Framework Project.

(ii) Transfer of £61,000 from GAD in respect of a Machinery of Government change to provide funding to the Occupational Pension Scheme Survey,

(iii) Transfer of £457,000 from Cabinet Office in respect of a Machinery of Government change for Civil Service Statistics.

Non-voted: total increase of £777,000

(i) £777,000 from the Invest to Save Budget to fund the Quality Measurement Project

Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £650,000)

Voted: total increase of £650,000.

(i) To reduce EC income by £650,000 from £1,000,000 to £350,000 to reflect latest forecast.

Capital Change (total increase of £10,000)

Voted: total increase of £10,000

(i) Transfer of £10,000 from GAD in respect of a Machinery of Government change for the Occupational Pension Scheme Survey.


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