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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
	Change		New DEL
	Voted	Non- Voted	Voted	Non- Voted	Total
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
	Change			New DEL
	Voted	Non- Voted	Voted	Non- voted	Total
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

Take up of £90,000,000 end year flexibility to support ongoing merger costs of HMRC and to meet efficiency targets.

Transfer of £80,113,000 to the Home Office in respect of a Machinery of Government change to provide funding to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

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

Voted: total decrease of £5,270,000.

RfR1

Transfer of £7,012,000 to the Home Office in respect of a Machinery of Government change, which provides funding to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

Transfer of £1,742,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of Parliamentary Counsel Office funding.

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

RfR1

Transfer of £23,946,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) to cover additional costs associated with the National Insurance Fund.

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

RfR1

Voted: total increase of £27,522,000

Increase of £30,590,000 arising from the drawdown of capital EYF to support the costs of major investment in IT and business systems infrastructure following the creation of HMRC.

Transfer of £6,897,000 to the Home Office in respect of a Machinery of Government change, which provides funding to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

RfR2

Increase of £3,829,000 arising from the drawdown of capital EYF to support the costs of IT investment in the Valuation Office Agency.

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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
	Change		New Del		Total
	Voted	Non- voted	Voted	Non- 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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