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£000
Capital

(b)

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

71,554

DEL reserve claims:

30,000

Capital to section A for the NSPIS Custody and Case Preparation Programme following release of Criminal Justice IT funding from the DEL reserve.

30,000

Machinery of Government:

(33,387)

Transfer to section D from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in respect of functions now carried out by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

6,897

Transfer of the Race Cohesion and Faith Directorate, Civil Renewal Unit and associated research and support functions to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

(205)

Of which:

Section G

(25)

Community Development Foundation

(5)

Commission for Racial Equality

(175)

Transfer of the Active Communities Directorate and associated research and support functions to the Cabinet Office.

(40,079)

Of which:

Section G

(29)

Section H

(40,000)

Capacity Builders Agency

(50)

Transfers from other Government Departments:

35,892

£35,892,000 CJIT capital from the Department for Constitutional Affairs comprising:

Capital to section I to provide additional resources for the C-NOMIS project.

34,600

Re-allocation to section F.

1,292

Transfers to other Government Departments:

(951)

£901,000 CJIT capital from section F to the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

(901)

£50,000 capital from section K to the Department for Education and Skills for the Learning and Skills Council to provide funding for educational needs in prison establishments.

(50)

Classification changes:

40,000

£40,000,000 programme to capital switch within section H. This is a budget re-classification change for capital grants to the private sector which now score as capital.

40,000


Immigration (Pre-entry Health Screening)

The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality (Mr. Liam Byrne): My hon. Friend the then Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality announced on 21 July 2005 Official Report, column 155WS, that we would begin last summer the initial phase of our programme of targeted screening for infectious tuberculosis (TB) of people seeking to enter the United Kingdom for longer than six months at the entry clearance stage in Bangladesh, Sudan, Tanzania and Thailand (which also processes entry clearance applications from Cambodia and Laos). We now intend to implement the main phase of the scheme in China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa and Zimbabwe. We are also considering the feasibility of introducing the scheme in a small number of further countries. A further written ministerial statement will be made prior to any roll out of the scheme in countries additional to those listed above.

Pre-entry screening of travellers should be seen as an integral part of our wider effort to combat TB in the UK. The UK also provides significant support for global TB control through a number of different channels, including support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the STOPTB partnership as well as support for research on the development of new effective and affordable drugs. Her Majesty's Government also provide support to countries to build capacity in their health services to diagnose and treat all major causes of illness including TB.

Cabinet Office

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Winter Supplementary Estimate 2006-07)

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Hilary Armstrong): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £171,376,000 from £208,004,000 to 379,380,000. The Resource DEL and Capital DEL Limits are different because of the treatment of Capital Grants. Capital Grants are treated as capital in the operating cost but treated as resource in the face of the estimate. The administration costs limits will be decreased by £6,538,000 from £225,930,000 to £219,392,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

ChangeNew DEL

£'000

Voted

Non- voted

Voted

Non- voted

Total

Resource

73,712

37,248

308,645

37,248

345,893

Of which: Administration Budget

-6,538

0

219,392

0

219,392

Near-cash in RDEL

87,168

37,248

276,557

37,248

313,805

Capital

47,459

50

56,801

50

56,851

Depreciation*

12,907

0

-23,364

0

-23,364

Total

134,078

37,298

342,082

37,298

379,380

* 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 number of Machinery of Government transfers to and from Cabinet Office. Other changes to DEL are transfers to other Government Departments for their contribution to the funding of the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

The changes in the capital element of the DEL arises from recent Machinery of Government transfers to and from the Cabinet Office and a budgetary transfer to SIA.

National School of Government (Winter Supplementary Estimate 2006-07)

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Hilary Armstrong): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the National School of Government will be a separate non-ministerial department from January 2007. The National School's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be £1,341,000 and the administration costs limit will be £640,000. These figures reflect a transfer from the Cabinet Office estimate with no net change in expenditure.


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

New DEL

£'000

Voted

Total

Resource

640

640

Of which: Administration Budget*

640

640

Near-cash in RDEL

841

841

Capital**

1,271

1,271

Depreciation***

-570

-570

Total

1,341

1,341

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

Leader of the House

Privy Council Office (Winter Supplementary Estimate 2006-07)

The Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Jack Straw): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Privy Council Office total DEL will be increased by £200,000 from £6,656,000 to £6,856,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £200,000 from £6,567,000 to £6,767,000.

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

Departmental Expenditure Limits and Administration Budgets

ChangeNew DEL£’000
VotedNon- votedVotedNon- votedTotal

Resource DEL of which:

200

-

6,767

-

6,767

Administration budget*

200

-

6,767

-

6,767

Near-cash in RDEL

200

-

6,767

-

6,767

Capital**

-

-

127

-

127

Less Depreciation ***

-

-

-38

-

-38

Total

200

-

6,856

-

6,856

* 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 total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

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The change in the resource element of the DEL, which is a claim on the DEL Reserve, arises from an increase in administration costs following a move of part of the Department to a different building.

Northern Ireland

NIO Change to DEL Funding for 2006-07

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Peter Hain): Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2006-07 Winter Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £30,843,000 from £1,206,618,000 to £1,237,461,000.

ChangeNew DEL
£'000VotedNon- VotedVotedNon- votedTotal

Resource

5,746

23,313

335,271

879,207

1,214,478

Admin Budget

166

0

86, 756

5,000

91, 756

Near-cash

10,305

12,281

275,087

741,584

1,016,671

Capital

0

13,377

38,454

46,851

85,305

Depreciation

3,720

-15,313

-18,462

-43,860

-62,322

Total

9,466

21,377

355,263

882,198

1,237,461


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