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ix. a reduction of £14,214,000 in non Science Departmental Unallocated provision in respect of utilisation by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council
i. increase of £6,055,000 in the non-voted expenditure of the Medical Research Council, vired from non-Science underspends;
ii. utilisation of £19,731,000 from the unused balance of the Department's non-Science EYF entitlement in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Medical Research Council;
iii. an increase of £14,214,000 in non-voted expenditure by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council funded by utilisation of non-Science Departmental Unallocated provision; and
iv. a decrease of £334,000 for the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils to reflect reclassification of certain EU receipts from resource to capital.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Postal Services Commission's DEL will be increased by £40,000 from £151,000 to £191,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| *The total of the 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. | |||||
| **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 capital element of the DEL arises from draw down of End Year Flexibility of £40,000 to fund investment in IT.
There is no change to the resource element of the DEL.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Gas and Electricity Market's DEL will be increased by £1,000 from £651,000 to £652,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:
The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from a token increase in administration costs to cover an increase of £269,000 in expenditure offset by an increase of £268,000 in A in A.
There is no change in the capital element of the DEL.
RDA Chairs (Reappointments)
The Minister for Industry and the Regions (Margaret Hodge): I have decided to reappoint the Chairs of EEDA, ONE and Yorkshire Forward, as listed at annexe A. The reappointments will all be for a period of three years from 14 December 2006 until 13 December 2009.
I have placed further details of these reappointments in the Libraries of both Houses. All of them were made in accordance with the code of practice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
| Annexe A | |
| Reappointments of RDA Chairs | |
| RDA | Name |
All reappointments commence on 14 December 2006
Minimum Wage
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Jim Fitzpatrick): The Government have submitted their economic evidence on the National Minimum Wage to the Low Pay Commission. The Commission will take this and all the other evidence received into account when preparing its next report on the minimum wage, which will be submitted to the Government by the end of February 2007. Copies of the Government's economic evidence have been placed in the House Library and will be posted on the Department of Trade and Industry website
http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/pay/national-minimum-wage/index.html.
The Government submitted their evidence on non-economic issues to the Commission last month. A combined volume of the non-economic and economic evidence will be placed in the House Library at a later date.
EU Energy Council, Brussels: Thursday 23 November 2006
The Minister for Science and Innovation (Malcolm Wicks): My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy (Lord Truscott) has made the following ministerial statement.
“At the forthcoming Energy Council in Brussels during the morning of 23 November, Lord Truscott will represent the UK.
Informal discussions at the pre-Council dinner on 22 November will address the Commission's planned EU Strategic Energy Review, which is scheduled to issue early in 2007. It constitutes a stocktaking and action plan on all aspects of the EU's energy policy.
The substantive item on the main Council agenda of 23 November will be a debate on promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy as part of the Energy Policy for Europe. The UK hopes that Ministers will agree robust Council conclusions on the Commission's Energy Efficiency Action Plan, which was released on 18 October 2006.
The remaining agenda items will cover: International relations in the field of energy: the Presidency and Commission will provide information on EU/Russia, the Energy Community Treaty, the Energy Charter Treaty and on other co-operation with third countries; Energy Star: the Presidency/Commission will provide a progress report on this agreement between the EU and US, which aims to promote energy efficient office equipment by means of a labelling scheme; Review of the Community guidelines on state aid for environmental protection—Commission Services will provide information on the state of play of this review, and Electricity blackouts of 4 November 2006: information from the Commission”.
Transport
Departmental Expenditure Limit 2006-07
The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Douglas Alexander): The Department for Transport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for 2006-07 will be decreased by £13,206,000 from £13,060,028,000 to £13,046,822,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £248,000 from £264,722,000 to £264,970,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £248,000)
Voted: total increase of £248,000.
i. a transfer of £248,000 from the Cabinet Office (Parliamentary Counsel Office) to provide funds for the Parliamentary Counsel costs.
Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £15,753,000)
Voted: total decrease of £10,084,000,
i. a net transfer of £10,084,000 to other government departments comprising:
a) £16,494,000 to the Scottish Executive in respect of the change in responsibility for making payments for Scottish Rail Services to Scottish Ministers ; partially offset by
b) £6,410,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions to reflect increased subsidy payments to Train Operator Companies arising from a charge placed upon them by the Office of Rail Regulation following the transfer of rail safety activities from the Health and Safety Executive.
Non Voted: total decrease of £5,917,000.
i. a transfer of £5,917,000 from British Transport Police Authority to the Scottish Executive in respect of the change in responsibility for making payments for Scottish Rail Services to Scottish Ministers.
Capital Change (total increase of £2,547,000)
Voted: total increase of £2,547,000
i. a transfer of £2,547,000 from other government departments; comprising:
a) £2,531,000 from the Scottish Executive in respect of the change in responsibility for making payments for Scottish Rail Services to Scottish Ministers;
b) £16,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions to reflect increased subsidy payments to Train Operator Companies arising from a charge placed upon them by the Office of Rail Regulation following the transfer of rail safety activities from the Health and Safety Executive.
The changes to DEL outlined above do not require a Supplementary Estimate as the department has sufficient voted resources to support expenditure consistent with currently agreed budgetary limits.
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