Annex A
DEFRA BUDGETS 2007-08
PART A: GENERAL
In 2007-08 the Department has an overall Departmental
Expenditure Limit (DEL)[7]
budget of just over £3.8 billion comprising of almost £2.9
billion for Resource (which pays for Defra's programmes, schemes,
administration costs and grants to sponsored bodies) and around
£900 million covering all forms of capital investment.
Budgets for 2007-08 were agreed by Ministers
on 11 December 2006 and following some follow-up action and clarification
budgets were confirmed to core-Defra (Directorate-General level)
and Executive Agencies on 20 December. David Miliband then wrote
to Defra's major sponsored bodies on 21 December to formally notify
them of their 2007-08 budgets.
PART B: BUDGETS
FOR CORE-DEFRA
The tables below summarise the near-cash Resource
DEL and capital budgets as notified to business areas within core-Defra
on 20 December 2006. They do not represent the final position
as there are still some outstanding items requiring further clarification
and refinement that will be added to these allocations before
the beginning of the year on 1 April.
This is normal practice as often more detailed
information is required that is best left until nearer the commencement
of the new year before they are allocated to individual business
areas. For example, additional funds for the 2007 pay award will
not be allocated until there is a clearer view on forecast staff
numbers and the new organisational structure.
1. 2007-08 Core Defra: Near-Cash Resource
Allocations
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| 2007-08 allocations £,000s
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|
| Business Area | |
| Annimal Health & Welfare | 251,342
|
| Chief Operating Officer | 174,129
|
| Finance, Planning & Resources | 9,383
|
| Environment | 891,848
|
| Law & Regulation | 13,159
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| Living Land and Seas | 551,146
|
| Science, Economics & Statistics | 33,239
|
| Strategy & Sustainable Development |
12,074 |
| Sustainable Farming & Food | 95,283
|
| UK Co-ordinating Body | 1,399
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| Total | 2,033,002
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2. Core Defra: Capital Allocations
(includes capital funds for onward allocation via Grant-in-Aid
to sponsored bodies)
|
| DG | Description
| 2007-08
£'000 |
|
| AHWDG | Capital Grants—IAH Pirbright
| 15,300 |
| EDG | Capital Grants | 390,469
|
| British Waterways | British Waterways
| 7,000 |
| British Waterways NLF Repayments
| 2,046 |
| Local Authorities | Waste & Recycling—Capital Grants
| 3,000 |
| Environmental Protection Research—Capital Grants
| |
| Performance Reward Grants—Capital Grants
| |
| Contaminated Land SCAs—Capital Grants
| 131,976 |
| Smoke SCAs—Capital Grants
| To be individually allocated
|
| Air Quality SCAs—Capital Grants
| |
| Coast Protection Work—Capital Grants
| |
| Environment Agency | EA Flood Defence & Environment Protection Grants (see Note 1)
| 217,439 |
| Sub Total
| 751,930 |
| LLSDG | NDPB Capital—Natural England
| 5,700 |
| Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund
| 1,000 |
| EU schemes | 17,500
|
| Regional Development Agencies
| 21,500 |
| Sub Total
| 45,700 |
| DGCOO | Capital (Estimate DEL)
| 79,008 |
| SESD | Capital DEL NDPBs (RBG, Kew)
| 7,600 |
| SFFF | Capital DEL NDPBs (Food For Britain + Wine Standards Board)
| 65 |
| Other Capital Grants (eg Gangmasters Licensing Authority)
| 478 |
| Sub Total | 543
|
|
| | 900,081
|
|
Note
1. Resource to Capital switch covering EA flood defence capital
expensed in year is included in the EDG figures.
PART C: BUDGETS
FOR DEFRA
AGENCIES & SPONSORED
BODIES
(C)(i) Funding for Executive Agencies (Gross Controlled)
|
| Agency | 2007-08
Budget £m
|
|
| 1.Rural Payments Agency (RPA) | 225.972
|
| 2.State Veterinary Services (SVS) | 105.996
|
| 3.Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) | 31.891
|
| 4.Government Decontamination Service (GDS) |
1.141 |
|
| Total | 365.000
|
|
Notes:
(i) GDS funding for 2007/08 to be supplemented by contributions
from other Government Departments (DCLG and Home Office). The
transfers are being negotiated.
(ii) Figures for RPA and SVS include capital budgets.
(iii) RPA figures represent operational costs only. They
do not include Older Cattle Disposal Scheme (OCDS) costs which
are kept under review based on throughput cattle numbers. Non—cash
costs (for depreciation and notional cost of capital) are also
excluded. 2007-08 represents a provisional allocation figure,
subject to review and possible adjustment during the year.
(iv) Defra Net Controlled Agencies (CEFAS, CSL, PSD, VLA
and VMD) recover all their costs through charges to customers
which includes Defra and non-Defra clients. In terms of Defra's
DEL budget this nets to zero.
(C)(ii) Defra support to its sponsored bodies
|
| Body | 2007-08
Budget £m
|
|
| 1. Environment Agency: |
|
| Environmental Protection(3) |
124.83 |
| Flood Management | 435.71
|
| Fisheries | 5.89
|
| Closed Pension Fund | 95.00
|
EA TOTAL
| 661.43
|
| 2. British Waterways | 57.55
|
| 3. Natural England(1) | 169.59
|
| 4. Carbon Trust(3) | 65.66
|
| 5. Energy Savings Trust | 28.69
|
| 6. WRAP(2)(3) | 11.86
|
| 7. ENCAMS | 5.11
|
| 8. National Parks | 44.24
|
| 9. RBG Kew | 25.20
|
| 10. National Forest Company |
3.70 |
| 11. Food From Britain | 4.97
|
| TOTAL | 1,080.17
|
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Notes:
All the above figures include both Resource and Capital
budgets (where appropriate).
(1) Natural England 07/08 budget represents core funding
only which is largely running costs. In addition to core funding,
other programme funding will be agreed as part of establishing
"steady state" costs. Capital budgets are also not included.
(2) WRAP funds represent core funding only.
(3) Business Resource Efficiency & Waste (BREW) Programme
funding has been included in the review of spending plans but
decisions on individual Delivery Body allocations are subject
to a further assessment process and allocations will be made in
January 2007.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
January 2007
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The DEL budget represents annual departmental expenditure that
must be contained within strict control totals agreed with HMT
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