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The Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £14,815,000 from £631,537,000 to £646,352,000. The Administration budget will be reduced by £112,000 from £57,415,000 to £57,303,000.
The change in the CPS's DEL arises from:
The take up of £7,000,000 of the Departmental Unallocated Provision to support increased expenditure on the prosecution of criminal cases.
An increase due to a budgetary transfer of £1,291,000 programme from the Ministry of Justice to provide support to Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs).
An increase of £539,000 programme DEL transferred from the Ministry of Justice to provide additional resources from Criminal Justice Information Technology (CUT) to fund the Case Progression Tool, ‘Progress'.
An increase of £2,364,000 programme for ExiSSrl from CJIT to allow the electronic transfer of case data between the Police and CPS.
An increase of £1,834,000 programme from the Ministry of Justice to provide additional resources as agreed in the CJIT Delivery Plan to fund enhancements to the Witness Management System (WMS).
An increase of £7,300,000 programme due to the re-allocation of resource DEL budgetary cover from the Ministry of Justice to provide additional resources to help fund the Compass Case Management System IT programme.
An increase of £1,285,000 programme due to the re-allocation of resource DEL budgetary cover from the Ministry of Justice to provide the CPS Serious Organised Crime team with a secure case management system and access to the government secure network.
An agreed transfer of £218,000 programme expenditure from the Department for Constitutional Affairs to fund the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre.
A transfer of £96,000 from the Home Office to fund CPS costs of delivery of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2007.
A decrease of £112,000 in administration resource due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, from the Crown Prosecution Service to HM Procurator General & Treasury Solicitors. This is required to help fund the provision of administrative services to the Attorney General by the Attorney General's Office.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £17,145,000 from £37,669,000 to £54,814,000. The Administration budget will increase from £24,969 to £31,635.
The changes in the SFO's DEL arise from:
The take up of £2,000,000 Administration resource End Year Flexibility.
An increase of £13,649,000 from our two Block Buster Cases reserves. £4,670,000 to our Administration budget; £8,679,000 for our Programme budget and £300,000 for our Capital budget.
A decrease of £4,000 Administration resources due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, from the Serious Fraud Office to HM Procurator General & Treasury Solicitors. This is required to help fund the provision of administrative services to the Attorney General by the Attorney General's Office.
A cash neutral change to our administration budget of £300,000 being both increase in costs and increase in revenue as a consequence of Expected Proceeds of Crime Income.
The take up of £1,700,000 Capital End Year Flexibility to meet the cost of additional spend.
The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office's (RCPO) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be reduced by £317,000 from £36,726,000 to £36,409,000. This reduction will occur within the Administration Budget which will be reduced from £18,253,000 to £17,936,000.
The change in RCPO's DEL arises from:
A decrease of £317,000 Administration resources due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, from the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office to HM Procurator General & Treasury Solicitors. This is required to help fund the provision of administrative services to the Attorney General by the Attorney General's Office.
The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (TSol) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £836,000 from £16,221,000 to £17,057,000.
This increase will occur within the Administration Budget which will increase from £11,624,000 to £ 12,769,000.
The change in TSol's DEL arises from:
Administration cost changes in respect of a reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, of £4,000 from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), £317,000 from the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) and £112,000 from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to the Treasury Solicitors Department to meet the cost of policy support to the Attorney General provided by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
The take up of £712,000 resource End Year Flexibility to meet the cost of policy support to the Attorney General provided by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
An increase of £309,000 in depreciation costs.
Transport
Departmental Expenditure (Department for Transport)
The Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2007-08 will be increased by £197,841,000 from £12,907,737,000 to £13,105,578,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £30,087,000 from £259,297,000 to £289,384,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital, are as set out in the following table:
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| Change in DEL | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-Voted | Voted | Non-Voted | Total | |
| (1)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: Administration (total increase of £30,087,000)
Voted: total increase of £30,711,000.
(i) Reclassification of certain consultancies from programme to administration (£38,288,000);
(ii) Near cash transfer from the Cabinet Office for the Department's share of the Parliamentary Counsel Office costs (£292,000);
(iii) Partially offset by reclassification of front line activities from administration to programme for transport security (£7,523,000 near cash and £346,000 non cash).
Non Voted: total decrease of £624,000.
(i) Near cash transfer from administration non voted provision to the Department for Communities and Local Government as a contribution towards Government Offices' voluntary severance costs (£624,000).
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £191,006,000)
Voted: total increase of £168,077,000
(i) Take up of £ 178,272,000 near cash end year flexibility covering:
a) rail franchising costs (£136,858,000);
b) Transport for London (£10,030,000);
c) support for the introduction of a national concessionary fares scheme (£20,384,000); and
d) lower than expected Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement receipts (£11,000,000).
(ii) Near cash increase of £15,000,000 to reflect the reclassification of Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement; receipts following the end of the netting off scheme from 2007-08;
(iii) A net transfer from non-voted resource provision of £14,171,000 comprising:
a) near cash cover for lower than expected Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement receipts (£8,150,000);
b) additional near cash enforcement work including tackling identity fraud, targeted roadworthiness roadside checks and enforcing compliance with Driver hours directive (£3,800,000);
c) an increase in non-cash provision for the Driving Standards Agency trading fund to cover increased cost of capital charges (£600,000);
d) an increase in non-cash provision for the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency trading fund to meet increased cost of capital charges (£1,700,000);
e) an increase in near cash provision for rail franchising costs (£163,000);
f) a near cash transfer of £7,900,000 to rail franchising from a reduction in utilisation of rail provision fully offset by an equivalent non cash transfer; all partially offset by:
g) a near cash transfer to non-voted provision for the Rail Passenger Council (£242,000).
(iv) A transfer from administration to reflect reclassification of front line activities from administration to programme for transport security (£7,869,000);
(v) Partially offset by:
a) a near cash transfer to administration to reflect reclassification of certain consultancies (£38,288,000); and
b) a near cash transfer to the Scottish Executive for rail services (£8,947,000).
Non voted: total increase of £22,929,000
(i) Take up of £37,100,000 near cash end year flexibility to replace non-voted provision used to ensure that the Main Estimates correctly reflected the level of GLA Transport Grant; partially offset by
(ii) A net transfer to voted resource provision of £ 14,171,000.
Capital change (total decrease of £17,000,000)
Voted: total increase of £247,829,000
(i) A transfer from non-voted capital provision of £264,829,000 comprising;
(a) a transfer from departmental unallocated provision to Network Rail capital grants (£168,000,000);
(b) a transfer from London and Continental Railways to Network Rail capital grants (£66,167,000);
(c) a transfer from British Transport Police to Network Rail capital grants (£2,500,000); and
(d) a reclassification from credit approvals to capital grant for local authorities' de-trunking (£35,362,000); partially offset by
(e) a transfer from the Driver and Vehicle Operators loan pool to investment for ongoing Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency projects (£7,200,000);
(ii) A transfer to the Scottish Executive for rail services (£17,000,000).
Non-voted: total decrease of £264,829,000 reflecting a net transfer to voted capital provision.
Wales
Departmental Expenditure (Wales Office)
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. Peter Hain): The Welsh Assembly Government's Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £29,750,000 from £13,789,740,000 to £13,819,490,000. The increase is a result of:
(a) Take-up of £30,000,000 EYF - Near Cash Less
(b) Transfers of £220,000 Non-cash and £30,000 Near Cash to the Wales Office
And includes:
(c) Capital to Resource switch of £48,500,000.
The increase in DEL will be offset by transfers from other Departments and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
Provision for the Wales Office is increased by £476,000 as a result of
A transfer from the Parliamentary Counsel Office of £226,000 near-cash
A transfer from the Welsh Assembly Government of £220,000 non-cash
A transfer from the Welsh Assembly Government of £30,000 programme
Wales Office spending is contained within single Ministry of Justice Departmental Expenditure Limit and Administration Costs Limit.
Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. Peter Hain): I am pleased to announce the appointment of Janet Paraskeva as the Chair Designate of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. Her appointment will take effect as from 19 November 2007. Janet Paraskeva brings extensive experience to this role from her time as Chief Executive of the Law Society, Director of the National Lottery Charities Board and as Chief Executive of the National Youth Agency. She is also currently the First Civil Service Commissioner.
Subject to the passage of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill, the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission will have responsibility for the future Child Maintenance system. The Commission's key objective will be to get more money to more families, helping to lift more children out of poverty.
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