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Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday 19 February 2008

Treasury

HM Revenue and Customs (Departmental Expenditure Limit)

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jane Kennedy): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue and Customs total DEL will be decreased by £3,595,000 from £4,624,117,000 to £4,620,522,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£’000

ChangeNew DEL
VotedNon-VotedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

17,853

-20,200

4,164,498

372,813

4,537,311

Of which:

Administration Budget (1)

20,200

-20,200

4,416,733

24,874

4,441,607

Near-cash in RDEL (1)

68,613

-20,200

3,839,588

406,961

4,246,549

Capital(2)

24,259

-

288,230

3,739

291,969

Less Depreciation(3)

-25,507

-

-208,758

-208,758

Total DEL

16,605

-20,200

4,243,970

376,552

4,620,522

(1)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.

(2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts but which are treated as capital DEL in budgets.

(3)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 DEL arises from:

The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:

Office for National Statistics Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Angela Eagle): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £6,672,000 from £175,178,000 to £181,850,000, and the administration budget will be increased by £6,520,000.


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

£’000
ChangeNEW DEL
VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

12,672

-6,000

175,176

1,027

176,203

Ofwhich

Administration budget (1)

12,520

-6,000

175,024

1,027

176,051

Near-cash in RDEL

10,782

-7,172

144,236

9,527

153,763

Capital(2)

-

-

27,580

-

27,580

Depreciation(3)

-

-

-21,933

-

-21,933

Total

12,672

-6,000

180,823

1,027

181,850

(1)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.

(2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

(3)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 DEL arises from:

The change in the administration budget arises from reserve claim of £5,400,000, the take up of DUP of £6,000,000 and the transfer of £1,120,000 from BERR.

Government Actuary's Departmental Expenditure Limit

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Angela Eagle): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary's Department's total DEL will be increased by £222,000 from £424,000 to £646,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

£’000
ChangeNEW DEL
VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

222

-

794

-

794

Ofwhich

Administration budget (1)

222

-

794

-

794

Near-cash in RDEL

222

-

273

7

280

Capital(2)

-

-

228

-

228

Depreciation(3)

-

-

-376

-

-376

Total

222

-

646

-

646

(1)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.

(2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

(3)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.


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The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:

The change in the administration budget arises from the take up of administration DEL EYF of £222,000.

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

EU Competitiveness Council

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. Gareth Thomas): I will be attending the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 25 February.

The two main agenda items are likely to be the Lisbon economic reform process, and the single market review. The Council will be invited to adopt a key issues paper on the renewed Lisbon strategy. This will form the Competitiveness Council’s contribution to the Spring European Council. The Council will then be invited to adopt conclusions on the Commission’s single market review. The review follows much of what the UK called for—a new flexible approach to single market policy that puts the emphasis on promoting competition, reducing the burden of regulation, and encouraging innovation. It is important that the UK builds on the success of the review by ensuring positive conclusions.

The only other substantive agenda item for which BERR is responsible will be:

There will be seven further items taken under Any Other Business for which BERR is responsible:

Departmental Expenditure Limit (2007-08)

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. John Hutton):

Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007-08

Expenditure Limits

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s DEL will be increased
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by £584,491,000 from £3,396,817,000 to £3,981,308,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £174,122,000 from £326,709,000 to £500,831,000.

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

ChangeNew DEL
VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource (£’000)

201,746

356,373

-443,681

3,230,940

2,787,259

of which:

Administration(1) budget

174,122

500,831

500,831

Near cash in Resource DEL(2)

6,905

356,373

-791,704

3,286,885

2,495,181

Capital (£000)

-59,892

86,264

-758,716

1,952,765

1,194,049

Less Depreciation(3) (£000)

-38,275

-9,129

-47,404

Total (£000)

141,854

442,637

-1,240,672

5,174,576

3,933,904

(1)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.
(2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(3)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.

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