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The £131,548,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £95,208,000 and an increase of £226,756,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL.
The £95,208,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
The take up of end year flexibility of £135,294,000 for central administration costs (£2,000,000), for central services programme costs (£16,685,000), for school central programmes (£27,300,000), children’s services and programmes (£12,500,000), schools standards fund (£65,769,000), departmental restructuring (£11,040,000).
A movement from Sure Start RFR2 to RFR1 £4,026,000 towards the costs of early years foundations.
A movement of £65,056,000 from children’s fund RfR3 to local area agreements.
A movement to Sure Start RFR2 of £50,000 from schools central programmes for the formula development project.
A movement to non-budget of £206,799,000 for learner support (£13,170,000), 14-19 development (£70,379,000), teachers’ pay and performance (£119,629,000), TEC property costs (£3,621,000).
A transfer to the Department for Innovations, Universities and Skills for £4,746,000 in respect of adult training and skills.
The take up of end year flexibility of £1,000,000 for Sure Start family unit grants.
A movement from RfRl of £50,000 to Sure Start central grants for the formula development project.
A movement to RFR1 £4,026,000 for costs to support the roll out of the early years foundation stage (£2,000,000), for groups contribution to the flood recovery grant (£2,000,000), for the early years census (£26,000).
A movement to non-voted of £19,957,000 for teacher training.
A movement of £65,056,000 to local area agreements RfRl.
The increase in non-voted resource DEL of £226,756,000 arises from:
A movement from RFR1 of £206,799,000 for learner support (£13,170,000), 14-19 development (£70,379,000), teachers’ pay and performance (£119,629,000), TEC property costs (£3,621,000).
A movement from RFR2 of £19,957,000 for teacher training.
There is no increase or decrease in capital DEL, but there are movements between voted and non-voted capital DEL.
A movement of £86,000,000 from School Standard Funds to Sure Start Capital grants through Local Authorities RfR2.
A movement of £416,228,000 from non-voted capital DEL which is made up of £310,000,000 for city academies, £80,644,000 for school standards, £25,584,000 for ICT in schools.
A movement of £86,000,000 from School Standard Funds RFR1 to Capital grants through Local Authorities.
A movement of £416,228,000 to voted capital DEL which is made up of £310,000,000 for city academies, £80,644,000 for School Standards, £25,584,000 for ICT in Schools.
The take up of End Year Flexibility of £2,000,000 to cover net pressure on departmental administration costs.
A reclassification of £1,300,000 from further education programme costs.
Communities and Local Government
Department Expenditure Limit (2007-08)
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2007-08 will change as follows:
(1) The Department for Communities and Local Government's Main Programmes DEL will be decreased by £9,290,000 from £10,374,025,000 to £10,364,735,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £8,377,000 from £296,007,000 to £304,384,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
(i) take up of End Year Flexibility of £17,854,000comprising :
(a) £9,100,000 to provide cover to enable the settlement of the Thurmaston case. The Ombudsman has completed her report on the Co-operative Society claim of maladministration against the Department with respect to the handling of a planning appeal that was called in 1996, and finds the Department partly at fault. A financial compensation settlement is being negotiated.
(b) £8,754,000 for central administration comprising £6,005,000 to cover the work of the Department for Communities and Local Government and £2,749,000 for Government Offices to fund additional capital charges and a provision for future Government Office early staff exits.
(ii) transfer of £190,000 from Fire Publicity (Main DEL - RfRl) to Best value Inspectorate (Local Government DEL - RFR2 ) to cover additional Fire Comprehensive Performance Assessment inspection work on Fire and Rescue Authorities.
(iii) transfer of £200,000 from E-Planning (Main DEL RFR1) to Local Government on Line (Local Government DEL RFR2) to fund the National Process Improvement Project.
(iv) a transfer of £1,187,000 to other Government Departments, comprising:
(a) £810,000 to reflect Machinery of Government Changes to provide funding to the Department for Enterprise, Business and Regulatory Reform for the Northern Way programme.
Administration Costs (Central Department)
(b) £377,000 to reflect Machinery of Government Changes comprising £42,000 to the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for staff costs in respect of the Northern Way and £335,000 to the Government Equalities Office for accommodation costs.
(v) an increase in receipts of £27,517,000 offsetting increases in provision comprising £1,900,000 in respect of receivable costs incurred by the Department in the development of the Fire Regional Control Centre buildings; £3,100,000 for the re-charging costs in respect of expenditure incurred by Firelink on behalf of Scotland; £19,113,000 to reflect the new arrangements for management of new European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) programmes involving payments via the Regional
Development Agencies; £300,000 for central administration for the outward costs of Secondees and £3,657,000 for the work being undertaken by the Government Offices on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families offset against a reduction in receipts of £553,000 for the Pan-Government Agreement.
(vi) a net transfer of £22,408,000 from voted to non-voted provision comprising:
From voted to non-voted provision
(a) £2,000,000 from Housing Market Renewal Fund comprising costs incurred by the Department (£907,000), Housing Corporation (£455,000) and English Partnerships (£638,000) relating to informing the choice of policy options and identifying in detail the implications of proposals, scoping studies and work to inform the legislative process for the new Homes and Communities Agency;
(b) £171,000 from Planning and Publicity to Housing Corporation to cover the Housing Corporation's pension pressure;
(c) £1,670,000 within Thames Gateway comprising £570,000 to Thurrock Urban Development Corporation (£450,000 near cash to bring budget in line with revised forecast and for additional legal costs; and £120,000 non-cash to cover cost of capital charges and depreciation) and £1,100,000 to London UDC also to bring budget in line with revised forecast and for additional legal costs;
(d) £18,255,000 for ERDF new programmes. There is a switch from voted to non-voted expenditure because for the new programmes, DEL income is now voted, whereas its expenses are non-voted due to management of programmes by Regional Development Agencies (which are Non-Departmental Public Bodies); and
(e) £992,000 reduction in administrative non-cash to offset a corresponding increase in administration near cash to accommodate consultancy spend, previously treated as programme expenditure.
From non-voted to voted provision
(f) £380,000 to FireControl from non-voted Departmental Unallocated provision (DUP) to cover the non-cash charges related to the building of FireControl assets (IT infrastructure, software build, hardware and workstation for the Firecontrol Regional Control Centres); and
(g) £300,000 from non-voted DUP to the National Register of Social Housing to cover cost of capital charges.
The change in the administration budget arises from a take up of End of Year Flexibility of £8,754,000 (see above section (i)) to cover the work of the Department for Communities and Local Government and staff early exit schemes ; a net transfer from other Government Departments of £377,000 (see above section (iv)).
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
(vii) a transfer of £25,000,000 to other Government Departments to reflect Machinery of Government Changes transferring the Northern Way programme to the Department for Enterprise, Business and Regulatory Reform.
(viii). an increase in receipts of £28,554,000 comprising £8,658,000 for Capital Pooled Housing Receipts to reflect revised forecast and £19,896,000 to reflect the new arrangements for management of new European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) programmes involving payments via the Regional Development Agencies. Receipts enable provision to be increased elsewhere on the Estimate.
(ix) Within the capital element of the DEL there is a transfer of £23,964,000 from voted to non voted provision comprising;
From voted to non-voted provision
(a) £711,000 from Capital Housing Pooled Receipts to fund pressures on the Housing Corporation's Information Technology costs;
(b) £250,000 from Planning Inspectorate also to fund pressures on the Housing Corporation's Information Technology costs;
(c) £4,000,000 within Thames Gateway to Thurrock UDC to reflect allocation of funding under the programme; and
(d) £19,003,000 for ERDF new programmes. There is a switch from voted to non-voted expenditure because for the new programmes, DEL income is now voted, whereas its expenses are non-voted due to management of programmes by Regional Development Agencies (which are Non Departmental Public Bodies).
(2) The Department for Communities and Local Government (Local Government) DEL will be increased by £390,000 from £22,944,116,000 to £22,944,506,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
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