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The Department of Health DEL has increased by £7,208,000 made up of:
the take-up of £6,000,000 (administration costs) end year flexibility as announced in the provisional outturn white paper (Cm 7156) for a range of planned non-recurrent expenditure which includes; activities for professional, regulation and leadership and the "Five Programmes with the NHS" work,
£838,000 (£214,000 capital) for round 8 and 9 Invest to Save budget awards.
a transfer of £370,000 (administration costs) from the Cabinet Office for services of the Parliamentary Counsel.
a £60,000 adjustment to budgets which reduces capital charges (revenue) for care standards tribunal services (which moved from the Ministry of Justice) and increases capital by £60,000.
The Department of Health's administration cost limit has increased by £6,370,000 as described above.
There is no change to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL.
Home Department
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2007-08)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith):
Plans of changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and administrative budget for 2007-08.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office’s Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2007-08 will be increased by £8,068,000 from £9,247,819,000 to £9,255,887,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £19,540,000 from £414,140,000 to £394,600,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| | Change | New DEL | £'000 |
| | Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total |
|
Resource DEL
|
(3,021)
|
(437)
|
7,941,122
|
718,332
|
8,659,454
|
|
Of which:
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Administration Budget(1)
|
4,502
|
(24,042)
|
394,600
|
0
|
394,600
|
|
Near cash in RDEL(1)
|
4,954
|
(8,110)
|
7,830,180
|
659,654
|
8,489,834
|
|
Capital(2)
|
11,224
|
0
|
472,179
|
291,507
|
763,686
|
|
Less depreciation(3)
|
7,975
|
(7,673)
|
(107,495)
|
(59,758)
|
(167,253)
|
|
Total
|
16,178
|
(8,110)
|
8,305,806
|
950,081
|
9,255,887
|
|
(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 total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
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| | total | o/w near cash | o/w admin |
|
(a)
|
£000’s
|
|
The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
|
(3,458)
|
(3,156)
|
(19,540)
|
|
Transfers from other Government Departments:
|
18,132
|
18,132
|
50
|
|
Increase in programme near cash for UK visas (Section K). This is a re-allocation of resource DEL from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
|
12,363
|
12,363
| |
|
Increase in programme near cash to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Section X) for property related costs. This is a re-allocation of resource DEL from the Cabinet Office.
|
2,869
|
2,869
| |
|
Increase in programme near-cash (Section K) for Assisted Voluntary Returns (AVR) and Public Expense Removal (PER) expenditure. This is a re-allocation of resource DEL from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
|
1,750
|
1,750
| |
|
Increase in programme near cash to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Section X) following a transfer of functions from the Assets Recovery Agency.
|
1,000
|
1,000
| |
|
Increase in programme near cash to the National Policing Improvement Agency (Section AH) following a transfer of functions from the Assets Recovery Agency.
|
100
|
100
| |
|
Increase in near cash admin central support costs (Section M) following the Home Office and Ministry of Justice Machinery of Government transfer that took place in the winter Supplementary Estimate.
|
38
|
38
|
38
|
|
Increase in admin near cash (Section B) to reflect the policy transfer of the respect database. This is a re-allocation of resource DEL from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
|
Transfers to other Government Departments:
|
(21,590)
|
(21,288)
|
(19,590)
|
|
Reduction in central support costs following the Home Office and Ministry of Justice machinery of Government transfer that took place in the Winter supplementary estimate
| | |
0
|
|
Admin near cash (Section M)
| | | |
|
Admin non-cash (Section M).
| | | |
|
Reduction in programme near cash (Section A) following a transfer of Criminal Justice IT resources to the Ministry of Justice.
|
(1,000)
|
(1,000)
| |
|
Reduction in programme near cash from the Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) to the Ministry of Justice. This adjustment corrects a shortfall in the machinery of Government transfer that took place in the Winter supplementary Estimate.
|
(1,000)
|
(1,000)
| |
|
(b)
|
CAPITAL
|
|
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
| | |
11,224
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|
End year flexibility:
| | |
43,262
|
|
Increase in capital grants (Section O) to meet the crime reduction and community safety group’s strategic objectives of ‘cutting crime, especially violent and drug-related crime, and ensuring people feel safer in their homes and daily lives, particularly through more visible, responsive and accountable local policing’.
| | |
20,000
|
|
Increase in Criminal Justice IT capital (Section O) to be transferred to the Ministry of Justice.
| | |
9,262
|
|
Increase in capital (Section K) to meet the Border and Immigration Agency’s strategic objective of ‘securing our borders, preventing abuse of our immigration laws and managing migration to the benefit of the UK’.
| | |
14,000
|
|
Transfers from other Government Departments:
| | |
20
|
|
Transfer from section O to correct a budget overpayment of criminal justice IT capital made to the Ministry of Justice in the winter supplementary estimate.
| | |
20
|
|
Transfers to other Government Departments:
| | |
(32,058)
|
|
Transfer of biometrics funding from section K to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
| | |
(22,396)
|
|
Transfer of criminal justice IT capital from section O to the Ministry of Justice.
| | |
(9,262)
|
|
Transfer from section M to the Ministry of Justice representing a contribution towards building improvement works at a shared service centre.
| | |
(400)
|
Innovation, Universities and Skills
The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Mr. John Denham):
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be decreased by £348,341,000 from £18,087,949,000 to £17,739,608,000, the administration cost budget will be increased by £4,090,000 from £71,840,000 to £75,930,000.
Within the DEL, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| £’000 |
| | Change | NEW DEL |
| | Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total |
|
Resource DEL
|
-674,303
|
230,805
|
-4,415,296
|
20,089,015
|
15,673,719
|
|
Ofwhich
| | | | | |
|
Administration budget (1)
|
4,090
|
-
|
75,930
|
0
|
75,930
|
|
Near-cash in DEL
|
-223,442
|
238,995
|
-5,396,338
|
19,950,469
|
14,554,131
|
|
Capital DEL(2)
|
13,652
|
81,505
|
-79,756
|
2,145,645
|
2,065,889
|
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|
Less Depreciation(3)
|
-
|
9,292
|
-4,567
|
-119,465
|
-124,032
|
|
Total DEL
|
-660,651
|
321,602
|
-4,499,619
|
22,115,195
|
17,615,576
|
(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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