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Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday 25 November 2008

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Departmental Expenditure Limits (2008-09)

The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr. Pat McFadden): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s DEL will be reduced by £11,157,000 from £3,379,070,000 to £3,367,913,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £358,000 from £332,173,000 to £332,531,000.

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)

34,426

-28,583

-497,986

2,654,880

2,156,894

of which:

Administration(1) budget

358

332,531

332,531

Near cash in Resource DEL(2)

19,398

-13,555

-645,630

2,693,147

2,047,517

Capital (£000)

-91,601

74,601

-763,999

1,975,018

1,211,019

Less Depreciation(3) (£000)

-11,327

11,327

-48,780

-24,684

-73,464

Total (£000)

-68,502

57,345

-1,310,765

4,605,214

3,294,449

(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.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1


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Also within the change to resource DEL, the changes to the Administration budget are (RfR1):

The change in the Capital element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the postal services commission DEL will be increased by £1,000 from £151,000 to £152,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £1,000 from £1,000 to £2,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:


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New DEL
£'000ChangeVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

1

2

0

2

Of which:(1)

Administration budget

1

2

0

2

Near-cash in RDEL

1

-538

0

-538

Capital DEL(2)

0

150

0

150

Depreciation

0

-530

0

-530

Total

1

-378

0

-378

(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.
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 the DEL arises from a token increase in administration costs. The token increase is necessary to bring to Parliament’s attention an increase in administration expenditure relating to the Royal Mail quality of service review (£114,000) offset by increased appropriations in aid (£114,000) from Royal Mail.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Office of Gas and Electricity Market’s DEL will be increased by £1,000 from £1,651,000 to £1,652,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £1,000 from £701,000 to £702,000:

New DEL
£'000ChangeVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

1

2

0

2

Of which:(1)

Administration budget

1

2

0

2

Near-cash in RDEL

1

-538

0

-538

Capital DEL(2)

0

950

0

950

Depreciation

0

-1000

0

-1000

Total

1

652

0

652

(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.
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 the DEL arises from a token increase in administration costs. The token increase is necessary to bring to Parliament’s attention an increase in administration costs of £1,499,000 offset by an increase in appropriations in aid of £1,499,000. The increase in administration costs is as a result of additional unplanned expenditure on a Competition Act investigation, the offshore transmission tender process and the energy supply markets probe.

Regional Development Agency (Board Appointments)

The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr. Pat McFadden): I am pleased to announce that I have decided to appoint 23 RDA board members,
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whom between them will serve seven of our Regional Development Agencies. Their names are listed below.

RDABoard Member Appointees

Advantage West Midlands

Cllr Mike Whitby

East of England Development Agency

Mr Nitin Dahad

Cllr Shona Johnstone

Cllr Madeline Russell

East Midlands Development Agency

Ms Elizabeth Donnelly

Mr James Harker

North-West Regional Development Agency

Mrs Anne Selby

Ms Brenda Smith extended for one year.

Lord Peter Smith

Dr John Stageman

South-East England Development Agency

Ms Zenna Atkins

Cllr Jeremy Birch

Mr Leslie Dawson

Cllr Keith Mitchell

South-West of England Regional Development Agency

Mr Ian Ducat

Mr Peter Madden

Professor Steve Smith

Ms Judith Reynolds and Sir Henry Studholme -reappointed after applying through open competition

Yorkshire Forward

Mr Bill Adams

Mr Ajaz Ahmend

Mr John Vincent

Mrs Julie Kenny - reappointed after applying through open competition


The RDAs are playing a crucial role in supporting the national and regional economies in this critical and exceptional economic climate. All the appointees will bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to their RDA adding a vast amount of value.

I have agreed to the appointments starting on the 14 December 2008 for a period of three years, expiring in December 2011.

I have placed further details of these appointments, including biographies, in the Libraries of both Houses. I can confirm that the appointments were made in accordance with the code of practice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.


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