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Some £45,000 near cash administration costs from each of the following Departments—Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Communities and Local Government, Cabinet Office, Children, Schools and Families, Transport, International Development, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HM Revenue & Customs, Home Office, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice and £215,000 from Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
near cash programme costs of £45,000 from the Statistics Board and £700,000 from Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
There is a reduction in non-voted DEL due to the draw down of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £6,430,000 to offset increased voted spending.
The net increase in the administration costs budget is £1,223,000 comprising the administration costs changes mentioned in the preceding paragraphs plus a reclassification of programme costs to administration costs of £470,000.
ECOFIN
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson): On 21 November 2008, I represented the UK at the Budget Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).
Finance Ministers agreed to adopt Preliminary Draft Amending Budgets 10—as amended by the Commission during the course of negotiations—and 11 to the 2008 EC Budget. These amend the 2008 Budget respectively to reflect latest implementation capacity, thus reducing the level of funding required from member states in 2008, and to mobilise the EU solidarity fund for Cyprus following the recent drought there.
Finance Ministers agreed to adopt Amending Letters 2 —as amended by the Commission to include budgetary aspects relating to the proposed food facility for developing countries—and 3 to the Preliminary Draft Budget for 2009. These reflected the latest information on agricultural market prices and other developments, and a budgetary transfer to cover the costs of a new reflection group as called for by the October European Council.
During a conciliation meeting between Council and the European Parliament agreement was reached on the 2009 EC Budget and on the financing for the proposed food facility. The agreement establishes total payment levels of €116.1 billion—0.89 per cent. of EU GNI. The European Parliament is scheduled to vote on its own second reading on 18 December, after which the 2009 EC Budget will be formally adopted.
Five joint statements relating to the Budget were also agreed at Budget ECOFIN. These concerned the financing of the food facility and the implementation of cohesion policy and EU agencies. The Government are supportive of these statements, which affirm the co-ordination and visibility of Community development assistance, and call for sound financial management and budget discipline in the areas they concern.
Children, Schools and Families
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2008-09)
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls):
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be decreased by £16,761,000
from £52,739,088,00 to £52,722,327,000; the Administration cost budget will be decreased by £2,364,000 from £189,900,000 to £187,536,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate estimate and DEL, will be increased by £485,000 from £180,731,000 to £181,216,000 the administration cost budget will be increased by £485,000 from £28,236,000 to £28,721,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| DCFS | Resources | Capital(3) | ||||||
| Of which: | Ofwhich: | |||||||
| Change | New DEL | Voted | Non-voted | Change | New DEL | Voted | Non- voted | |
| £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | |
| (1)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, in the table above, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. (2) 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. (3)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. | ||||||||
Within the Administration Cost budget changes, the impact is set out in the following table:
| DfES | Original | Change | Revised |
| £000 | £000 | £000 | |
The decrease in the resource element of the DEL of £14,761,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £172,838,000 and an increase of £158,077,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL mainly in the department’s non-departmental public bodies.
The £172,838,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
A movement of £450,000 from RfR2 in respect of special education needs programmes.
A movement of £55,601,000 from non-voted unallocated provision for current grants to support schools and teachers.
A movement of £10,369,000 from non-voted unallocated provision for current grants to support youth programmes.
A transfer from the Cabinet Office £411,000 administration for the Parliamentary Council Office.
A transfer to the Cabinet Office of £40,000 for ISMCC.
A transfer to HM Treasury of £45,000 administration for the Centre of Expertise in Sustainable Procurement.
A transfer to Department for Work and Pensions of £4,000,000 administration for the lease settlement for Caxton House.
A transfer to the Home Office of £432,000 for antisocial behaviour and crime prevention.
A transfer to the Ministry of Justice of £1,000,000 for Implementation of the Children and Adoption Act.
A transfer to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills of £3,655,000 for vocational reform.
A transfer to the Home Office of £6,000,000 for settlements relating to the Hillingdon judgement 2003.
A movement of £197,031,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the department’s non-departmental public bodies
A movement of £450,000 to RfRl in respect of Special Education Needs Programmes.
A movement of £2,500,000 from non-voted unallocated provision for Sure Start.
A movement of £29,516,000 to non-voted resource DEL in respect of the Children's Workforce Development Council.
Non-voted resource DE
The £158,077,000 increase in non-voted resource DEL arises from:
A movement of £226,547,000 from voted resource DEL to support the department's non-departmental public bodies.
A movement of £55,601,000 from non-voted unallocated provision for current grants to support schools and teachers.
A movement of £10,369,000 from non-voted unallocated provision to voted for current grants to support youth programmes.
A movement of £2,500,000 from non-voted unallocated provision to voted for Sure Start.
The decrease in the capital element of the DEL of £2,000,000 arises from a £57,801,000 increase in the voted element of capital DEL and a decrease of £59,801,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.
The £57,801,000 increase in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:
A movement of £30,000,000 from non-voted unallocated provision to support schools and teachers.
A movement of £28,019,000 from non-voted unallocated provision for capital grants to support children and families.
A movement of £218,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the department’s non-departmental public bodies.
The £59,801,000 decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:
A transfer to Department for Work and Pensions of £2,000,000 for the Government Connect Programme.
A movement of £30,000,000 from non-voted unallocated provision to voted to support schools and teachers.
A movement of £28,019,000 from non-voted unallocated provision to voted for Capital grants to support children and families.
A movement of £218,000 from voted resource DEL to support the Department’s Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
Reclassification of £1,270,000 from programme expenditure to administration for respect administration costs.
A transfer from the Cabinet Office £411,000 administration for the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
A transfer to HM Treasury of £45,000 administration for the Centre of Expertise in Sustainable Procurement.
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