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Departmental Expenditure Limit (2008-09)
The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Jack Straw): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) and the National Archives (TNA) total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased as follows:
Total DEL for MoJ (RfR1, RfR2 and RfR3) is increased by £319,016,000 from £9,424,829,000 to £9,743,845,000 and the administration budget has increased by £24,541,000 from £437,300,000 to £461,841,000.
Total AME for MoJ (RfR1, RfR2 and RfR3) is increased by £150,000,000.
Total DEL for NICS is increased by £1,201,000 from £131,368,000 to £132,569,000 and the administration budget has decreased by £3,000,000 from £2,493,000 to £(507,000). This is due to an increase in administration income.
Total DEL for the TNA has remained unchanged.
Within the Total DEL change for MoJ (RfRl, RfR2 and RfR3), the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted £'000 | Non-voted £'000 | Voted £'000 | Non-voted £'000 | Total £'000 | |
| (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 and capital DEL for MoJ arises from:
RfR1: To promote the development of a modern, fair, cost effective and efficient system of justice for all.
Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £24,306,000)
Take-up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
An increase of £397,000 in resource DEL in respect of EYF draw-down for the Diana Princess of Wales inquest
An increase of £24,439,000 in resource DEL in relation to the transfer of corporate costs from the Home Office.
A decrease in the administration budget of £485,000, in relation to transfer to OFSTED for the responsibility for the inspection of CAFCASS.
A decrease in the administration budget of £45,000 transferred to the Office of Government Commerce in relation to contribution to the Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Procurement.
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £122,238,000)
An increase in near-cash resource funding of £100,000,000 in relation to the prison capacity programme
An increase in non-cash resource funding of £11,260,000 in relation to the prison capacity programme
An increase in resource DEL of £3,500,000 in relation to the child support reform funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
An increase in resource DEL of £2,233,000 in relation to the downstream costs of the Violent Crime Reduction Act from the Home Office.
An increase in resource DEL of £1,696,000 in relation to the early retirement provisions from the Home Office.
An increase in resource DEL of £1,430,000 from the Home Office in relation to costs associated with the prison sentences of 12 months plus for foreign nationals and automatic deportation orders.
An increase in resource DEL of £1,000,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in relation to adoption costs.
An increase in resource DEL of £569,000 in relation to ESA funding from the DWP.
An increase in non-voted resource DEL of £550,000 in relation to by-election funding.
Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £23,717,000)
A decrease of £13,912,000 net resource DEL transferred to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) in relation to the prisoner education programme.
A decrease of £4,300,000 resource DEL transferred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in relation to the COMPASS case management system.
A decrease of £1,793,000 to align MoJ's resource DEL to the agreed CSR07 settlement.
A decrease of £1,182,000 resource DEL transferred to the CPS in relation to the Local Criminal Justice Boards.
A decrease of £1,130,000 resource DEL transferred to the CPS in respect of the Corporate Manslaughter Act.
A decrease of £600,000 resource DEL transferred to the CPS in relation to the EXISS R1 programme.
A decrease of £417,000 resource DEL transferred to the CPS in relation to costs arising from the Road Safety Act 2006.
A decrease of £343,000 resource DEL transferred to the CPS in respect of the progress project.
A decrease of £40,000 resource DEL transferred to the Cabinet Office in relation to the Government security zone’s SM and C centre.
Capital Change (total increase of £211,040,000)
An increase of £211,000,000 in capital DEL in respect of the prison capacity programme.
An increase of £40,000 in capital DEL to align with the agreed CSR settlement.
AME Changes (total increase of £150,000,000)
An increase in AME of £150,000,000 in respect of impairment of assets within Her Majesty’s Court Service.
RfR2: Overseeing the effective operation of the devolution settlement in Scotland and representing the interests of Scotland in the UK Government.
Total DEL for Scotland has remained unchanged.
RfR3: To support the Secretary of State in discharging his role of representing Wales in the UK Government, representing the UK Government in Wales and ensuring the smooth running of the devolution settlement in Wales.
Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £235,000)
An increase of £235,000 in Resource DEL in respect of the Parliamentary Counsel Office funding.
There is no change in the Capital DEL for RfR2 and RfR3.
The change in the resource and capital DEL for the Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) arises from:
Within the total DEL change for Northern Ireland Court Service, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Resource Change: Admin (total decrease of £3,000,000)
An increase in admin income of £3,000,000 to reflect an increase in the fee rates and additional work income. This will offset against additional costs to dispose of civil fee business. The appropriations-in-aid are classified as administrative income and so the additional fee income will reduce the administration cost limit by £3,000,000.
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £3,001,000)
An increase in administration income has a subsequent impact of an increase of £3,000,000 in programme costs. This reflects an increase in the fee rates and additional work income.
A token increase of £1,000 to allow increase in appropriations-in-aid.
Capital Change (total increase of £1,200,000)
An increase of £1,200,000 in relation to re-profiling of capital from 2009-10 into 2008-09.
The National Archives are not submitting a winter supplementary estimate.
Cabinet Office
The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Liam Byrne): Subject to parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate 2008-09, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be decreased by £1,537,000 from £359,433,000 to £357,896,000.
The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
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