MEMORANDUM THE SCOTTISH AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 

This memorandum provides information in relation to the Spring Supplementary Estimate for the Scotland Office. The provision for the Scotland Office (including the Grant to the Scottish Executive) is carried as a separate Request for Resources on the Main Estimates for the Ministry of Justice.

 

Scotland Office______________________________________________________________

 

Supplementary Expenditure Details

 

In the Supplementary, the DEL provision for the administration of the Scotland Office (which is ring fenced within the overall Ministry of Justice (MoJ) DEL) will be increased by £900,000 from £6,555,000 to £7,455,000, to take account of the take-up of near cash End Year flexibility

 

Also included in the Supplementary, the Scotland DEL (net of depreciation) will be decreased by £4,500,000 from £27,077,409,000 to £27,072,909,000.

 

This includes:

 

·        a reduction of £5,000,000 following the change in responsibility for the payment of certain staff in SEERAD; and;

 

·        a reduction of £25,000,000 in non cash provision for impairments; and

 

·        an increase of £500,000 in respect of a further transfer from the Department of Transport for rail services in Scotland.

 

 

CHANGES TO THE AME

 

·        Additional provision of £9,059,000 for Student Loans;

 

·        Additional provision of £55,000,000 for NHS Impairments;

 

·        Additional provision of £60,000,000 for SEERAD Pension Liability;

 

 

CHANGES TO NON BUDGET

 

·        Additional provision of £89,581,000 for Housing Stock Transfers; and

 

·        A transfer of National Insurance Fund Payments towards Scottish National Health Service of £89,681,000; and

 

·        A reduction of £30,000,000 for changes in cash to accrual adjustments.

 

As a result of these changes there is an increase in the Net Cash Requirement of £64,459,000.

 

A reconciliation table is attached at Annex A; this reconciles the spending of the Scottish Executive with the grant payable to the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

 

 

David Middleton

Accounting Officer
 
 
12 February 2008  

                                                                                    ANNEX A

 

GRANT PAYABLE TO THE SCOTTISH CONSOLIDATED FUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Position at Main

 

Winter Supplementary

 

Position following

£ million

Estimate

 

Changes

 

Winter Supplementary

Expenditure Classified as DEL[1]

27,438,854

 

-29.500

 

27,409.354

Transfers

 

 

 

 

 

add:

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to HMT iro SEERAD by analogy pension scheme

 

 

-5.000

 

 

Transfer to HMT iro NHS impairments

 

 

-25.000

 

 

Transfer from DfT

 

 

0.500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditure Classified as AME

3,687,620

 

124.059

 

3,811.679

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

Student Loans

 

 

9.059

 

 

SEERAD by analogy pension liability

 

 

60.000

 

 

NHS Impairments

 

 

55.000

 

 

Non Domestic Rates Income

1,859.727

 

0.000

 

1,859.727

Total Managed Expenditure

32,986.201

 

94.559

 

33,080.760

 

 

 

 

 

 

add:

 

 

 

 

 

Repayments of principle of existing (pre 1 April 1999) debt to National Loans Fund

10.000

 

0.000

 

10.000

Police Loan Charges

14.708

 

0.000

 

14.708

Housing Stock Transfers

0.000

 

89.581

 

89.581

 

24.708

 

89.581

 

114.289

less:

 

 

 

 

 

Supported Borrowing by Local Authorities

305.156

 

0.000

 

305.156

Non Domestic Rates Income

1,859.727

 

0.000

 

1,859.727

National Insurance Fund Payments towards Scottish National Health Service

1,724.075

 

89.681

 

1,813.756

Non Voted expenditure

11.500

 

0.000

 

11.500

 

3,900.458

 

89.681

 

3,990.139

Cash to accruals adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

depreciation

361.445

 

-25.000

 

336.445

cost of capital

977.209

 

0

 

977.209

Impairments

20.000

 

55.000

 

75.000

Resource to cash adjustments for NHS and Teachers Pensions

2,752.321

 

0

 

2,752.321

Other Cash to Accrual Adjustments

54.200

 

0

 

54.200

 

4,165.175

 

30.000

 

4,195.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant payable to Scottish Consolidated Fund

24,945.276

 

64.459

 

25,009.735

 



[1] The figures are gross and therefore include depreciation