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Resource Change: Admin (total decrease of £(1,000,000))

Other Decreases:

The change in the administration budget arises from a £1,000,000 increase in civil court fee income. This will be offset against additional related costs to dispose of civil court business. The appropriations in aid are classified as administrative income and so the additional fee income will reduce the administration cost limit by £1,000,000.

Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £21,000,000)

Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):

Take up of EYF of £20,000,000 to cover an increased requirement in near-cash admin costs due to a projected shortfall by Northern Ireland Legal Services commission (NILSC) on legal aid expenditure. This is comprised of £9,316,000 near-cash, plus an agreed switch to near-cash of £847,000 non-cash and £9,837,000 capital.

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Other Increases:

An increase in admin income as stated above has a subsequent impact of an increase of £1,000,000 in programme costs.

Transfer of £2,000,000 resources to finance increase in grant to the NILSC. In budgetary terms, the utilisation of savings on resource DEL (voted) are being used to cover an increase in resource DEL spending (non-voted) by the NILSC.

(3) The change in the Resource DEL for The National Archives arises from:

Within the Total DEL change for The National Archives (TNA), 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:	1,104	—	47,704	—	47,704
Of which:
Administration(1)	—	—	—	—	—
Near cash in Resource DEL	1,104	—	36,953	—	36,953
Capital(2)	—	—	2,500	—	2,500
Depreciation(3)	—	—	(5,680)	—	(5,680)
Total	1,104	—	44,524	—	44,524
(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.

Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £1,104,000)

Other Increases:

An increase in Resource DEL of £1,104,000 in relation to a machinery of government change with a transfer of the Statutory Publications Office from the MoJ to TNA.

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Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Kevin Brennan): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the UK Statistics Authority’s total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £200,000 from £216,865,000 to £217,065,000, and the programme budget will be increased by £200,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table.

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£000
	Change		New DEL
	Voted	Non-voted	Voted	Non-voted	Total
Resource DEL	6,200	-6,000	217,065	—	217,065
Of which:
Administration Budget(1)	—	—	—	—	—
Near-cash in RDEL	6,800	-7,000	181,565	15,000	196,565
Capital(2)	—	—	21,000	—	21,000
Less depreciation(3)	-1,885	—	-18,385	—	-18,385
Total	4,315	-6,000	219,680	—	219,680
(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 element of DEL arises from:

Public Expenditure Survey transfers from other Government Department in support of migration statistics.

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The take up of departmental unallocated provision (DUP) of £6,000,000 in order to finance in-year pressures and to meet new priorities.

The change in the programme budget arises from transfer from other Government Department of £200,000 and the draw down of £6,000,000 of DUP.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Liam Byrne): Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2008-09, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £50,980,000 from £357,896,000 to £408,876,000.

The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

£000
	Winter supplementary estimate DEL			Changes			Spring supplementary estimate new DEL
	Voted	Non voted	Total	Voted	Non voted	Total	Voted	Non voted	Total
Resource DEL	304,681	37,476	342,157	+48,725	-50	+48,675	353,406	37,426	390,832
Of which:
Administration budget	203,250	—	203,250	-27,238	—	-27,238	176,012	—	176,012
Near cash in RDEL	260,874	38,591	299,465	+46,725	-35	+46,690	307,599	38,556	346,155
Capital DEL(1)	48,541	1,050	49,591	+4,255	+50	+4,305	52,796	1,100	53,896
Depreciation(2)	-33,852	—	-33,852	-2,000	—	-2,000	-35,852	—	-35,852
Total DEL	319,370	38,526	357,896	+50,980	—	+50,980	370,350	38,526	408,876
(1) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as capital DEL in budgets. (2) 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.

Summary of Changes in DEL

The change in the resource element of DEL, an increase of £48.675 million, comprises £37.195 million agreed claims on the Reserve, a £0.165 million take up of End Year Flexibility, £12.312 million transfers of budgetary cover from/to other Government Departments and £0.997 million transfers to Capital DEL.

The change in the capital element of DEL, an increase of £4.305 million, comprises a £3.308 million take up of End year Flexibility and £0.997 million transfers from Resource DEL.

Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)

The changes which result in a net increase in Resource DEL (RDEL) of £48,675,000 are as follows:

Agreed Claims on the Reserve

A drawdown from the Reserve for v Matched Funding for the Office of the Third Sector to cover grant expenditure increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £13,000,000.

A drawdown from the Reserve for the Invest to Save Budget (ISB) for the Office of the Third Sector to cover grant expenditure increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £916,000.

A drawdown on the reserve for the Grassroots Grant programme increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £23,279,000.

End year Flexibility

A take up of End Year Flexibility (EYF) for the Invest to Save Budget (ISB) for the Office of the Third Sector increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £165,000.

Budget cover transfers outwards

Transfers to other Government Departments to cover the costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel reduces Resource DEL and net Cash Requirement by £1,728,000.

Budget cover transfers inwards

A transfer from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to cover the costs of i Monitoring Security Co-ordination Centre (iMSCC) increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £40,000.

A transfer from the Security and Intelligence Agencies to cover the costs of the SCOPE programme increases Non Cash Resource DEL by £14,000,000.

Transfers from Voted Resource to Capital DEL

A transfer from Voted Resource DEL to Capital DEL increases the Capital Budget by £947,000 and consists of the following: a £60,000 transfer from the House of Lords Appointments Commission Resource DEL to cover the costs of redeveloping the appointments database, a £750,000 transfer from the core Cabinet Office Resource DEL to enhance the computer system that supports the Civil Service Pensions and a £137,000 transfer from the core Cabinet Office Resource DEL to cover expenditure on projects implementing security measures.

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