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Cabinet Office
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2009-10)
The Minister for the Cabinet Office and for the Olympics, and Paymaster General (Tessa Jowell): Subject to parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate 2009-10, the Cabinet Office total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £17,068,000 from £377,081,000 to £394,149,000 and annually managed expenditure (AME) will be increased by £10,000 from £Nil to £10,000.
The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
| £'000 | Main Estimate DEL | Changes | Winter Supplementary Estimate New DEL | ||||||
| Voted | Non Voted | Total | Voted | Non Voted | Total | Voted | Non Voted | Total | |
| (*)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. (**)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts, but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. | |||||||||
Summary of Changes in DEL and AME
The change in the resource element of DEL, an increase of £16.554 million, comprises a £18 million agreed claim on the Reserve, £0.010 million transfer to AME as a result of the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), £0.942 million resulting from transfers of budgetary cover to other Government Departments and £0.494 million transfer to Capital DEL.
The change in the capital element of DEL, an increase of £0.514 million, comprises a £0.494 million transfer from Resource DEL and a £0.020 million budgetary cover transfer from another Government Department.
Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)
The changes which result in a net increase in Resource DEL (RDEL) of £16,554,000 are as follows:
A drawdown on the Reserve for the Grassroots Grant programme increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £18,000,000.
Budget cover transfers outwards
A transfer to the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) to cover costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel reduces Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £226,000.
A transfer to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to cover costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel reduces Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £376,000.
A transfer to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to cover work on community cohesion reduces Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £340,000.
Transfers from Voted Resource to Capital DEL
Transfers from voted Resource to Capital DEL decreases Resource DEL by £494,000 and consists of the following: a £30,000 contribution towards the creation of a new Public Appointments Website, a £14,000 contribution in respect of software for a secure communication network and a £450,000 transfer to cover the expenditure on enhancing the computer system which supports Civil Service Pensions.
Transfer from Non-Voted Resource DEL to AME
A transfer of £10,000 has been made from non-voted resource DEL to AME in respect of employee benefits for accrued holiday pay which is a cost resulting from the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
The changes which result in a net increase in Capital DEL (CDEL) of £514,000 are as follows:
Transfers from Voted Resource to Capital DEL
Transfers from voted Resource to Capital DEL increases Capital DEL by £494,000 and consists of the following: a £30,000 contribution towards the creation of a new Public Appointments Website, a £14,000 contribution in respect of software for a secure communication network and a £450,000 transfer to cover the expenditure on enhancing the computer system which supports Civil Service Pensions.
A transfer of £20,000 has been made from the Government Equalities Office to contribute to the costs of a new Public Appointments Website.
Children, Schools and Families
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2009-10)
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 increased by £33,571,000 from £56,381,456,000 to £56,415,027,000; the administration cost budget will remain at £182,352,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will remain at £192,881,000 with the administration cost budget remaining at £28,020,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| DCFS | Resources | Capital(***) | ||||||
| Change | New DEL | Of which:Voted | Non-voted | Change | New DEL | Of which: Voted | Non- voted | |
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| (*)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. (** )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. (***)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. | ||||||||
The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £1,049,000 arises from an decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £28,340,000 and an increase of £29,389,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL mainly in the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
The £28,340,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
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