a transfer of £4,000,000 from programme to administration costs to meet additional costs arising from the Swine Flu programme, reform of Care and Support and the NHS Next Stage Review; and
a transfer from the capital budget to the revenue budget of £200,000,000 to meet existing commitments on pandemic flu.
The Department of Health's administration cost limit has increased by £4,426,000 as detailed above.
The change to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL is due to:
an increase in the administration budget of £2,000,000 to fund reorganisation within FSA headquarters; and
a decrease of £3,500,000 programme cost identified savings in relation to research and campaign activity.
Home Department
Departmental Expenditure Limits
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Alan Johnson):
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the Home Office's 23 Feb 2010 : Column 41WS
Departmental expenditure limits for 2009-10 will be increased by £135,354,000 from £10,242,220,000 to £10,377,574,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £276,293,000 from £675,540,000 to £399,247,000.
Within the DEL change, 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
46,564
(85,434)
8,589,149
980,335
9,569,484
Of which:
Administration budget *
(241,071)
(35,222)
246,339
152,908
399,247
Near-cash in RDEL *
41,153
(92,736)
8,418,215
930,329
9,348,544
Capital **
189,300
(300)
726,561
280,520
1,007,081
Less depreciation ***
(4,976)
(9,800)
(133,867)
(65,124)
(198,991)
Total
230,888
(95,534)
9,181,843
1,195,731
10,377,574
* The total of the "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.
***Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
£000's
(a)
Total
o/w near cash
o/w Admin
The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
(38,870)
(51,583)
(276,293)
Classification Changes:
(37,944)
(37,944)
(262,836)
Treatment of recording employee benefits in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) moves from AME to programme DEL. The sections affected are:
Identity and Passport Service (section F).
500
500
UK Border Agency (section E).
453
453
Central Services (section G).
59
59
Police (section A).
28
28
Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D).
16
16
Programme switched to capital within Police (section A) to meet forecast capital expenditure.
(9,000)
(9.000)
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Programme switched to capital within the Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) to meet forecast capital expenditure. See section (b) for the capital DUP drawdown.
(30,000)
(30,000)
Re-classification of admin into programme as a result of the winter supplementary machinery of government transfer from HM Revenue and Customs.
(262,836)
Transfers to other Government Departments:
(29,598)
(29,247)
(14,792)
Admin from Central Services (section G) to the Ministry of Justice to fund shared central support expenditure.
(14,792)
(14,441)
(14,792)
Programme from the DUP to fund Migration Impact expenditure to the following departments:
Department for Business Innovation and Skills
(5,371)
(5,371)
Department for Children Schools and Families
(2,854)
(2,854)
Department of Health
(2,854)
(2,854)
Department for Communities and Local Government
(2,854)
(2,854)
Reduction in programme in the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D) representing a decrease in the balance of counter terrorism funding returned to the Home Office by the Cabinet Office.
(600)
(600)
Programme from Central Services (section G) to the Ministry of Justice for science and technology costs.
(273)
(273)
Transfers from other government departments:
1,232
1,232
1,232
Admin from the Cabinet Office to Central Services (section G) for the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
856
856
856
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Increase in admin in Central Services (section G) following the reversal of a previous transfer to the Ministry of Justice for payroll services.
376
376
376
End Year Flexibility:
17,051
17,051
0
Programme to section E to meet UKBA's strategic objective to "secure our borders and control migration for the benefit of our country".
17,051
17,051
Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS):
10,389
(2,675)
103
Increase in programme for the UK Border Agency (section E) to reflect the accounting treatment of finance leases under IFRS.
10,308
(3,370)
Change in admin and programme for the UK Border Agency (section E) as a result of a revised forecast of the cost of reporting employee benefits in accordance with IFRS.
81
695
103
(b)
Capital
Total
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
189,000
End Year Flexibility:
150,000
Capital to the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D) to meet strategic delivery objective "Protect the public from terrorism".
68,555
Capital to the Police (section A) to meet the strategic delivery objective 'Lead visible, responsive and accountable policing'.
50,953
Capital to the United Kingdom Border Agency (section E) to meet strategic delivery objective "Secure our borders and control migration for the benefit of the country".
30,492
Classification changes:
39,000
Programme switched to capital within Police (section A) to meet forecast capital expenditure.
9,000
Drawdown of capital in the DUP to meet the latest forecast budgeted expenditure in the following areas:
Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D).
4,811
Office for Security and Counter Terrorism grants (section K).
8,889
UK Border Agency (section E).
10,000
Identity and Passport Services (section F).
6,300
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International Development
EU Development Ministers Meeting (Segovia)
The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr. Gareth Thomas):
The informal meeting of EU Development Ministers, organised by the Spanish presidency, took place in Segovia, Spain, on 17 and 18 February. I represented the UK.
The items covered were as follows:
The Millennium Development Goals Review Summit
This session focused on EU preparations for the MDGs summit in New York in September 2010. The new Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, and the presidency underlined the importance of the summit to galvanising support for poverty reduction before the 2015 MDG target date. The UK, alongside the Commission, a number of other member states and civil society representatives, argued that the EU should demonstrate global leadership through a comprehensive package that would include commitments to those goals most at risk, particularly maternal and child health, food security and education. The Commission welcomed the clear steer from Ministers and will reflect this in its proposals planned to be put to the May and June Foreign Affairs Councils. The overall EU position will then go to the June European Council for agreement by leaders.
Financing for Development
I underlined the importance of honouring our EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments. While alternative financing mechanisms, including from the private sector, are likely to form an increasingly significant part of meeting the global development and climate challenges, ODA will remain the core contribution and our pledges must be met. I shared the UK's experience of increasing ODA to a position where we will meet the 0.7 per cent. GNI target by 2013 and there was considerable interest in our draft legislation to make this commitment a legal obligation. Several member states highlighted the challenge of meeting the targets in the current economic environment, though all member states reaffirmed the importance of the commitment. The Commission and presidency will work further on suggestions for enhancing the accountability of member states to meet their pledges including an annual review of progress by Heads of Government and delivery plans to 0.7 per cent. for member states.
