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The increase in the Northern Ireland Executive DEL takes account of the following changes:
The take up of end year flexibility of £135,000,000 (£35,000,000 near cash and £100,000,000 capital);
Additions of £23,827,000 (-£49,092,000 near cash, £20,337,000 non cash and £52,582,000 capital) following IFRS changes;
A budget reclassification of £497,200,000 (near cash) in respect of NHS pensions;
An addition of £131,045,000 (non cash) in respect of provisions for equal pay; and
Budget cover transfers to other Government Departments of £25,599,000 broken down as follows:
i. Transfer of £827,000 from DEFRA for BSE-OTM;
ii. Transfer of £275,000 from DCSF for the NSPCC Expansion Grant;
iii. Transfers of £749,000 to the Northern Ireland Office for accommodation and other central services;
iv. Transfer of £379,000 to HMRC in respect of the Aggregates Levy; and
v. Transfer of £25,573,000 to Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in respect of industrial support.
Scotland
Department Expenditure Limits
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy): Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office will be increased by £1,200,000 and takes account of the following routine adjustment:
- a take-up of near cash End Year Flexibility of £1,200,000.
The increase will be added to the planned total of public expenditure spending commitments in the current financial year.
The Scotland DEL will be increased by £18,005,000 from £29,552,282,000 to £29,570,287,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
| £'000 | ||
| Change | New DEL | |
The increase in the Scotland DEL takes account of the following adjustments to the Scottish Government provision:
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) classification changes of £17,006,000.
The DEL increase also includes the following changes:
a transfer of £196,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions in respect of the School Gates Project,
a transfer of £803,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families for the NSPCC Expansion Grant.
solicitor-General
Departmental Expenditure Limits
The Solicitor-General (Vera Baird): My right hon. Friend the Attorney-General has made the following written ministerial statement:
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £9,646,000 from £744,966,000 to £754,612,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:
| £'000 | |||||
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| * 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. *** 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. | |||||
The Crown Prosecution Service's element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £1,975,000 from £688,335,000 to £690,310,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
The reclassification of contract costs of £6,419,000 from voted to non-voted DEL following the requirement to restate under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
The take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £5,000,000 from non-voted to voted DEL to increase the spending on the prosecution of criminal cases
A budgetary transfer of £500,000 from the Ministry of Justice to help fund the delivery of the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007
A budgetary transfer of £25,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to contribute towards the implementation of the Skills Strategy for Government.
The change in capital DEL arises from the take up of £1,500,000 from end-year flexibility (EYF) to meet the up-front capital costs of the relocation of CPS Headquarters.
The Serious Fraud Office's element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £6,590,000 from £40,932,000 to £47,522,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
The take up of £1,138,000 of modernisation funding to complete the SFO's transformation programme which is designed to help the SFO to meet its key challenges of:
increasingly sophisticated frauds and instances of corruption;
working more flexibly and efficiently;
focusing on the needs of victims; and
working collaboratively with other Government Departments, agencies and organisations as appropriate.
The take up of £4,952,000 in blockbuster funding relating to UN Oil for Food cases to enable the SFO to continue with the investigation and prosecution of outstanding cases in 2009-10.
The take up of £500,000 from EYF to deliver work early at a reduced cost.
There is also a transfer of £249,000 from resource to capital spending to cover increased National Fraud Authority capital costs
The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £1,081,000 from £15,699,000 to £16,780,000. This increase will occur within the administration budget which will increase from £13,630,000 to £14,711,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
Take up £775,000 of near-cash administration costs resource end-year flexibility (EYF) to meet the cost of the Attorney-General's office and to support the transformation of the Attorney-General's Departments
Other changes in near-cash DEL spending of £306,000 to meet the increased charge to lease costs following the requirement to restate under IFRS accounting rules.
Transport
Departmental Expenditure Limits
The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr. Sadiq Khan): My right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis, has made the following ministerial statement:
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2009-10 will be increased by £22,464,000 from £14,137,677,000 to £14,160,141,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £4,520,000 from £275,172,000 to £279,692,000.
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 | |
| (* )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: Administration (total increase of £4,520,000)
Voted: total net increase of £5,020,000
(i) Transfer of £520,000 near-cash from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel costs;
(ii) HM Treasury agreed reclassification of £4,000,000 from programme near-cash to reflect the revised treatment of shared services expenditure;
(iii) Transfer of £500,000 near-cash from non-voted departmental unallocated provision for administration pressures; and
(iv) Transfer of £1,159,000 near-cash transferred to non-voted in respect of Highways Agency increased utilisation of provisions; offset by £1,159,000 non-cash transferred from non-voted.
Non Voted: total net decrease of £500,000
(i) Transfer of £500,000 near-cash to voted provision; and
(ii) Transfer of £1,159,000 non-cash to voted; offset by £1,159,000 near-cash transferred from voted.
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £706,826,000)Voted: total net increase of £797,685,000
(i) Increase of £989,371,000 non-cash in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Highways Agency depreciation;
(ii) A net transfer of £186,631,000 near-cash from non-voted for:
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