Further explanatory memorandum from the
Government Equalities Office (GEO 05)
MAIN ESTIMATE 2009-10
INTRODUCTION
1. The purpose of this Memorandum is to
provide the Select Committee with additional information regarding
the content of the Department's Main Estimate for 2009-10. Included
is information on variations in the Estimate, Departmental budgets
and control totals and how these variations relate to Departmental
Strategic Objectives.
OVERVIEW OF
ESTIMATE
2. The Main Estimate presents the Department's
planned spending for 2008-09:
— The total Departmental Expenditure Limit
budget is £85,765k (Resource £78,765k and Capital £7,000k).
— The resulting voted net cash requirement
is £85,804k.
3. It should be noted that this Estimate
does not include any draw down of End of Year Flexibility or draw
down from non-voted provision. Any changes to Departmental funding
of this nature will be dealt with in future supplementary Estimates.
EXPLANATION OF
ESTIMATE FUNDING
Departmental Expenditure Limit
4. The Government Equalities Office was
created as a result of Machinery of Government changes announced
in July 2007, and came into being as a separate Department in
October 2007 this is the Department's first Main Estimate. As
the Department was not in existence during the Comprehensive Spending
Review 2007 its' funding has been separately agreed with the Department
for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Work
and Pensions and HM Treasury. The Department's Winter and Spring
Supplementary Estimates 2007-08 included details of functions,
and related budgets, which have transferred from these Departments.
5. The table below shows the Departmental Expenditure
Limit outturn by category for 2006-07 compared to the estimated
provisions for 2007-8 to 2010-11.
| 2006-07
| 2007-08 | 2008-09
| 2009-10 | 2010-11
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| £k1 | £k
| £k2 | £k3
| £k |
| Outturn | Outturn
| Estimated Outturn | Provision
| Provision |
| Resource | 60,329 | 88,559
| 70,660 | 78,765 | 78,185
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| Of which:4 | |
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| Administration | 3,457
| 5,208 | 7,794 |
8,005 | 7,925 |
| Near Cash | 59,370
| 79,430 | 61,135
| 70,451 | 77,953
|
Capital | 328 | 7,175
| 7,000 | 7,000 | 7,000
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| 1 Figures relate to expenditure incurred by other Departments on functions that have since been transferred to the Government Equalities Office.
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| 2 Estimated Outturn for 2008-09. Revised estimated outturn will be published in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper.
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| 3 Figures published in Main Estimate 2009-10.
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| 4 Near cash will include some administration expenditure so administration plus near cash is more than the resource total.
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Net Cash Requirement
6. The voted Net Cash Requirement included within the
Estimate is £85,804k, which is in accordance with the approved
Departmental Expenditure Limit budget adjusted for non-cash items.
7. The table below shows the Net Cash Requirement outturn
for 2006-07 compared to the estimated provisions for 2007-08 to
2010-11.
| 2006-07
| 2007-08 | 2008-09
| 2009-10 | 2010-11
|
| £m1 | £k
| £k2 | £k3
| £k |
| Outturn | Outturn
| Estimated Outturn | Provision
| Provision |
| Net Cash Requirement | 59,417
| 83,666 | 73,523 | 85,804
| 85,505 |
Notes: |
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| 1 Figures relate to expenditure incurred by other Departments on functions that have since been transferred to the Government Equalities Office.
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| 2 Figures Estimated Outturn for 2008-09.
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| 3 Figures published in Main Estimate 2009-10.
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EXPLANATION OF
CHANGES MADE
SINCE 2008-09 ESTIMATES
8. To understand the context of the 2008-09 Main Estimate
a comparison has been undertaken to the funds drawn down in the
2008-09 Spring Supplementary Estimate. This analysis is shown
in the table below. It is usual to provide a similar comparison
with the previous years Main Estimate.
Request for
Resources and
Section
References on
changes1
|
Section Description |
Spring
Supplementary
Estimate
2008-09
|
Main
Estimate
2009-10
|
Variation from
Spring Supplementary
Estimate 2008-09 to
Main Estimate 2009-10
|
| | £k
| £k | £k
| % |
| Request for Resources 1 |
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| A | Administration | 13,906
| 14,805 | 899 | 6.5%
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| — | Grants to private sector and charities
| 100 | 0 | (100)
| 100% |
| B | Payments to NDPBs | 71,000
| 71,000 | 0 | 0
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| Request for Resources 1 Total |
| 85,006 | 85,805
| 799 | 0.9% |
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| 1 Section letters refer to individual sections within the Estimate and are included to assist in cross-referencing the Estimate Memorandum with the Estimate in line with the Best Practice Guidance circulated by the Clerk to the Select Committee.
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Section A—Administration
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9. Section A has an increase of £899k or 6.5% which
was inherited in the original Comprehensive Spending Review 2007
baselines transferred from the Department for Communities and
Local Government.
Grants to private sector and charities
10. The Estimate includes no provision for these grants
though there are ongoing discussions on funding for rape crisis
centres and survivors trusts.
Section B—Payments to NDPBs
11. There is no change from the 2008-09 Spring Supplementary
Estimate payments which fund the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
END OF
YEAR FLEXIBILITY
(EYF)
12. The Department has no further stock of EYF outstanding.
The Department's outturn figures for 2008-09 will be published
in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper during summer 2009.
The Department's End of Year Flexibility stock will be recalculated
at this time.
IMPACT ON
PUBLIC SERVICE
AGREEMENT TARGETS
AND DEPARTMENTAL
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
13. The Government Equalities Office is the lead Department
for PSA15, but will also contribute to the delivery of several
other PSAs.
14. To support our contribution to delivery of the PSAs we
have agreed with HM Treasury a Departmental Strategic Objective
which covers the totality of our business and expresses the key
outcomes that the Department will deliver. We will report progress
against this objective regularly to HM Treasury and to the public
via our Departmental report from April 2009.
AMBIT OF
THE VOTE
15. There are no changes to the ambit of the Vote.
APPROVAL OF
MEMORANDUM
16. This Memorandum has been prepared with reference
to the guidance in the Estimates Manual provided by HM
Treasury and that found on the House of Commons, Scrutiny Unit
Website. The information in this memorandum has been approved
by the Departmental Accounting Officer.
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