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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.
An explanation of key terms used in the Memorandum is provided at Annex A.
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 2007/08 to 2010/11.
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2006/07
£k1
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2007/08
£k
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2008/09
£k2
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2009/10
£k3
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2010/11
£k
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Outturn
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Outturn
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Estimated
Outturn
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Provision
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Provision
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Resource
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60,329
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88,559
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70,660
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78,765
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78,185
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Of which:4
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Administration
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3,457
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5,208
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7,794
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8,005
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7,925
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Near Cash
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59,370
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79,430
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61,135
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70,451
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77,953
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Capital
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328
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7,175
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7,000
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7,000
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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.
2 Estimated Outturn for 2008-9. Revised estimated outturn will be published
in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper.
3 Figures published in Main Estimate 2009/10
4 Near cash will include some administration
expenditure so administration plus near cash is more than the resource total.
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.
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2006/07
£m1
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2007/08
£k
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2008/09
£k2
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2009/10
£k3
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2010/11
£k
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Outturn
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Outturn
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Estimated
Outturn
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Provision
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Provision
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Net Cash Requirement
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59,417
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83,666
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73,523
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85,804
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85,505
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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.
2 Figures Estimated Outturn for 2008-9.
3 Figures published in Main Estimate 2009/10
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.
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Request
for Resources and Section References on changes1
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Section
Description
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Spring
Supplementary Estimate 2008/09
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Main
Estimate
2009/10
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Variation
from Spring Supplementary Estimate 2008/09 to Main Estimate 2009/10
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£k
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£k
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£k
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%
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Request
for Resources 1
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A
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Administration
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13,906
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14,805
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899
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6.5%
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-
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Grants to private sector and charities
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100
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0
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(100)
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100%
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B
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Payments to NDPBs
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71,000
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71,000
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0
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0
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Request for
Resources 1 Total
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85,006
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85,805
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799
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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.
Section A - Administration
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.
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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.
Annex
A
Explanation
of key terms used in the Memorandum
Departmental Expenditure Limit
This is spending within the
Department's direct control and which can therefore be planned over an extended
period, such as the costs of its own administration and payments to third
parties.
Request for Resources
The Department has one Request
for Resource:
§ Request for Resource 1: Promoting a fair and equal society where
everyone has the opportunity to prosper and reach their full potential.
End of
Year Flexibility
A
mechanism that enables the Department to plan the use of resources over
Spending Review years and therefore carry forward unspent provision in the
Departmental Expenditure Limit in one year to subsequent years. To encourage good financial management and
soundly based forecasting the Department links the availability of End of Year
Flexibility to budget holders to the accuracy of their financial forecasts.
Voted and Non-Voted Funds
The term Vote applies to the process by
which Parliament formally approves the supply of funds to the Department. Non-voted funds have by definition not been
through that process. The expenditure of
Non Departmental Public Bodies in non voted spend, even though it is within the
Departmental Expenditure limit. Voted
spend includes grant in aid payments to Non Departmental Public Bodies.
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