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Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday 23 November 2010

Attorney-General

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £10,977,000 from £686,875,000 to £697,852,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:

ChangeNew DEL£'000

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

10,977

-

659,077

36,182

695,259

of which:

Administration budget

-

-

60,948

-

60,948

Capital DEL(1)

-

-

11,840

-

11,840

Less Depreciation(2)

-

-

-9,247

-

-9,247

Total DEL

10,977

-

661,670

36,182

697,852

(1)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(2)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 (CPS) element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £8,185,000 from £633,242,000 to £641,427,000.

The change in Resource DEL arises from budgetary transfers totalling £8,185,000 from the Ministry of Justice consisting of

The Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £2,792,000 from £38,754,000 to £41,546,000.

The change in Resource DEL arises from the take up of £2,792,000 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 2010-11.

Business, Innovation and Skills

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' DEL will be reduced
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by £3,796,000 from £20,805,607,000 to £20,801,811,000 and the Administration budget will be increased by £2,300,000 from £321,187,000 to £323,487,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital is as set out in the following table:

Change New DEL
VotedNon-VotedVotedNon-VotedTotal

Resource (£000)

(220,865)

217,069

7,772,927

11,263,059

19,035,986

of which:

Administration(1) budget

2,300

0

319,843

3,644

323,487

Near cash in Resource DEL(2)

(220,965)

217,169

6,210,394

11,094,742

17,305,136

Capital (£000)

(27,085)

27,085

699,571

1,302,762

2,002,333

Less

Depreciation(3)

(£000)

(100)

100

(68,191)

(168,317)

(236,508)

Total (£000)

(248,050)

244,254

8,404,307

12,397,504

20,801,811

(1)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.
(2)Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and Accounts, but which are treated as Capital DEL in Budgets.
3Depreciation, 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.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

i) An increase in voted receipts from the Department for Work and Pensions of £6,179,000 and an increase of non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies in respect of self-employment programmes;

ii) A budget transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions of £413,000 of non-voted expenditure for the Regional Development Agencies in respect of the School Gates initiative;

iii) An increase in voted receipts from the Department for Transport of £228,000 and an increase of non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies in respect of delivering a sustainable transport system;

iv) A virement of £535,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies in relation to National Business Link marketing;

v) Virements from voted expenditure by the Strategic Investment Fund to non-voted expenditure by the Technology Strategy Board for the establishment of the UK Life Sciences Super Cluster initiative (£595,000), to advance new "prize" funds in emerging technologies (£5,000,000), the Composites Challenge Fund (£6,000,000), and the Industrial Biotechnical Demonstrator Fund (£2,555,000);

vi) A virement from the Strategic Investment Fund to the Skills Funding Agency (RfR3) of £3,700,000 for the automotive industry;

vii) A virement of £97,000 from the Skills Funding Agency (RfR3) to non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies for Train to Gain;

viii) A virement of £350,000 from Higher Education participation programmes (RfR3) for joint BIS funding of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship;


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ix) A virement of £20,000,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision to non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (RfR3);

x) A virement of £496,000 from Science and Society (RfR2) to corporate services;

xi) A virement of £2,533,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for voted expenditure on research and analytical services (RfR3);

xii) A virement of £25,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for voted expenditure on Government Skills (RfR3);

xiii) A virement of £3,102,000 consultancy savings (RfR3) to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

xiv) A virement of £60,000 from Premature Retirement Compensation and Voluntary Colleges (RfR3) to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

RfR2

i) A virement of £13,000 from voted Research-Based Initiatives to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for Science;

ii) A virement of £496,000 from Science and Society to corporate services (RfR1);

RfR3

i) A virement from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England of Higher Education Shared Services (£20,000,000), the Higher Education Modernisation Fund (£133,000,000), Higher Education participation programmes (£10,500,000) and Annual Population Survey (£140,000);

ii) A virement of £14,000,000 from voted expenditure by the Skills Funding Agency to non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England;

iii) A transfer of £1,990,000 from the Department for Education to non-voted expenditure by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills for the National Vocational Qualifications Levy;

iv) A transfer of £4,280,000 from the Department for Communities and Local Government for the Migration Impact Fund;

v) A transfer of £9,521,000 from the Ministry of Justice for Offender Learning;

vi) A transfer of £20,000,000 from the Skills Funding Agency to the Department for Education for Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities;

vii) A virement of £2,533,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfR1) for voted expenditure on research and analytical services;

viii) A virement of £25,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfR1) for voted expenditure on Government Skills;

ix) A virement of £60,000 from Premature Retirement Compensation and Voluntary Colleges to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfRI);

x) A virement of £3,102,000 consultancy savings to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfR1);

xi) An increase of £4,176,000 in non-voted expenditure by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, and increased voted contributions from other Departments;

xii) A virement from the Strategic Investment Fund (RfR1) to the Skills Funding Agency of £3,700,000 for the Automotive Industry;


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xiii) A virement of £97,000 from the Skills Funding Agency to non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies (RfR1) for Train to Gain;

xiv) A virement of £350,000 from Higher Education participation programmes to RfR1 for joint BIS funding of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship;

xv) An increase in voted receipts of £823,000 from the Department for Education for "Routes into Languages" funding to be distributed as non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England;

xvi) An increase in voted receipts of £299,000 from the Department for Education for Repayment of Teacher Loan work to be undertaken by the non-voted Student Loans Company;

xvii) A virement of £930,000 to voted Higher Education Student Support from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England;

xviii) A virement of £6,048,000 from voted Higher Education Student Support to non-voted expenditure by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills;

xix) A virement of £4,904,000 from voted Higher Education Student Support to non-voted expenditure by the Student Loans Company;

xx) A virement of £100,000 from non-voted expenditure by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills to Adult Skills and Learner Support;

xxi) A virement of £20,000,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfR1) to non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England;

Also within the change to resource DEL, the changes to the Administration budget are (RfR1):

i) A virement of £2,300,000 from programme to administration using the Digital Switchover helpscheme underspend to fund broadband expansion;

The change in the Capital element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

i) A virement of £10,000,000 from voted expenditure by the London Development Agency to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

ii) A virement of £5,000,000 from voted expenditure of the Strategic Investment Fund to non-voted expenditure of the Technology Strategy Board for Competition IV - Low Carbon vehicle supply chains;

iii) An increase of £32,400,000 in voted receipts from the Department for Transport and an increase in non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies in respect of regional infrastructure funds;

iv) A virement of £5,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (RfR3) to voted expenditure by British Shipbuilders;

v) A virement of £1,860,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (RfR3) to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

vi) A virement of £13,140,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (RfR3) to non-voted Launch Investment Receipts;


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RfR2

i) A Virement of £1,300,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils to the Research Capital Investment Fund;

RfR3

i) A virement of £15,000 from non-voted to voted capital in relation to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills;

vii) A virement of £14,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to voted expenditure by the Skills Funding Agency;

viii) A virement of £5,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to voted expenditure by British Shipbuilders (RfRI);

ix) A virement of £1,860,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfR1);

x) A virement of £13,140,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to non-voted Launch Investment Receipts (RfRI).

Treasury

Departmental Expenditure Limits (HM Revenue and Customs)

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke): Subject to parliamentary approval of the supplementary estimate, the HM Revenue & Customs total DEL will be decreased by £500,000 from £3,706,842,000 to £3,706,342,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

ChangeNew DEL£'000

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

37,771

-38,271

3,311,284

425,976

3,737,260

Of which:

Administration Budget(1)

37,771

-38,271

3,586,418

79,437

3,665,855

Capital

2,415

-2,415

211,549

-

211,549

Less Depreciation(2)

-

-

-242,467

-

-242,467

Total DEL

40,186

-40,686

3,280,366

425,976

3,706,342

(1)The total of 'Administration Budget' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
(2)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 change in the resource element of DEL arises from:


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The change in the administration budget arises from the specific administration items detailed in the resource element above.

The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:

Departmental Expenditure Limits (Resource)

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Justine Greening): Subject to Parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate, HM Treasury's Resource DEL will be decreased by £20,657,000 from £206,740,000 to £186,083,000. The Administration Budget will be decreased by £21,957,000 from £159,551,000 to £137,594,000. The impact on resources, including the administration budget, is set out in the following table:

ChangeNew DEL£'000

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

-20,657,000

-

152,359,000

33,724,000

186,083,000

Of which:

Administration Budget(1)

-21,957,000

-

126,485,000

11,109,000

137,594,000

Capital

-

-

45,3000,000

3,400,000

48,700,000

Less Depreciation(2)

-

-

-6,725,000

-

-6,725,000

Total DEL

-20,657,000

-

190,934,000

37,124,000

228,058,000

(1)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(2)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 net reductions in resource DEL of £20,657,000 and Administration Budget of £21,957,000 are the net effect of the transfer of responsibility for the Office of Government Commerce to the Cabinet Office following the Machinery of Government transfer announced on 15 June 2010.

Departmental Expenditure Limits (National Savings & Investments)

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr Mark Hoban): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, National Savings and Investments (NS&I) departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £15,994,000 to £168,402,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:


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ChangeNew DEL
£'000VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

15,994

-4,994

168,402

-

168,402

Of which:

-

Administration Budget

15,994

-4,994

168,402

-

168,402

Near cash in RDEL

15,994

-4,994

164,769

-

164,769

Capital

-

-

464

-

464

Less Depreciation(1)

-

-

-2,983

-

-2,983

Total DEL

15,994

-4,994

165,883

-

165,883

(1)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 change in the resource element of DEL (£15,994,000) is required to continue the delivery of NS&I's adding value strategy for both the modernisation and simplification of infrastructure and products. To facilitate this, NS&I has included the following items in its winter supplementary estimate:

Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill (Ministerial Correction)

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke): On 15 November the Financial Secretary to the Treasury reported to Parliament on the operation of the UK's Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime for the period July to September 2010.

During the Second Reading of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill, I responded to the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz) about figures published in the report. My response appears on 15 November, Official Report, column 708.

The explanation I gave of the figures was incorrect. For the purpose of transparency and to ensure the report is correctly interpreted in the future I would like to clarify that explanation.

As of 30 September 2010, a total of 205 accounts containing just under £290,000 of suspected terrorist funds were frozen in the UK.

Of that £290,000 approximately £140,000 was frozen under the UK's domestic terrorist asset freezing regime, which is mandated by UNSCR 1373 and implemented by the legislation which the Bill is intended to replace. The remaining £150,000 was frozen under the UN al-Qaeda and Taliban asset-freezing regime.


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Cabinet Office

Directgov (Review)

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude): I invited Martha Lane Fox, the Government's digital champion, to undertake a strategic review of Directgov which was completed on 14 October 2010. This supported the work that the Efficiency and Reform Board had undertaken on channel shift and the opportunity for digital channels to support delivery of the spending review. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and I wrote to Departments in September outlining our commitment to improving services and driving efficiencies by making digital the default channel for Government information and transactional services.

Martha Lane Fox submitted her report "Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution" to me in October. The report places Directgov in the context of how Government should use the internet both to communicate and interact better with citizens and to deliver significant efficiency savings from making digital the default delivery channel for Government information and services.

I have written to Martha Lane Fox today thanking her for her report and saying that I am minded to accept her proposals in full, but that I will need to consult colleagues before making any final decisions about how to take them forward. I have placed Martha Lane Fox's report and my response in the Library. Both documents are also available on the Cabinet Office website (www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk)

I expect quick and broad agreement on some of Martha Lane Fox's proposals where we can make rapid progress and that in some areas-such as moving to a single domain for Government-I will have to work with Departments to test different approaches and work through the details and timescales. It is important to set a clear direction of travel and that is what I have done in my reply as the initial Government response to Martha Lane Fox's proposals.

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude): Subject to parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate 2010-11, the Cabinet Office total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £229,588,000 from £329,499,000 to £559,087,000.

The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:


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£'000Main Estimate DELChangesWinter Supplementary Estimate New DEL

VotedNon-votedTotalVotedNon-votedTotalVotedNon-VotedTotal

Resource DEL

259,942

49,196

309,138

+105,452

+100,985

+206,437

365,394

150,181

515,575

Of which:

Administration Budget

171,459

10,400

181,859

+53,858

-

+53,858

225,317

10,400

235,717

Capital DEL (2)

45,887

2,000

47,887

+23,250

-

+23,250

69,137

2,000

71,137

Depreciation (1)

-27,526

-

-27,526

-99

-

-99

-27,625

-

-27,625

Total DEL

278,303

51,196

329,499

+128,603

+100,985

+229,588

406,906

152,181

559,087

AME

(1 )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.
(2) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

Summary of Changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL)

The change in the resource element of DEL is an increase of £206.437 million which comprises £163.636 million for x3 Machinery of Government transfers from other Government Departments, £47.303 million of agreed claims on the Reserve, £4.290 million budget covers transfers to other Government Departments and a reduction of £0.900 million for dividends receivable from Buying Solutions and an increase of £0.688 million for purchase of goods and services relating to the Office of Government Commerce, both excluded from the Machinery of Government transfer.

The change in the capital element of DEL is an increase of £23.250 million which comprises £21.750 million Capital DEL End Year Flexibility drawdown and a claim on the Reserve for £1.500 million.

Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)

The changes which result in a net increase in Resource DEL (RDEL) of £206,437,000 are as follows:

Agreed Claims on the Reserve £47,303,000

A Claim on the Reserve for Grassroots Grants increases Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £18,000,000.

A Claim on the Reserve for v Match Funding increases Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £8,828,000.

A Claim on the Reserve from the Modernisation Fund to cover estate rationalisation and early departures increases Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £10,475,000.

A Claim on the Reserve from the Transition Fund to support civil society organisations in adapting to a changing funding environment increases Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £10,000,000.

Machinery of Government Transfers £163,636,000

The transfer of Directgov from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the Cabinet Office increases Resource DEL and Net Resource Requirement by £28,985,000 and Net Cash Requirement by £28,886,000.

The transfer of the Office of Government Commerce and its executive agency, Buying Solutions, from HM Treasury to the Cabinet Office increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £20,657,000, increases Resource AME by £529,000 and increases Net Resource Requirement by £21,186,000.

The transfer of responsibility for political and constitutional reform from the Ministry of Justice to the Cabinet Office increases voted Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £11,794,000. A transfer relating to the costs of the general election 2010 increases non-voted Resource DEL by £102,200,000.

Other changes outside Machinery of Government transfer £212,000

Dividends receivable from Buying Solutions of £900,000 and an increase of £688,000 for purchase of goods and services relating to the Office of Government Commerce. These adjustments are in addition to the Machinery of Government transfer. These changes decrease Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £212,000.

Budget Cover Transfers to other Government Departments £4,290,000

A budgetary cover transfer from the Office for Civil Society to the Department for Communities and Local Government to cover the costs of the Government Office Network reduces Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £290,000.

A budgetary cover transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) for Information Assurance reduces Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £4,000,000.

Transfer from non-voted to voted within Resource DEL

A switch within Resource DEL of £1,700,000 from non-voted to voted programme reflects savings made by executive NDPBs and reduces the Grant-in-Aid to eNDPBs and their non-voted expenditure and increases Office for Civil Society voted grants. The impact on Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement and Resource DEL is neutral.

Other neutral adjustments within Resource DEL

A switch within RDEL from administration to programme to cover costs of additional programme expenditure of £14,000,000.

A switch from Office for Civil Society resource grants to core Cabinet Office programme expenditure to re-profile the budget cuts reflected in the main estimate 2010-11 of £11,000,000.

Programme income has been reduced by £29,000,000 offset by a reduction in expenditure due to various programmes coming to an end.

An increase in administration income by £4,800,000 offset by administration expenditure on wages and salaries relating to the Office of Government Commerce; this adjustment is in addition to the Machinery of Government transfer.

A virement of £485,000 from independent offices-Civil Service Commissioners administration expenditure to the newly created executive non-departmental public body-Civil Service Commission-programme expenditure. The impact on Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement and Resource DEL is neutral. Non-Budget expenditure outside DEL has increased by £485,000.

A virement of £126,000 from independent offices-Civil Service Commissioners administration expenditure to core Cabinet Office. The impact on Net Resource Requirement, Net Cash Requirement and Resource DEL is neutral.

Changes in Capital DEL (COED

The changes which result in a net increase in Capital DEL (CDEL) of £23,250,000 are as follows:

End Year Flexibility / Claim on the Reserve

A drawdown to cover capital grants programmes run by the Office for Civil Society (OCS) increases Capital DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £21,750,000.


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A drawdown on the Reserve from the Modernisation Fund to cover the costs of estate rationalisation increases Capital DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £1,500,000.

Neutral adjustment within Capital DEL

A switch within Capital DEL from Office for Civil Society capital grants to core Cabinet Office non-current assets to re-profile the budget cuts reflected in the main estimate 2010-11 has a neutral impact on Capital DEL and Net Cash Requirement, whereas Net Resource Requirement decreases by £2,500,000 and Net Voted Capital increases by the same amount.

Communities and Local Government

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles): Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's departmental expenditure limits for 2010-11 will change as follows:

Section 1: Main Programmes DEL

1. The Department for Communities and Local Government's Main DEL will be decreased by £83,471,000 from £9,937,138,000 to £9,853,667,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £290,000 from £261,722,000 to £262,012,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

(£'000)
ChangeNEW DEL

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

-8,156

-35,317

3,337,329

438,354

3,775,683

Of which

Administration budget

290

260,334

1,678

262,012

Capital 1

-12,005

-58,024

1,305,153

4,816,782

6,121,935

Depreciation 2

0

30,031

-38,488

-5,463

-43,951

Total

-20,161

-63,310

4,603,994

5,249,673

9,853,667

(1) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets
(2) 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

2. The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

2.1 An internal transfer of £2,158,000 to Request for Resources 1 (main DEL) from Request for Resources 2 (Local Government DEL) made up from £1,625,000 to the strategic research budget (main DEL) and £533,000 to DCLG's communication budget (main DEL). Both of these changes are to enable more effective management of the budgets.

2.2 An increase in main DEL of £700,000 in respect of Infrastructure UK. This is a technical correction.

2.3 A surrender of £46,191,000 programme expenditure to HM Treasury made up of £16,160,000 internal savings and £30,031,000 to reflect technical changes under the clear line of sight project (CLOS) which were overlooked when CLOS was first set up.


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2.4 A net transfer of £140,000 to other Government Departments, made up of:

Transfers in (Programme total £8,300,000, Administration total £290,000)
Amount (£)DepartmentReason

£1,980,000

Culture Media and Sport

Contributions to the Migration Impact Fund

£4,340,000

Home Office

£1,980,000

Health

£290,000

Cabinet Office

Transfer of work on Community Cohesion

Transfers out (Programme total £8,730,000)

£2,500,000

Energy and Climate Change

Local Carbon Frameworks

£4,280,000

Business Innovation and Skills

Migration Impact Fund

£100,000

Cabinet Office

Cross Government funding of Information Assurance capabilities.

£1,850,000

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Papal visit


2.5 a net increase in receipts of £23,837,000. This is made up of increases in provision of:

offset by decreases in provision of:

2.6 a net transfer of £3,336,000 programme provision from non-voted to voted made up as follows:

from voted to non-voted provision

from non-voted to voted provision

2.7 The changes described at paragraphs 2.5 and 2.6 above have a net nil effect on the departmental expenditure limit:


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2.8 The change in the administration budget arises from the transfer of £290,000 from the Cabinet Office-see above table at 2.4.

3. The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

3.1 a surrender of £70,029,000 programme expenditure to HM Treasury made up of:

3.2 an increase in receipts of £19,500,000 for capital pooled housing receipts offsetting increases in provision of £5,189,000 for the Olympics programme; £13,277,000 for Control Room, £950,000 for Thames Gateway and £84,000 for renewing neighbourhood programme.

3.3 a net transfer of £2,624,000 from non-voted to voted made up of:

from voted to non-voted provision

from non-voted to voted provision

3.4 The changes described at paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 above have a net nil effect on the departmental expenditure limit:

Section 2: Local Government DEL

4. The Department for Communities and Local Government's local government DEL will be decreased by £2,374,000 from £25,992,569,000 to £25,990,195,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

'000)
ChangeNEW DEL

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

-2,158

-182

25,863,046

115,353

25,978,399

Capital (1)

0

182

12,470

582

13,052

Depreciation (2)

0

-216

0

-1,256

-1,256

Total

-2,158

-216

25,875,516

114,679

25,990,195

(1) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets
(2) 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.

5. The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

6. The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from

the switch of £182,000 to Capital from Resource for Local Government Standards Board described above.


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Culture, Media and Sport

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Jeremy Hunt): Subject to parliamentary approval, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £39,700,000 from £1,957,263,000 to £1,996,963,000 and the administration budget will increase by £7,200,000 from £44,288,000 to £51,488,000. Within the DEL change the impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:

ChangeNewDEL£'000

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource DEL

4,396

5,244

90,863

1,460,220

1,551,083

Ofwhich:

Administration budget

7,200

-

51,488

-

51,488

Capital(1)

11,901

18,159

-643,406

1,217,392

573,986

Less Depreciation(2)

-

-

-7,500

-120,606

-128,106

Total

16,297

23,403

-560,043

2,557,006

1,996,963

(1)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(2)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 change in the Resource element of the DEL arises from:

Take up of £9,700,000 End Year flexibility comprising: (£4,000,000) UK Film; (£2,000,000) Museums and Galleries; and £3,700,000 Administration budget, and a transfer of £60,000 from Resource to Capital DEL for the Poetry Archive

The administration budget has increased by £7,200,000 from £44,288,000 to £51,488,000. This is as a result of take up of £3,700,000 Administration End Year Flexibility and an agreed transfer of £3,500,000 from programme to administration costs.

The Capital element of the DEL has increased by £30,060,000 as a result of:

The drawdown of £30,000,000 End Year Flexibility (EYF) to meet agreed spending plans and a transfer of £60,000 to Capital from Resource DEL for the Poetry Archive.

Defence

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Defence (Dr Liam Fox): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits (DEL) will be increased by £102,744,000 (Voted and Non Voted) from £37,219,510,000 to £37,322,254,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital are as set out in the following table:


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£000s
ChangeNew DEL

VotedNon-VotedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

102,744

-

35,454,550

603,460

36,058,010

Ofwhich:AdministrationBudget

-

-

2,182,586

-

2,182,586

Capital

-

-

10,070,208

851

10,071,059

Depreciation(1)

-

-

-8,797,259

-9,556

-8,806,815

Total

102,744

-

36,727,499

594,755

37,322,254

(1) 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.

The changes to the resource and capital elements of the DEL arise from:

Voted Resource DEL increase £102,744,000:

RfRl:

(1) An increase of £88,000,000 in Resource DEL to bring it into line with the audited outturn for 2009-10, updating the provisional adjustment made at main estimate, as agreed with the Treasury from the reserve.

(2) To increase the net non budget grant funding of £1,289,000 by reducing Resource DEL by £28,000 for the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Association, £600,000 for the National Army Museum, £871,000 for the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and £315,000 for the Cadets and Sea Scouts Association; and, increasing Resource DEL by reducing the Royal Navy National Museum non budget grant of £525,000.


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RfR2:

(1) A transfer in of £16,033,000 from the Department for International Development being their contribution to the conflict pool.

The changes to Resource DEL and Capital DEL will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £104,033,000.

Education

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Education (DfE) departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £580,339,000 from £57,318,757,000 to £57,899,096,000; the administration cost budget will increase by £1,500,000 from £180,503,000 to £182,003,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will remain at £190,196,000 with the administration cost budget remaining at £27,337,000. The Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation (OFQUAL) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will remain at £23,400,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

DfEResourcesCapital(2)
ChangeNew DELOf which:ChangeNew DELOf which:
VotedNon-voted VotedNon-voted

£'000£'000£'000£'000£'000£'000£'000£'000

RfRI

623,339

49,683,740

41,290,026

8,393,714

-43,000

6,297,547

242,474

6,055,073

RfR2

0

1,602,784

1,602,784

0

0

315,025

315,025

0

DfE Total

623,339

51,286,524

42,892,810

8,393,714

-43,000

6,612,572

557,499

6,055,073

OFSTED

0

190,196

185,852

4,344

0

0

0

0

OFQUAL

0

17,900

17,300

600

0

5,500

5,500

0

Sub Total

623,339

51,494,620

43,095,962

8,398,658

-43,000

6,618,072

562,999

6,055,073

Of which Admin Budget

1,500

209,340

204,872

4,468

0

0

0

0

Depreciation1(1)

-1,500

-17,137

-14,107

-3,030

0

0

0

0

Total

621,839

51,477,483

43,081,855

8,395,628

-43,000

6,618,072

562,999

6,055,073

(1)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.
(2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

Department for Education

Resource DEL

The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £623,339,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £9,089,000 and an increase of £632,428,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL, mainly in the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.

Voted Resource DEL

The £9,089,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:

RFR1

A transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions for £4,183,000 in respect of their agreed share of the costs associated with the Child Poverty Innovation fund.

A transfer from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £20,000,000 in respect of Higher Discretionary Support for 19 to 24 year olds.

A Machinery of Government transfer to the Ministry of Justice of £43,811,000 in respect of the Joint Youth Justice Unit. This was a joint project between the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice. Responsibility for this has been moved entirely to the Ministry of Justice.


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A transfer to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of £1,850,000 to cover the Departments' contribution to the educational objective of the jointly funded Papal Visit.

A transfer from Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £1,990,000 in respect of National Vocational Qualifications income received by QCDA that fund UK Commission for Employment and Skills expenditure.

A transfer to the Department for Communities and Local Government of £1,980,000 for the Migration Impact Fund.

A transfer to the Scottish Government of £213,000 for Child Trust Funds top ups.

A switch of £33,000,000 from Capital Grants to Resource spending for Schools and Teachers to re-profile budgets affected as part of the Department's 2010 Emergency Budget savings of £670 million.

Take up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £606,000,000 to increase provision for Sixth Forms delivered through the Young People's Learning Agency.

A movement of £626,928,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.

A movement of £4,500,000 from Non Voted spending to re-profile provision usage no longer required and relieve pressures on the depreciation budgets caused by the recent Clear Line of Sight adjustments.

Non-voted resource DEL

The £632,428,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from:

RFR1

A movement of £10,000,000 from non-voted Capital switched to resource to re-profile budgets affected as part of the Department's 2010 Emergency Budget savings of £670 million.

A movement of £626,928,000 from voted resource to support the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.

A movement of £4,500,000 from non-voted resource DEL to support the Department's Administration expenditure.

Capital DEL

The decrease in the capital element of the DEL of £43,000,000 arises from a decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL.

Non-voted Capital DEL

The £43,000,000 decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:

A switch of £43,000,000 from non-voted capital into voted and non-voted resource

to re-profile budgets affected as part of the Department's 2010 Emergency Budget savings of £670 million.

Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

There has been no change in overall DEL limits within the winter supplementary.

Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation

There has been no change in overall DEL limits within the winter supplementary.


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Energy and Climate Change

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Chris Huhne): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department of Energy and Climate Change departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will increase by £650,000 from £3,111,948,000 to £3,112,598,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000ChangeNew DEL

VotedNon-VotedVotedNon-VotedTotal

Resource DEL

943,776

-924,801

407,198

810,364

1,217,562

Of which:

Administration Budget

-

-

108,084

-

108,084

Capital DEL(1)

3,262

-21,587

725,519

1,178,182

1,903,701

Less Depreciation(2)

-

-

-2,987

-5,678

-8,665

Total DEL

947,038

-946,388

1,129,730

1,982,868

3,112,598

(1)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(2)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.

Resource DEL

The increase in the Resource element of the DEL of £18,975,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Resource DEL of £943,776,000 offset by a decrease of £924,801,000 in the non-voted element of Resource DEL.

Voted Resource DEL

The £943,776,000 increase in the voted element of Resource DEL arises from:

A decrease of £923,000,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority operating appropriations-in-aid.

A transfer from non-voted Capital DEL of £18,325,000, reflecting the revision of the Capital/Resource split of the £85 million DECC contribution to the £6.2 billion savings announced on 24 May 2010.

A transfer from non-voted Resource DEL of £1,801,000.

A transfer from the Department for Communities and Local Government of £2,500,000 for Low-Carbon Framework pilot programmes.

A transfer to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of £1,850,000 towards the costs of the Papal visit.

Non-voted Resource DEL

The £924,801,000 decrease in non-voted Resource DEL arises from:

A decrease of £923,000,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority DEL reflecting the revised scoring of their income as non-voted in DEL terms, offsetting the reduction in appropriations-in-aid.

A transfer to voted Resource DEL of £1,801,000.

Capital DEL

The decrease in the Capital element of the DEL of £18,325,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Capital DEL of £3,262,000 and a decrease of £21,587,000 in the non-voted element of Capital DEL.


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Voted Capital DEL

The £3,262,000 increase in the voted element of Capital DEL arises from:

A transfer from non-voted Capital DEL of £3,262,000.

Non-voted Capital DEL

The £21,587,000 decrease in the non-voted element of Capital DEL arises from:

A transfer to voted Capital DEL of £3,262,000.

A transfer to voted Resource DEL of £18,325,000, reflecting the revision of the Capital/Resource split of the £85 million DECC contribution to the £6.2 billion savings announced on 24 May 2010.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Richard Benyon): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be reduced by £218,000 (0.01%) from £2,417,291,000 to £2,417,073,000. The Administration Budget will be reduced by £662,000 (0.23%) from £282,750,000 to £282,088,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

£'000
ChangeNew DEL

VotedNon-votedTotalVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

12,345

-12,563

-218

3,707,615

-1,290,542

2,417,073

Of which:

Administration Budget

-662

-

-662

282,088

-

282,088

Capital

-17,763

17,763

-

123,127

424,587

547,714

Depreciation(1)

325

-325

-

-100,441

-109,235

-209,676

Total

-5,093

4,875

-218

3,730,301

-975,190

2,755,111

(1)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.

The change in the resource element of the DEL of -£218,000 arises from:

(i) a transfer of £1,850,000 administration to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the Papal visit; (ii) a transfer of £1,188,000 administration and £544,000 programme to DEFRA from the Food Standards Agency for the Machinery of Government Change reflecting a permanent transfer of function to DEFRA covering elements of food labelling and food composition policy; and (iii) a transfer of £100,000 programme to the Scottish Executive to fund Marine Protected Areas.

There has also been a transfer within the resource element of the DEL of £12,563,000 from non-voted to voted: (i) £9,447,000 relating to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted), mainly the Environment Agency, the Joint Nature and Conservation Committee and Natural England; and (ii) £22,010,000 relates to increases in income and expenditure for the
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Rural Development Programme for England. This change is DEL neutral, but the expenditure is classed as voted, whereas the income is classed as non-voted consolidated fund extra receipts.

There is no change in the depreciation budget. There has however been a transfer of £325,000 from voted to non-voted relating to a transfer of budget to the Marine Management Organisation.

There is no change in the capital element of the DEL. There has however been a transfer within the capital element of the DEL of £17,763,000 from voted to non-voted relating to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Department's Non Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted), mainly the Environment Agency.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £95,878,000 from £2,127,148,000 to £2,223,026,000. The administration budget will be increased by £64,250,000 from £420,448,000 to £484,698,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

Change £'000New DEL £'000

VotedNon-votedVotedNon-votedTotal

Resource

138,143

-17,000

2,124,381

29,000

2,153,381

Of which:

Administration budget

81,250

-17,000

468,068

16,630

484,698

Capital(1)

-25,265

-

168,695

-

168,695

Depreciation(2)

-

-

-99,050

-

-99,050

Total

112,878

-17,,000

2,194,026

29,000

2,223,026

(1)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(2)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.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

Request for Resources 1

Administration

I. Take up of £15,000,000 Administration EYF in respect of modernisation of the core FCO.

II. A claim on the Reserve of £15,000,000 Administration costs in respect of Corporate Services modernisation.

III. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for Education in respect of the Papal visit.

IV. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for International Development in respect of the Papal visit.

V. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department of Energy and Climate Change in respect of the Papal visit.


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VI. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in respect of the Papal visit.

VII. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of the Papal visit.

VIII. Transfer of £180,000 administration from the Department for International Development in respect of the gratis visa operation in Chernobyl.

IX. Capital to Administration switch of £25,000,000 in respect of exchange rate pressures.

Programme

I. Transfer of £100,000 programme from the Department for International Development in respect of the Strategic and Bilateral fund work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

II. Transfer of £40,000,000 programme from the Department for International Development in respect of support for British Council Official Development Assistance (ODA).

III. Transfer of £200,000 programme from the Department of International Development in respect of Tanzania Police Training Project.

Capital

I. Capital to administration switch of £25,000,000 in respect of exchange rate pressures.

II. Capital transfer of £265,000 from FCO to DFID as a contribution towards building a new office in Juba, Sudan.


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Request for Resources 2

Programme

I. Transfer of £16,467,000 grants from DFID in respect of conflict prevention and discretionary Peacekeeping funds.

II. Transfer of £54,000 grants to the Security Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.

Health

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr Simon Burns): Subject to the necessary supplementary estimates, the Department of Health's element of the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will increase by £20,860,000 from £106,260,372,000 to £106,281,232,000 the Administration Cost Limit has increased by £4,201,000 from £211,079,000 to £215,280,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL decreases by £16,059,000 from £130,989,000 to £114,930,000. The Administration Cost Limit will reduce by £5,389,000 from £56,299,000 to £50,910,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will increase by £4,801,000 from £106,391,361,000 to £106,396,162,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:

ChangeNew DEL
Voted£mNon-voted£mVoted£mNon-voted£mTotal£m
Department of Health

Resource DEL, of which

467.860

-447.000

101,141.041

243.339

101,384.380

Administration Budget

4.201

-

210.280

5.000

215.280

Capital DEL(1)

-

0

2,150.189

2,746.663

4,896.852

Total Department of Health DEL

467.860

-447.000

103,291.230

2,990.002

106,281.232

Depreciation(2)

-

-

-1,119.419

0

-1,119.419

Total Department of Health spending (after adjustment)

467.860

-447.000

102,171.811

2,990.002

105,161.813

Food Standards Agency

Resource DEL, of which

-16.059

-

114.329

-

114.329

Administration Budget

-5.389

-

50.910

-

50.910

Capital DEL(1)

-

-

0.601

-

0.601

Total Food Standards Agency DEL

-16.059

114.930

-

114.930

Depreciation(2)

-

-

-1.861

-

-1.861

Total Food Standards Agency spending (after adjustment)

-16.059

-

113.069

-

113.069

(1)Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
(2)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since the capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

The Department of Health DEL has increased by £20,860,000 made up of:

The Department of Health's administration cost limit has increased as a result of the Machinery of Government change detailed above.

The change of £16,059,000 to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL is due to:


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