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:
| Change | New DEL | £'000 | |||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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
£4,300,000 to help fund the Compass Case Management System
£2,600,000 from Victim Surcharge collections
£785,000 to provide support for the Local Criminal Justice Boards
£500,000 to help fund the delivery of the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007
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
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 | ||||
| Voted | Non-Voted | Voted | Non-Voted | Total | |
| (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:
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;
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;
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);
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;
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:
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;
i) A Virement of £1,300,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils to the Research Capital Investment Fund;
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:
| Change | New DEL | £'000 | |||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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:
A transfer of £500,000 administration costs to the Cabinet Office Security and Intelligence Agencies, as HMRC's share of funding Information Assurance Activities.
The take up of £38,335,000 non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision as voted administration costs to facilitate improvements to key operational activities (DEL neutral).
A decrease in voted DEL of £64,000 with respect to administration cash leasing costs under International Financial Reporting Standards, which transfer to non-voted DEL (DEL neutral).
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:
The take up of £2,415,000 non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision as voted capital costs to facilitate improvements to key operational activities (DEL neutral).
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:
| Change | New DEL | £'000 | |||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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:
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:
Resource DEL end year flexibility (£6.0 million),
DEL Reserve claim (£5.0 million),
Departmental Unallocated Provision (£4.994 million).
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.
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:
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.
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.
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) | |||||
| Change | NEW DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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.
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 (£) | Department | Reason |
|
Cross Government funding of Information Assurance capabilities. | ||
2.5 a net increase in receipts of £23,837,000. This is made up of increases in provision of:
£100,000 for the dividend payment from the Fire Service College;
£7,020,000 in respect of Firelink projects in Scotland and Wales;
£5,160,000 increase in dividend receipts for Ordnance Survey;
£1,883,000 for staff on loan to the Homes and Communities Agency and outward secondment (administration budget);
£21,833,000 administration for Government Office programmes (administration budget);
offset by decreases in provision of:
£159,000 decrease in dividends for Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
£12,000,000 to reflect reduced income from sub-tenants following departure from Ashdown House (administration budget).
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
£2,316,000 was surrendered to the departmental unallocated provision (DUP) in respect of savings identified in the review of Pilots projects;
£2,100,000 of departmental receipts to the Homes and Communities Agency to fund additional pension costs. The additional funding is required to meet liabilities which had not been fully costed when the body was first set up;
£100,000 from fire and rescue services improvement programme (a dividend payment from the Fire Service College) is being transferred to DUP;
from non-voted to voted provision
£1,500,000 from the Homes and Communities Agency Growth due to withdrawal of funding in support of eco-towns.
£6,352,000 from DUP to help restore the European regional development fund (ERDF) liability budget to its original total. (The budget was reduced by £17.1 million at main estimates as a temporary measure while the budgets to deliver administrative savings which contributed to the £6.2 billion savings were identified.
2.7 The changes described at paragraphs 2.5 and 2.6 above have a net nil effect on the departmental expenditure limit:
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:
£14,629,000 internal savings; and
£55,400,000 as the borrowing element in respect of local authority new build programmes.
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
£2,340,000 to the community infrastructure fund to support the Dearne Valley transport project to be delivered by Barnsley metropolitan borough council;
£950,000 to Thames Gateway to enable the London Urban Development Council to meet pressures on the additional compulsory purchase order valuation.
from non-voted to voted provision
A surplus on local authority supported capital expenditure (LASCE) of £5,914,000 is being moved to private sector renewal to restore an earlier reduction in their 2010-11 allocation.
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) | |||||
| Change | NEW DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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:
the transfer of £2,158,000 from Request for Resources 2 (local government DEL) to Request for Resources 1 (main DEL) described at paragraph 2.1 above
a switch of £182,000 from resource to capital. Local Government Standards Board's capital allocation was taken out in the last budget reduction. It was necessary to transfer this fund from resource to capital to cover the spending to date.
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.
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:
| Change | New | DEL | £'000 | ||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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:
| £000s | |||||
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-Voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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:
(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.
(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:
| DfE | Resources | Capital(2) | ||||||
| Change | New DEL | Of which: | Change | New DEL | Of which: | |||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | |||||
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| (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. | ||||||||
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.
The £9,089,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
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.
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.
The £632,428,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from:
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.
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.
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.
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:
| £'000 | Change | New DEL | |||
| Voted | Non-Voted | Voted | Non-Voted | Total | |
| (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. | |||||
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 | ||||||
| Change | New DEL | |||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Total | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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
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 £'000 | New DEL £'000 | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted£m | Non-voted£m | Voted£m | Non-voted£m | Total£m | |
| Department of Health | |||||
| (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:
an increase of £14,327,000 (£4,201,000 administration costs) as a result of a Machinery of Government change with nutrition policy moving from the Food Standards Agency;
a transfer of £10,513,000 from the Ministry of Justice mainly for prison healthcare services;
a transfer of -£2,000,000 to the Cabinet Office as the Department's share of a contribution to information assurance strategy; and
a transfer of -£1,980,000 to the Department of Communities and Local Government towards the migrant impact fund.
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:
a reduction in DEL of £14,327,000 (£4,201,000 administration costs) for the transfer of nutrition responsibilities to the
Department of Health. It was announced on the 20 July the Department of Health would become responsible for nutrition policy in England; and
a reduction in DEL of £1,732,000 (£1,188,000 administration costs) for the transfer of labelling responsibilities. It was announced on the 20 July that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will become responsible for country of origin labelling and various other types of labelling not related to food safety, and food composition policies in England.
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