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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mrs Caroline Spelman): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £45,893,000 (1.67%) from £2,755,111,000 to £2,801,004,000. The administration budget will remain unchanged £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 | |
| (*)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 £15,743,000 arises from: (i) a transfer of £172,000 to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for information services at the Committee for Climate Change; (ii) a transfer of £65,000 to the Ministry of Justice for the Tribunal Service relating to appeals for civil sanctions; (iii) a transfer of £130,000 to DEFRA from the Department for International Development for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; (iv) a transfer of £46,000,000 from the 2011-12 ring-fenced EU disallowance provision to cover pressures in the 2010-11 budget which have arisen due to the timing of when the disallowance payments are accrued; (v) a transfer of £30,000,000 from Resource to Capital DEL for the Environment Agency (EA) in respect of flood defences where the exact nature and classification of the expenditure is determined by EA as they undertake the work; and (vi) a transfer of £150,000 from Resource to Capital DEL payments for the Fallen Stock Company.
There has also been a transfer within the resource element of the DEL of £11,591,000 from voted to non-voted, (i) £16,377,000 relating to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Department's Non Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted), mainly Natural England, EA and the Joint Nature and Conservation Committee; and (ii) £4,786,000 relates to increases in income and expenditure for the Rural Payments Agency scheme payments. 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.
The change in the capital element of the DEL of £30,150,000 arises from:(i) a transfer of £30,000,000 from Resource to Capital DEL for EA in respect of flood defences where the exact nature and classification
of the expenditure is determined by EA as they undertake the work; and (ii) a transfer of £150,000 from Resource to Capital DEL payments for the Fallen Stock Company.
There has also been a transfer within the capital element of the DEL of £300,000 from voted to non-voted relating to a budget transfer from the core Department (voted) to the Marine Management Organisation, a non-voted Non Departmental Public Body.
Water Services Regulation Authority (Prior Period Adjustments)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Richard Benyon): Ofwat's Prior Period Adjustments (PPA) following the Chief Secretary's decision that departments will not be including PPA's on the face on estimates for 2010-11 for the alteration of the IAS 35 standard and in respect of the removal of costs of capital charge from accounts, budgets and estimates are as follows:
Costs of capital charges (CCC) have been removed from accounts, budgets and supply estimates in accordance with HM Treasury's Consolidated Budgeting Guidance (CBG). However, the department had liabilities greater than its assets and so attracted a cost of capital credit. The removal of the CCC increases resources in DEL. The PPA in respect of the previous two years is shown in the table below.
| £'000 | ||
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
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 £75,228,000 from the £2,223,026,000 in the winter supplementary estimate to £2,298,254,000. The administration budget will be increased by £6,059,000 from the £484,698,000 in the winter supplementary estimate to £490,757,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Voted and non-voted Resource DEL has increased from £2,153,381,000 in the Winter Supplementary Estimate to £2,235,450,000. The administration and programme elements of this net increase are set out below:
I. Take up of £6,000,000 Administration EYF in respect of Non-Cash Depreciation.
II. Transfer of £59,000 Administration from the Department for International Development in respect of a refund for the Stabilisation Unit.
III. Take up of £15,000,000 Departmental Unallocated Provision from non-voted DEL.
Total voted administration changes amounting to £21,059,000 result in a voted Resource increase on the Winter Supplementary from £468,068,000 to £489,127,000.
IV. A reduction in non-voted Administration of £15,000,000 due to take-up of Departmental Unallocated Provision.
Total non-voted administration decreases amounting to £15,000,000 result in a non-voted Resource DEL decrease on the Winter Supplementary from £16,630,000 to £1,630,000.
I. A claim on the Reserve of £30,000,000 Programme costs in respect of Consular Premiums.
II. A claim on the Reserve of £43,000,000 current grants in respect the International Subscriptions cost sharing agreement.
III. A transfer of £200,000 current grants from the FCO to the Ministry of Justice in respect of the costs associated with victims of overseas terrorism.
IV. A transfer of £200,000 Programme from the Department for International Development in respect of UK-India Collaboration on Energy Efficiency and Trading.
I. A claim on the Reserve of £556,000 for take-up of the balance of the Peacekeeping fund.
II. A transfer of £1,400,000 from the Department for International Development to the FCO in respect of Conflict Prevention.
III. A transfer of £1,000,000 from the Department for International Development to the FCO in respect of the Conflict Pool.
IV. A transfer of £108,000 from the Department for International Development to the FCO in respect of Conflict Prevention Activity.
V. Transfer of £54,000 to the Security Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.
Total voted administration and programme changes amounting to £97,069,000 result in a voted Resource DEL increase on the Winter Supplementary from £2,124,381,000 to £2,221,450,000.
Total non-voted administration and programme decreases amounting to £15,000,000 result in a non-voted Resource DEL decrease on the Winter Supplementary from £29,000,000 to £14,000,000.
I. A transfer of £841,000 capital from the FCO to the Identity and Passport Office in respect of a contribution towards the Online Passport Application System.
Total voted Capital DEL has decreased by £841,000 from £168,695,000 in the Winter Supplementary to £167,854,000. We have no non-voted Capital DEL.
The sum of all these changes to our Resource and Capital DEL minus depreciation is to make our Total voted and non-voted DEL £2,298,254,000.
Health
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
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 reduce by £789,000 from £106,281,232,000, to £106,280,443,000 the administration cost limit remains unchanged at £215,280,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL remains unchanged at £114,930,000. The administration cost limit remains unchanged at £50,910,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will reduce by £789,000 from £106,396,162,000 to £106,395,373,000. The impact on resource and capital is set out in the following table:
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted£m | Nonvoted£m | Voted £m | Nonvoted£m | Total£m | |
| (*)Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (**)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from 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 reduced by £789,000, this comprises:
a transfer of £211,000 from the Ministry of Justice mainly for prison healthcare services; and
a transfer of £1,000,000 to the Ministry of Justice for costs associated with the transfer of mental health review tribunals.
The Department of Health's administration cost limit is unchanged.
The Food Standards Agency DEL figure remains unchanged overall, but there has been a switch from voted DEL to non voted DEL of £2,661,000. This is reducing voted DEL expenditure and increasing non voted DEL for the utilisation of pension and early retirement provisions. This is consistent with the Food Standards Agency increase in AME figures.
The Food Standards Agency's administration costs limit is unchanged.
Home Department
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office's departmental expenditure limits for 2010-11 will be reduced by £46,805,000 from £9,975,064,000 to £9,928,259,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £2,722,000 from £392,510,000 to £389,788,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
International Development
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Andrew Mitchell): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for International Development's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £1,218,000 from £7,544,104,000 to £7,545,322,000.
Within the 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 | |
| (*)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and Accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (**)Depreciation, which forms part of the resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of these assets would lead to double counting. | |||||
The change in the Resource element of DEL arises from:
Transfers out to other Government Departments, including those relating to the jointly managed conflict prevention pool and aid stabilisation fund. This sits on Department for International Development's baseline but is shared between Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence. Budget transfers relate to expenditure managed by these other Government Departments.
-£1,000,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the joint conflict prevention pool (RfR2).
-£59,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the joint stabilisation unit (RfR2).
-£59,000 transferred to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the joint stabilisation unit.(RfR2)
Transfers out to other Government Departments, including those relating to the jointly managed Conflict Prevention Pool and Aid Stabilisation Fund. This sits on Department for International Development's baseline but is shared between Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence. Budget transfers relate to expenditure managed by these other Government Departments.
-£1,400,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of conflict prevention for Afghanistan.
-£200,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the UK-India collaboration on energy efficiency and trading.
-£130,000 transferred to DEFRA in respect of the international treaty on plant genetic resources.
-£108,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of conflict prevention for Africa.
The change in the Capital element of DEL arises from:
Justice
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Kenneth Clarke): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and The National Archives (TNA) and the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) total departmental expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased as follows:
Total DEL for MOJ (request for resource 1, 2 and 3) is increased by £95,593,000 from £9,099,706,000 to £9,195,299,000 and the administration budget has increased by £61,577,000 from £416,230,000 to £477,807,000.
Total DEL for the TNA will be decreased by £155,000 from £39,272,000 to £39,117,000.
Total DEL for the UKSC will be increased by a token £1,000.
Within the total DEL change for MOJ (request for resource 1, 2 and 3), the impact on resource and capital are as set out in the following table:
| £'000 | |||||
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (*)The total of administration budget and "near-cash in resource DEL" figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (**)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as capital DEL in budgets. (***)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. | |||||
1. The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for MOJ arises from:
Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
The change in the resource DEL arises from:
Movements in Voted Expenditure
i. An increase of £36,000,000 in end-year flexibility (EYF) in relation to modernisation funding.
ii. An increase of £195,000 in relation to a machinery of government change to transfer the costs of the Joint Youth Justice Policy Unit from the Department for Education.
iii. An increase of £1,847,000 in relation to a transfer from the Home Office for the operating costs associated with Grenadier House.
iv. An increase of £709,000 in relation to a transfer from the Home Office for the operating costs associated with Ashley House.
v. An increase of £1,000,000 in relation to a transfer from the Department of Health for the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
vi. An increase of £65,000 in relation to a transfer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs associated to the Environmental Tribunal.
vii. An increase of £2,500,000 in relation to the contribution from the Department for Communities and Local Government in the 7 July inquests.
viii. An increase of £20,000,000 in relation to IFRIC 12 and the treatment of PFI prisons.
ix. An increase of £20,000,000 in voted expenditure offset by a decrease in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Youth Justice Board.
x. An increase of £770,000 in voted expenditure offset by a decrease in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Parole Board.
xi. A decrease of £10,000 in relation to a transfer to the Home Office for the review of restraint techniques on aircraft.
xii. A decrease of £211,000 in relation to a transfer to the Department of Health for prisoner health care costs.
xiii. A decrease of £250,000 in relation to a transfer to the Department for Education for women offender family intervention projects.
xiv. A decrease of £208,000 in relation to a transfer to the Welsh Assembly Government for health care costs at Cardiff prison.
xv. A decrease of £197,000 in relation to a transfer to Department of Business Innovation and Skills for education costs.
xvi. A decrease of £2,500,000 in relation to a transfer to Department for Communities and Local Government for Ministry of Justice contribution to the Open Data project.
xvii. A decrease of £14,000,000 in relation to the effects of IFRIC 12 and the treatment of PFI prisons.
xviii. A decrease of £40,000,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
xix. A decrease of £44,000,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Community Legal Service.
xx. A decrease of £56,000,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the criminal defence service.
xxi. A decrease of £373,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Information Commissioner.
xxii. A decrease of £7,500,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Legal Services Commission.
i. An increase of £1,900,000 in voted expenditure due to an EYF draw-down.
i. An increase of £1,300,000 in voted expenditure due to an EYF draw-down.
ii. An increase of £636,000 in voted expenditure offset by a reduction in capital expenditure.
Movements in Non-Voted Expenditure
iii. An increase of £17,000,000 in EYF in relation to pleural plaques compensation scheme.
iv. An increase of £1,400,000 in EYF in relation to victims of overseas terrorism compensation scheme.
v. An increase of £400,000 in relation to the contribution from the Home Office for victims of overseas terrorism compensation scheme.
vi. An increase of £200,000 in relation to the contribution from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for victims of overseas terrorism compensation scheme.
vii. An increase of £40,000,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
viii. An increase of £373,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Information Commissioner.
ix. An increase of £44,000,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the community legal service.
x. An increase of £56,000,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the criminal defence service.
xi. An increase of £7,500,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Legal Services Commission.
xii. A decrease of £770,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Parole Board.
xiii. A decrease of £20,000,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Youth Justice Board.
i. An increase of £125,784,000 in non-budget expenditure in relation to a grant to the Scottish Parliament.
ii. An increase of £15,000,000 in non-voted expenditure in relation to Scottish Parliament elections.
i. An increase of £ 141,066,000 in non-budget expenditure in relation to a grant to the Welsh Assembly Government.
Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
The change in the capital departmental expenditure limit arises from:
Movements in Voted Expenditure
i. An increase of £750,000 in voted expenditure offset by a decrease in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Information Commissioner.
ii. A decrease of £337,000 in relation to a transfer to the Department for Energy and Climate Change for Salix project.
iii. A decrease of £187,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Parole Board.
iv. A decrease of £175,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Legal Services Commission.
v. A decrease of £2,000,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Office of Legal Complaints.
i. A decrease of £636,000 in voted capital expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure.
Movements in Non-voted Expenditure
i. An increase of £187,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Parole Board.
ii. An increase of £175,000 in voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Legal Services Commission.
iii. An increase of £2,000,000 in voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Office of Legal Complaints.
iv. A decrease of £750,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Information Commissioner.
The movement in the administration cost limit is as a result of the following changes:
i. An increase of £36,000,000 in EYF in relation to modernisation funding.
ii. An increase of £19,000,000 in relation to the sale of Abell House and Cleland House.
iii. An increase of £195,000 in relation to a machinery of government change to transfer the costs of the Joint Youth Justice Policy Unit from the Department for Education.
iv. An increase of £1,847,000 in relation to a transfer from the Home Office of the operating costs associated with Grenadier House.
v. An increase of £709,000 in relation to a transfer from the Home Office of the operating costs associated with Ashley House.
i. A decrease of £10,000 in voted expenditure in relation to a transfer to the Home Office for the review of restraint techniques on aircraft,
ii. An increase of £1,900,000 in voted expenditure due to an EYF draw-down.
xiv. An increase of £1,300,000 in voted expenditure due to an EYF draw-down.
xv. An increase of £636,000 in voted expenditure offset by a reduction in capital expenditure.
2. The National Archives are not submitting a Spring Supplementary Estimate.
However within the total DEL change for TNA, the impact on resource and capital are as set out in the following table:
The change in the capital DEL arises from the reduction of £155,000 from TNA's 2010-11 allocation as a result of the 2009-10 capital DEL breach of the same amount.
Within the total DEL change for the Supreme Court, the impact on resource and capital are as set out in the following table:
| £'000 | |||||
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (*)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as capital DEL in budgets. (**)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. | |||||
1.The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for Supreme Court arises from:
Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
The change in the resource DEL arises from:
Movements in Voted Expenditure
i. An increase of £1,000 being a token increase in order to allow an increase in the appropriations-in-aid to be included in the estimate.
Movements in Non Voted Expenditure
ii. A decrease in non-voted expenditure of £120,000 in relation to transfer from judicial salaries to capital DEL.
Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
The change in the capital DEL limit arises from:
Movements in Voted Expenditure
i. An increase of £120,000 in voted expenditure in relation to the transfer from judicial salaries.
Northern Ireland
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson): Subject to parliamentary approval of any supplementary estimate, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) total DEL will increase by £13,685,000 from £34,158,000 to £47,843,000.
Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| £'000 | Voted | Non-Voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total |
The change in resource element of DEL arises from:
A transfer of £1,543,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive in respect of the outstanding machinery of government and other budgetary changes as a result of Stage 2 devolution which were not reflected in the Winter Supplementary Estimate;
A transfer of £200,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive for preparatory costs of the 2011 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly; and
A claim on the DEL reserve of £3,625,000 for the 2010 General Election.
The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:
A transfer of £8 million from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport relating to the funding for minority language issues as part of Stage 2 devolution; and
A transfer of £317,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive in respect of the remaining machinery of government and other budgetary changes as a result of Stage 2 devolution which were not reflected in the winter supplementary estimate.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any supplementary estimate, the Northern Ireland Executive total DEL will increase increased by £175,339,000 from £10,826,546,000 to £11,001,885,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
| Change£000 | New DEL£000 | |
The change in the resource DEL arises from:
The take up of DEL End year flexibility of £96,435,000;
A transfer of £56,722 from capital DEL to resource DEL;
Net transfers totalling £1,543,000 to the Northern Ireland Office. These transfers are part of the outstanding budgetary changes arising from stage 2 devolution;
A claim on the DEL reserve of £67,646,000 for Policing and Justice;
A claim on the DEL reserve of £50,000,000 for ring-fenced Student Loans;
A claim on the DEL reserve of £8,200,000 in respect of Barntt consequentials arising from modernisation of DWP;
A reduction of £89,560,000 which represents the NIE share of the £6 billion reductions announced in May 2010;
A transfer of £10,000,from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Low Carbon Initiative; and
A transfer of £200,000 to the Northern Ireland Office for preparatory costs of the 2011 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The change in the capital DEL arises from:
A transfer of £31,112,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for the agreed share of the Launch Investment which is to be paid to Bombardier Inc and Short Brothers PLC for the C Series;
A transfer of £ 105,000,from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Low Carbon Initiative;
The take up of DEL End year flexibility of £120,623,000;
A claim on the DEL reserve of £12,900,000 for Policing and Justice;
A reduction of £38,248,000 which represents the NIE share of the £6 billion reductions announced in May 2010;
A reduction of £23,000,000 in respect of the carry forward of capital DEL to 2011-12;
A claim on the DEL reserve of £2,200,000 in respect of Barnett consequentials arising from modernisation of DWP;
A transfer of £56,722 from capital DEL to resource DEL; and
A transfer of £317,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive. This is part of the outstanding budgetary changes arising from stage 2 devolution that were not processed in the winter supplementary estimate.
The effect of the above changes is to increase the grant payable to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund by £683,000,000 to £15,253,000,000.
Scotland
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Michael Moore): Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office (including the office of the Advocate-General for Scotland) will be increased by £1,900,000 and this takes account of the take-up of resource DEL End Year Flexibility of £1,900,000.
Scotland Office spending is contained within the single Ministry of Justice departmental expenditure limit and administration costs limit.
The Scotland DEL will be decreased by £116,335,000 from £28,703,787,000 to £28,587,452,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
| £'000 | Change | New DEL |
The decrease in the Scotland DEL takes account of the following adjustments to the Scottish Government provision:
A DEL Reduction of £130,000,000(£30,000,000 resource and £100,000,000 capital);
A claim on the DEL reserve of £28,665,000 for Student Loans Subsidy (cost of loan interest capping); and
A transfer of £15,000,000 to the Scotland Office to cover the costs of the forthcoming Scottish Parliament Election.
Attorney-General
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Solicitor-General (Mr Edward Garnier): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £1,000 from £697,852,000 to £697,853,000.
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 | |
| (*)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (**)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. | |||||
The Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be unchanged at £641,427,000.
The movements within Resource DEL arise from:
The take-up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £4,000,000 from non-voted to voted DEL to increase the spending on the prosecution of criminal cases.
An increase in the use of provisions for pension liabilities by £3,327,000 from voted to non-voted RDEL.
The Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be unchanged at £41,546,000.
The movements within Resource DEL leading to a net change of £131,000 arise from:
The take-up of £ 176,000 of budget transfer from the Home Office for the NFA Action Fraud Programme.
A transfer of £45,000 from Resource DEL to Capital DEL
Total DEL is unchanged as depreciation costs are expected to increase by £176,000.
The HM Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor (TSol) element of the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by a token £1,000 from £14,879,000 to £14,880,000. This increase will occur within the administration Budget which will increase from £12,945,000 to £12,946,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
A token increase of £1,000 to allow a £5,000,000 increase in appropriations in aid, arising from increased fee and disbursement from clients because of increased volume of legal and related services activity, to be included in the estimate.
Transport
Blue Badge Reform Programme
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Norman Baker): I am today publishing the Government's plans for reforming the Blue Badge (Disabled Parking) Scheme. The measures that I am announcing will help those who rely on Blue Badges for mobility reasons. The measures will tackle rising levels of fraud and abuse, and will ensure both that badges are issued more fairly and that the scheme remains sustainable in the long term for those who rely on it most. These reforms will be delivered as soon as possible, and many within a year.
The scheme helps over 2.5 million disabled people in England retain their independence, by enabling them to park close to jobs, services and facilities. However, very few changes have been made to the scheme since it was established in the 1970s. Having listened to the views of badge holders, the general public, disabled people's groups and local authorities, it is evident that the scheme needs to be modernised to reduce current problems and deal with future challenges.
I want to ensure that the scheme focuses better on those whom it was intended to benefit. In particular, this means targeting those people who misuse and abuse it to the disadvantage of genuine badge holders. Secondly, this means ensuring that people have fair and equal access to the concession and the benefits it offers, regardless of where they live.
We are providing improved powers for local authorities to tackle abuse and fraud. This includes extending the grounds available to local authorities to refuse to issue and to withdraw badges and providing local authorities with a power to cancel badges that have been lost, stolen, have expired, or have been withdrawn for misuse. We are also providing local authority-authorised officers with an on-the-spot power to recover badges that have
been cancelled or misused. We propose to amend existing legislation to clarify wrongful use of a badge and the powers to inspect badges.
To prevent abuse from happening in the first place and to deal with rising levels of fraud and abuse, we are implementing a new badge design that is harder to copy, forge and alter. Arrangements for printing, personalising and distributing the badge are also being changed and will enable more effective monitoring of cancelled, lost and stolen badges.
We are establishing, with local authorities, a common service delivery project which could deliver operational efficiency savings of up to £20 million per year, help to reduce and prevent abuse and improve customer services. The project will also make available an online application facility which should result in faster, more automatic renewals for people whose circumstances do not change between renewal periods.
In order to ensure that badges are issued more fairly and consistently across the country, we are amending legislation to require wider use of independent mobility assessments to determine eligibility, including where previously that assessment was carried out by a GP. To support this, we are providing local authorities with control of the current national health service spend on Blue Badge assessments. In addition, new good practice guidance will be issued to local authorities to help them make improvements in scheme administration and eligibility assessment.
We are extending eligibility for a badge to some other people, to address current anomalies and issues of fairness. Eligibility is being extended to more disabled children between the ages of two and three with specific medical conditions and we are providing continuous automatic entitlement to a badge to severely disabled service personnel and veterans. We also intend to remove residency requirements for disabled service personnel and their families who are posted overseas on UK bases. This will enable them to apply for a badge.
To help cover costs more appropriately and to enable the delivery of a new badge design and the common service improvement project, we are raising the maximum fee for a badge that local authorities can charge from the £2 that it has been for nearly 30 years, to £10. The average benefit for badge holders from having a badge (and not having to pay parking charges) is estimated to be £300 over the three years for which most badges are valid. In return, badge holders will benefit from less abuse, improved accessibility and better customer services.
I am also publishing today, a summary of responses to a public consultation on the scheme.
Wales
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Welsh Assembly Government's total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £108,565,000 from £15,178,509,000 to £15,287,074,000.
Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
| £'000 | ||
| Change | New DEL | |
The change in the resource DEL element arises from:
The take up of DEL end-year flexibility (EYF) of £102,547,000;
A transfer of £208,000 from the Ministry of Justice in respect of health care at Cardiff Prison;
A reduction of £113,541,000 which represents WAG's share of the £6 billion cuts announced in May 2010;
A reduction of £5,850,000 following a transfer of provision to capital DEL;
A reduction of £6,161,000 in respect of rate relief; and
A claim on the reserve of £50,000,000 in respect of impairments within the student loans ring fence.
The change in the capital DEL element arises from:
The take up of DEL end-year flexibility (EYF) of £124,519,000;
A reduction of £49,007,000 which represents WAG's share of the £6 billion cuts announced in May 2010; and
An increase of £5,850,000 following a transfer of provision from resource DEL.
As a result of these changes, the grant paid by the Wales Office to the Welsh Consolidated Fund increases by £141,066,000 from £13,314,503,000 to £13,455,569,000.
In addition the Wales Office budget will increase by £1,936,000 as a result of:
The take up of £1,300,000 resource DEL EYF; and
A switch of £636,000 from capital DEL to resource DEL.
Wales Office spending is contained within single Ministry of Justice departmental expenditure limit and administration costs limit.
Work and Pensions
Extension to Welfare to Work Contracts
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Chris Grayling): The Government have previously announced their plans for radical reforms of the welfare to work system, starting with the nationwide implementation of the Work programme by the summer of 2011.
Until the Work programme is implemented in June 2011, DWP's top priority is to ensure that claimants are properly supported during the transition. I am therefore pleased to announce we intend to extend referrals to existing mainstream support for jobseekers (new deals and flexible new deal) until June 2011.
Jobseekers referred to existing contracts up to this point will receive a minimum 13 weeks provision and will subsequently be able to volunteer for early entry to the Work programme.
We will also be extending progress2work contracts, taking into consideration current performance when agreeing the extensions.
We will also be putting in place a new system of flexible and personalised support for ESA claimants to cover the interim period.
As current support is a patchwork of contracts, across different dates and contract areas, transition arrangements will inevitably need to be tailored to local circumstances. However, the contract extensions we are aiming to agree will mean nobody will be unsupported in the transition to the Work programme.
Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith): Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions Resource departmental expenditure limit will increase by £276,605,000 to £9,006,823,000 and the capital departmental expenditure limit will increase by £81,565,000 to £324,617,000. The administration budget will decrease by £233,105,000 to £5,843,600,000.
| Change £k | New Departmental Expenditure Limit £K | |||||
| Voted | Non-voted | Total | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| (*)Depreciation, which forms part of resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, is excluded from the total Departmental Expenditure Limit since the capital Departmental Expenditure Limit includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. | ||||||
Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
The change in the resource element of the departmental expenditure limit arises from:
i. A decrease in resource of £5,000,000 (administration) offset by an increase in Capital.
ii. A reserve claim of £74,000,000 (Other Current) to support expenditure incurred on measures set out in the 2008 Pre Budget Report.
iii. A reserve claim of £14,349,000 (£6,069,000 administration and £8,280,000 Other Current) to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures,
iv. A reserve claim of £19,000,000 (Administration) from the Department's Modernisation Fund.
v. £2,100,000 (administration) received from the Department for Communities and
Local Government to reflect a reduction in European Social Fund programme activity by the Government Office Network.
vi. A reserve claim of £6,000,000 (administration) from the Department's Modernisation Fund.
vii. A reserve claim of £7,602,000 (administration) to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
viii. A reserve claim of £1,000,000 (Other Current) to support expenditure incurred on measures focussing on delivering savings through reduced overpayments within Disability Living Allowance claims as set out in the Pre Budget Report 2009.
ix. A reserve claim of £58,000,000 (administration) from the Department's Modernisation Fund.
x. A reserve claim of £3,749,000 (administration) to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
xi. A reserve claim of £99,000,000 (Other Current) to support expenditure on Staff Exits.
xii. An increase in resource of £5,000,000 (administration) offset by a decrease in Capital.
Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets
xiii. An increase in voted funding offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of, for RfR2 £591,600,000 (£303,670,000 administration and £287,930,000 Other Current) and for RfR5 £78,000 (administration) resulting from accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the 2009 Budget.
xiv. An increase in voted funding offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £85,805,000 (£46,305,000 Administration and £39,500,000 Other Current) as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the Welfare Reform White Paper.
xv. A decrease in non-voted funding of £3,687,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £3,687,000 relating to decreased expenditure by Working Ventures (UK) Limited.
xvi. A decrease in non-voted funding of £67,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £67,000 relating to decreased expenditure by the Independent Living Fund.
xvii. An increase in non-voted funding of £739,000 offset by a decrease in voted funding of £739,000 relating to increase expenditure by the Financial Assistance Scheme.
xviii. A decrease in non-voted funding of £1,730,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £1,730,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.
xix. A decrease in non-voted funding of £38,521,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £38,521,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
xx. A decrease in non-voted funding of £51,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £51,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman.
xxi. An increase in voted funding offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £30,400,000 (administration) as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were not allocated to a specific work programme at the time of the SR07 Settlement.
Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
The change in the capital element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:
xxii. An increase in Capital of £5,000,000 offset by a decrease in Resource.
xxiii. A reserve claim of £3,300,000 to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
xxiv. A reserve claim of £72,000,000 from the Department's Modernisation Fund.
xxv. A decrease in Capital of £5,000,000 offset by an increase in Resource.
xxvi. A budget transfer of £1,470,000 to the Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of the Government Connect Project.
xxvii. A budget transfer of £460,000 to the Department for Education in respect of the Government Connect Project.
Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets
xxviii. An increase in voted capital funding of £8,195,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted resource funding of £8,195,000 as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the Welfare Reform White Paper.
xxix. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £9,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £9,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.
xxxi. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £39,181,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £39,181,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
xxxi. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £200,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £200,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman.
The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from the changes to the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit as noted in items i, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, ix, x, xii, xiii, xiv, xxi, and xxviii above.
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