Departmental Annual Report 2012-13 - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Contents


ANNEX: Defra Main Resource DEL savings


Programme 2013/14 Original Budget

£m

2013/14 Budgets Post Supplementary Estimate

£m

2014/15 Budgets Post 2013/14 Main Estimate

£m

Variance between 2014/15 and 2013/14 original budget

£m

How increase / savingswill be achieved
Environment Agency - Floods 304 287 318 14 Additional funding of £28m (£20m announced in March, £5m additional Depreciation funding from Defra, £3m from Defra normally transferred in-year) offset by SR savings of £14m.
Animal and Plant Health 236 235 238 3 Increased prioritisation of animal and plant health programmes offset by savings on evidence and Farming Regulation Task Force.
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) 26 26 18 (8) Realisation of commercial opportunities by businesses and therefore less reliance on Defra funding.
Marine and Fisheries 40 40 37 (3) Planned SR10 efficiency savings
Rural Development, Sustainable Communities and Crops 45 45 39 (6) Efficiency savings across the programmes
RDPE 89 89 70 (19) Savings due to RDPE transition year resulting in an overall decrease as schemes wind down prior to launch of a new programme in 2015
National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 57 57 52 (5) Reductions made line with ministerial priorities
Core Water and Flood Policy 60 94 50 (10) Savings made against various programmes
Corporate Services 29 23 23 (6) Includes HR, Finance, Communications. Efficiency savings delivered through new ways of working such as Shared Services Connected Ltd contract and "One HR".
Information Services 45 45 47 2 Increase due to budget transfer within Core Defra and BIS
Estates 44 49 44 (0)  
Core Department Other Policy Areas 267 268 262 (5) Other areas where smaller reprioritisationand efficiencies have been made
Centrally held budgets including disallowance and depreciation 216 83 176 (40) Accounts for movements in disallowance and allocation of depreciation and other budgets previously held centrally
Environment Agency - Non Floods 217 202 215 (2) Efficiency savings across the programmes offset by transfers from Core which take place through Supplementary Estimate
Natural England 173 177 158 (15) Restructuring and efficiency savings
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) 28 28 23 (5) Efficiency savings
RPA 165 162 142 (23) Savings due to benefits and efficiencies generated by strategic improvement programme
Other Network Bodies 82 90 81 (1) Includes RBG Kew; JNCC; Forestry Commission; National Forest Company; UKCB; GLA
Total 2,122 2,000 1,992 (130)  


 
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