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A technical movement of £281,970,000 from non-voted capital DEL to offset original receipt for Science Research Investment Fund, included as part of the DCSF MOG transfers.

Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £299,000,000 from the BERR.

A technical movement of £281,970,000 to non-voted capital DEL to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the Science, Research Investment Fund.

A transfer of £32,391,000 from BERR voted capital for Science Research Investment Fund. A drawdown of EYF of £11,969,000 for capital Science Research Investment Fund.

Non-voted Capital DEL

The £2,064,140,000 increase in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:

Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £395,569,000 from the BERR, a transfer of £1.622,962,000 from the DCSF.

A transfer of £45,609,000 from the BERR for capital provision associated with the research councils.

Administration Cost Budget

Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £14,690,000 from the BERR, a transfer of £43,450,000 from the DCSF.

A reclassification of £5,200,000 from programme provision to administration in relation to consultancy costs.

Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £8,500,000 from the BERR.

Department for International Development: DEL

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development (Baroness Vadera): My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Statement.

As a consequence of budgetary transfers associated with the winter supplementary estimates, the Department

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for International Development total departmental expenditure limit will be reduced by £4,995,000 from £5,259,352,000 to £5,254,357,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resource and capital is set out in the following table:

	Change		New DEL		£'000
	Voted	Non- voted	Voted	Non- voted	Total
Resource DEL	-73,000	-4,995	3,810,228	748,889	4,559,117
Of which:
Administration budget	-	-	232,000	-	232,000
Near-cash in RDEL	-73,000	-4,995	3,724,799	764,939	4,489,738
Capital DEL	73,000	-	716,250	-	716,250
Less depreciation	-	-	-21,010	-	-21,010
Total DEL	-	-4,995	4,505,468	748,889	5,254,357

^* 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.

^** 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 net change in the resource element of DEL arises from:

Additions

£10,000 transferred from the Cabinet Office in respect of DfID’s use of the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

Reductions

£1,000,000 transferred to the Home Office, as a contribution to funds for migration projects;a transfer of Global Conflict Prevention Pool to Foreign and Commonwealth office of £3,000,000 for quick-impact projects in Helmand province, Afghanistan;a transfer to Department for Culture, Media and Sport for £1,000,000 in relation to the London 2012 international sport development initiative;a transfer to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £5,000, which relates to a shortfall from a previous transfer made relating to Montreal protocol; and a reduction of £73,000,000 arising from a reclassification of debt relief payments from current grants to capital grants.

The net change in the capital element of DEL arises from:

Additions

an increase of £73,000,000 arising from a reclassification of debt relief payments from current grants to capital grants.

Department for Transport: DEL

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly) has made the following Ministerial Statement.

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Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2007-08 will be increased by £197,841,000 from £12,907,737,000 to £13,105,578,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £30,087,000 from £259,297,000 to £289,384,000.

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

					£'000
	Change in DEL		New DEL
	Voted	Non- voted	Voted	Non- voted	Total
Resource	198,788	22,305	6,451,490	473,987	6,925,477
Of which:
Administration	30,711	-624	285,181	4,203	289,384
Near-cash in RDEL	204,388	16,705	5,790,429	638,402	6,428,831
Capital	247,829	-264,829	5,437,836	1,105,542	6,543,378
Less depreciation*	-1,000	-5,252	-357,709	-5,568	-363,277
Total	445,617	-247,776	11,531,617	1,573,961	13,105,578

^* 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.

Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £30,087,000)

Voted: total increase of £30,711,000

reclassification of certain consultancies from programme to administration (£38,288,000); near-cash transfer from the Cabinet Office for the department’s share of Parliamentary Counsel Office costs (£292,000); andpartially offset by reclassification of front-line activities from administration to programme for transport security (£7,523,000 near-cash and £346,000 non-cash).

Non-voted: total decrease of £624,000

near-cash transfer from administration non-voted provision to the Department for Communities and Local Government as a contribution towards Government Offices’ voluntary severance costs (£624,000).

Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £191,006,000)

Voted: total increase of £168,077,000

take-up of £178,272,000 near-cash end-year flexibility covering: rail franchising costs (£136,858,000); Transport for London (£10,030,000); support for the introduction of a national concessionary fares scheme (£20,384,000); and lower than expected vehicle excise duty enforcement receipts (£11,000,000);near-cash increase of £15,000,000 to reflect the reclassification of vehicle excise duty enforcement receipts following the end of the netting-off scheme from 2007-08;a net transfer from non-voted resource provision of £14,171,000 comprising: near-cash cover for lower than expected vehicle excise duty enforcement receipts (£8,150,000); additional near-cash enforcement work including tackling identity fraud, targeted

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roadworthiness roadside checks and enforcing compliance with driver hours directive (£3,800,000); an increase in non-cash provision for the Driving Standards Agency trading fund to cover increased cost of capital charges (£600,000); an increase in non-cash provision for the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency trading fund to meet increased cost of capital charges (£1,700,000); an increase in near-cash provision for rail franchising costs (£163,000); a near-cash transfer of £7,900,000 to rail franchising from a reduction in utilisation of rail provision fully offset by an equivalent non-cash transfer; all partially offset by a near-cash transfer to non-voted provision for the Rail Passenger Council (£242,000);a transfer from administration to reflect reclassification of front-line activities from administration to programme for transport security (£7,869,000);partially offset by: a near-cash transfer to administration to reflect reclassification of certain consultancies (£38,288,000); and a near-cash transfer to the Scottish Executive for rail services (£8,947,000).

Non-voted: total increase of £22,929,000

take-up of £37,100,000 near-cash end-year flexibility to replace non-voted provision used to ensure that the main estimates correctly reflected the level of GLA transport grant; partially offset by a net transfer to voted resource provision of £14,171,000.

Capital Change (total decrease of £17,000,000)

Voted: total increase of £247,829,000

a transfer from non-voted capital provision of £264,829,000 comprising: a transfer from departmental

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