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establish a competition panel to provide independent advice on competition issues to SHAs, which they would be expected to follow working closely with their PCTs. The panel will only consider issues where action to resolve issues have been exhausted; andseek to open up membership of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) to many non-NHS providers of NHS care.
Our approach to the independent sector is pragmatic, not ideological. Where independent sector providers offer good value for money, innovation, and high-quality patient care, we will continue to bring them in to work as part of the family of NHS providers.
Home Office: DEL
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Plans of changes to the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and administrative budget for 2007-08:
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office’s departmental expenditure limit for 2007-08 will be reduced by £5,219,311,000, from £14,467,130,000 to £9,247,819,000, and the administration budget will be reduced by £204,151,000, from £618,291,000 to £414,140,000.
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 |
|
Resource DEL
|
-3,239,669
|
-1,622.375
|
7,944,143
|
718,769
|
8,662,912
|
|
of which:
|
|
Administration budget*
|
-168,151
|
-36,000
|
390,098
|
24,042
|
414,140
|
|
Near-cash in RDEL*
|
-2,804,714
|
-1,636,592
|
7,825,226
|
667,764
|
8,492,990
|
|
Capital**
|
-555 144
|
-20,095
|
460,955
|
291,507
|
752,462
|
|
Less depreciation***
|
215,422
|
2,550
|
-115,470
|
-52,085
|
-167,555
|
|
Total
|
-3,579,391
|
-1,639,920
|
8,289,628
|
958,191
|
9,247,819
|
* 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.
** 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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
| | | £’000s |
|
Sections = relevant section of the Home Office 2007-08 winter supplementary estimate
| |
of which near-cash
|
of which admin
|
|
Total comprising
|
-4,862,044
|
-4,441,306
|
-204,151
|
|
Take-up of end-year flexibility
|
150,000
|
150,000
|
0
|
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|
Programme near-cash to increase National Offender Management Service (NOMS) HQ (Section G) budget to that agreed between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice as part of the machinery of government changes
|
80,000
|
80,000
| |
|
Programme near-cash to counterterrorism and intelligence grants (Section Q) to meet strategic objective 1, “Help people feel secure in their homes and local communities”
|
46,000
|
46,000
| |
|
Programme near-cash to meet Office of Security and Counterterrorism's (Section D) strategic objective to protect the public from terrorism
|
24,000
|
24,000
| |
|
DEL reserve claims
|
30,000
|
30,000
|
0
|
|
Programme near-cash to NOMS HQ (Section G) for additional prison estate funding
|
30,000
|
30,000
| |
|
Machinery of government changes
|
-5,017,143
|
-4,616,405
|
-188,265
|
|
On 29 March 2007, the Prime Minister announced that the functions and support costs comprising the National Offender Management Service and the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) would transfer to the newly formed Ministry of Justice with effect from 9 May 2007. Details of the resource DEL transfers are set out below:
|
|
NOMS voted DEL, of which:
|
-3,374,648
|
-2,932,988
|
-160,053
|
|
NOMS HQ (Section G)
|
-1,083,719
|
-693,336
|
-79,718
|
|
Prisons —private sector (Section H)
|
-248,029
|
-224,309
|
-1,078
|
|
Prisons—public sector (Section I)
|
-1,985,192
|
-1,958,09
|
-75,000
|
|
Probation HQ (Section J)
|
-57,708
|
-57,251
|
-4,257
|
|
NOMS non-voted DEL, of which:
|
-1,271,124
|
-1,281,224
|
0
|
|
National Probation Service local area boards (Section AA)
|
-858.541
|
-858,541
|
0
|
|
Parole Board (Section Z)
|
- 7,789
|
- 7.789
|
0
|
|
Youth Justice Board (Section AB)
|
-404.794
|
-400.794
|
0
|
|
Prisons —public sector (Section I)
|
0
|
-14.100
|
0
|
|
OCJR voted DEL, of which:
|
-130,972
|
-115,107
|
-18,903
|
|
Criminal Justice Reform (Section F)
|
-130,972
|
-115,107
|
-18,903
|
|
OCJR non-voted DEL, of which:
|
-205,863
|
-252,550
|
0
|
|
Criminal Cases Review Commission (Section AD)
|
-7,274
|
-6,761
|
0
|
|
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (Section AC)
|
-198,589
|
-245,789
|
0
|
|
Central corporate services voted DEL, of which:
|
- 8,936
|
-8,936
|
-7,909
|
|
Central Services (Section M)
|
-8,936
|
- 8,936
|
-7,909
|
|
The Respect Task Force transferred to the newly created Department for Children, Schools and Families with effect from the 28 June 2007. Details of the resource DEL transfers are set out below:
|
|
Central Corporate Services voted DEL, of which:
|
-25,600
|
-25,600
|
-1,400
|
|
Central Services (Section M)
|
-10.887
|
-10,887
|
-1,400
|
|
Other grants (Section T)
|
-14,713
|
-14,713
|
0
|
|
Transfers from other government departments
|
5,114
|
5,114
|
3,114
|
|
Admin near-cash from the Cabinet Office to Central Service (Section M) for expansion of the Parliamentary Counsel Office
|
1,610
|
1,610
|
1,610
|
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|
Admin near-cash from the Cabinet Office to Counterterrorism and Intelligence (Section D) for staff transferring to the Office for Security and Counterterrorism
|
104
|
104
|
104
|
|
Admin near-cash from the Ministry of Justice to Central Services (Section M) for the general arm of the shared property service
|
1,400
|
1,400
|
1,400
|
|
Programme near-cash from the Department for International Development to the Border and Immigration Agency (Section K) to help failed asylum seekers to resettle in their own country
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
0
|
|
Programme near-cash from HM Revenue and Customs for additional agreed funding for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Section X)
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
0
|
|
Transfers to other government departments:
|
-30,015
|
-30,015
|
0
|
|
Programme near-cash from police (Section A) to the Ministry of Justice representing a transfer of Criminal Justice System IT (CJSIT) ring-fenced funds
|
-28,358
|
-28,358
|
0
|
|
Programme near-cash from crime reduction (Section B) to the Ministry of Justice for the additional costs of implementing the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act
|
-1,561
|
-1,561
|
0
|
|
Programme near-cash from crime reduction (Section B) to the Crown Prosecution Service for the additional costs of implementing the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act
|
-96
|
- 96
|
0
|
|
Classification changes:
|
0
|
0
|
-19,000
|
|
Switch from admin to programme non-cash (£19,000,000)
|
0
|
0
|
-19,000
|
|
Planning round changes:
|
|
Planning round changes are in two parts: changes made to reflect the delegated budgets prior to the machinery of government (MOG) changes and mid-year review changes to reflect the department’s changing priorities post-MOG.
|
|
Planning round prior to MOG:
|
|
Police (Section A)
|
27,181
|
27,181
|
166
|
|
Counterterrorism and Intelligence (Section D)
|
-6,034
|
-4,434
|
0
|
|
Drugs (Section E)
|
52,490
|
52,490
|
0
|
|
Criminal Justice Reform (Section F)
|
26,123
|
26,596
|
0
|
|
NOS HQ (Section G)
|
-37,541
|
-43,941
|
2,794
|
|
Prisons—private sector (Section H)
|
-729
|
-729
|
0
|
|
Prisons—pubic sector (Section I)
|
50,595
|
32,695
|
-2,960
|
|
Border and Immigration Agency (Section K)
|
- 17,990
|
-.18,300
|
0
|
|
Central Services (Section M)
|
-4,963
|
-4,996
|
9,000
|
|
Police grants (Section O)
|
-60,934
|
-60,934
|
0
|
|
Other grants (Section T)
|
13,963
|
13,963
|
0
|
|
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (Section AC)
|
-23,460
|
20,000
|
0
|
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|
National Probation Service local area boards (Section AA)
|
6,780
|
6,780
|
0
|
|
Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (Section AE)
|
590
|
700
|
0
|
|
Parole Board (Section Z)
|
1,300
|
1,300
|
0
|
|
Youth Justice Board (Section AB)
|
-18,371
|
-1.9,371
|
0
|
|
Departmental unallocated provision
|
-9,000
|
-9,000
|
-9,000
|
|
Mid-year review post-MOG:
|
|
Police (Section A)
|
17, 000
|
17, 000
|
0
|
|
Counterterrorism and Intelligence (Section D)
|
-10, 000
|
-7,000
|
5,000
|
|
Border and Immigration Agency (Section K)
|
20,000
|
20,000
|
0
|
|
Identity and Passport Service (Section L)
| |
-22,000
|
19,000
|
|
Central Services (Section M)
|
-2, 000
|
17,000
|
-2,000
|
|
Recovered asset CFERs
|
-14,000
|
-14,000
|
0
|
|
Departmental unallocated provision
|
-11,000
|
-11,000
|
-22,000
|
