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The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
the take-up of DEL End-Year Flexibility (EYF) of £222,000 to cover reduced appropriations-in-aid.The change in the administration budget arises from the take up of administration DEL EYF of £222,000.
HM Revenue and Customs: DEL
Lord Davies of Oldham: My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jane Kennedy) has made the following Written Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the HM Revenue and Customs total DEL will be decreased by £3,595,000 from £4,624,117,000 to £4,620,522,000. Within the total 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 | |
1The total of “Administration Budget” and “Near-cash in Resource DEL” figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
2Capital 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.
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The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
near cash administration costs draw down of non-voted DUP of £20,200,000 taken up as voted provision to facilitate improvements to key operational activities;near cash programme transfer of £153,000 from the Department for Finance and Personnel in respect of the Aggregates Levy; andnon-cash revaluation costs of £2,500,000 reclassified as AME from DEL.The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:
The draw down of £24,259,000 from the Modernisation Fund to support costs for the PAYE Modernisation project .Lisbon Treaty: Correction to Explanatory Memorandum
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): My honourable friend the Minister for Europe (Jim Murphy) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The Explanatory Memorandum on the Lisbon treaty stated that the treaty extended qualified majority voting (QMV) in a total of 50 articles.
It should have stated that there were 51 articles, including the move to QMV on the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency (EDA). My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence set out this move to QMV in a Written Answer to the honourable Member for Woodspring (Liam Fox) on 28 January, reprinted below. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence has also provided oral and written evidence on the EDA to the Defence Select Committee.
We have provided the Vote Office with a corrigendum.
(Official Report, 28 January 2008, col. 38W)
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which areas of European Security and Defence Policy the Lisbon treaty will introduce qualified majority voting; and if he will make a statement. [182335]
Des Browne: The Council will continue to act by unanimity among member states on all aspects of European Security and Defence Policy except for certain procedural items in respect of permanent structured co-operation and the European Defence Agency.
The Council would act by qualified majority voting (QMV) when establishing permanent structured co-operation and when determining the list of participating member states, including when deciding on the participation of a member state that subsequently wishes to participate or suspending the participation of a member state which no longer fulfils the criteria or its commitments.
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In the context of the European Defence Agency, although the treaty provides for the adoption of a decision on the Statute, seat and operational rules of the agency by QMV, these matters have already been decided upon under the joint action establishing the agency. We therefore do not anticipate any further need for decisions in this area.
The “passerelle” clause, which allows the European Council unanimously to decide to adopt a decision by QMV does not apply to decisions having military or defence implications.
Office for National Statistics: DEL
Lord Davies of Oldham: My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Angela Eagle) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office for National Statistics' total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £6,672,000 from £175,178,000 to £181,850,000, and the administration budget will be increased by £6,520,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is 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.
The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
The take up of departmental unallocated provision (DUP) of £6,000,000 in order to finance in-year pressures and to meet new priorities
Transfer from the BERR in respect of construction statistics consisting of £152,000 programme and £1,120,000 admin.
The change in the administration budget arises from reserve claim of £5,400,000, the take-up of DUP of £6,000,000 and the transfer of £1,120,000 from BERR.
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