§ Mr. DoranTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes will be made to the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit of British Trade International. [19569]
§ Ms HewittSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the voted element of the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for British Trade International will be increased by £2,184,000 from £86,634,000 to £88,818,000.
This increase relates to:
- 1. a transfer of £2.000,000 in resources from the Department of Trade and Industry to fund the UK Global programme;
- 2. a transfer of £10,000 in resources from the Department of Trade and Industry, in payment of their contribution to a feasibility study for the development of an international banking facility;
- 3. a transfer of £174,000 in resources from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in respect of the Exports Construction Centre, required to reflect part of the machinery of Government changes announced by the Prime Minister on 8 June 2001.
The increase will be offset by transfers and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.