§ Mr. BestTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans she has to change the(a) resource departmental expenditure limit and (b) administration costs limit for her Department in 2001. [37065]
§ Hilary BennSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate the Department for International Development Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2001–02 will be increased from £3,127,152,749 to £3,140,099,492. The administration cost limit will increase from £67,561,000 to £76,661,000. Within this DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:
£000 Resources Change 90,446 New DEL 2,811,939 of which: Voted 2,139,919 Non-voted 672,020 Capital Change -71,500 New DEL 328,160 of which: Voted 20,447 Non-voted 307,713 The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
- a transfer of £2,000,000 resource from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to the Bilateral Development Assistance;
- a transfer of £3,500,000 resource from the Central Reserve as a part contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East;
- a transfer of £12,532,492 resource from the Central Reserve for HIPC 100 per cent.;
- to take up DEL end year flexibility of £8,000,000 resource on administration costs;
- an increase in the Bilateral Administration-in-Aid of £867,000 resource, and a corresponding increase in the gross provision;
575W - a transfer of £4,005,000 resource from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Global Conflict Prevention;
- a transfer of £500,000 from the sub-Saharan Africa—Programme voted expenditure to the Ministry of Defence;
- a transfer of £12,129,000 of UNPROFOR receipts from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to DFID's non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP);
- a transfer of £3,000,000 from DFID's non-voted DUP to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Conflict Prevention in Sierra Leone;
- a transfer of £20,587,000 from DFID's non-voted DUP to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Nigeria and Burundi and to cover increased commitments in peacekeeping;
- a transfer of £42,500,000 from Multilateral Capital to Bilateral Development Assistance resource;
- a transfer of £35,000,000 from non-voted Capital to Bilateral Development Assistance resource.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
- a transfer of £42,500,000 from Multilateral Capital to Bilateral Development Assistance resource;
- a reduction of £2,000,000 in the amount of Bilateral non-operating Administration-in-Aid;
- a reduction of £4,000,000 in the amount of Multilateral non-operating Administration-in-Aid;
- a transfer of £35,000,000 from non-voted Capital to Bilateral Development Assistance resource.