HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc611-2W
John Mann

To ask the Prime Minister if he plans to change the departmental expenditure limit and administration costs limits for 2001–02 for the security and intelligence agencies. [37367]

The Prime Minister

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for the Security and Intelligence Agencies will be increased by £7,521,000 from £891,833,000 to £899,354,000 and the administration cost limit will be increased by £5,505,000 from £441,954,000 t £447,459,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:

£
Resources
Change 3,945,000
New DEL 783,229,000
Of which:
Voted 783,229,000
Non-voted —
Capital
Change 3,576,000
New DEL 116,903,000
Of which:
Voted 116,903,000
Non-voted —

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

  1. 1.£49,449,000 for further counter-terrorism work drawn from the Reserve;
  2. 2. a PES transfer of £106,000 from the Treasury Solicitor's Department;
  3. 3. a transfer of £700,000 from Capital;
  4. 4. the take up of End of Year Flexibility (EYF) carried forward from 2001–02 of £1,800,000;
  5. 5. a reduction of £48,000,000 due to a revised forecast;
  6. 6. a decrease of £105,000 to reflect the latest property/land values
  7. 7. a decrease of £5,000 to cover Loss on Sale.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from £4,276,000 for further counter-terrorism work drawn from the Reserve and £700,000 transferred to Resource DEL.

The increases will be offset by inter-departmental transfers, the take up of DEL EYF and extra funding from the Reserve.