§ The Secretary of State for International Development (Hilary Benn)Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the Department for International Development DEL for 2003–04 will be 57WS increased by £197,583,000 from £3,756,454,000 to £3,954,037,000 and the administration costs limit has been increased by £2,566,000 from £212,250,000 to
(£'000) Resources Capital Change New DEL Of which:voted Non-voted Change New DEL Of which:voted Non-voted 170,083 3,936,037 3,064,152 871,885 27,500 39,000 39,000 — The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from
RfR 1: Eliminating Poverty in Poorer Countries
A transfer of £15 million from the unallocated subhead to the reducing poverty in the rest of the world subheadThe take up of DEL end year flexibility for 2002–03 of £102,791,000 resource for programme costs. £41,395,000 has been allocated to the reducing poverty in Africa subhead, £40,896,000 to the improve the effectiveness of multilateral aid;A transfer of £1,500,000 resource from the reducing poverty in Asia administration subhead to the reducing poverty in Africa administration subhead;A transfer of £1 million resource from the reducing poverty in the rest of the world administration subhead to the reducing poverty in Africa administration subhead;A transfer of £1,500,000 resource from the developing innovative approaches to development administration subhead to the programmes contributing to multiple objectives administration subhead;A transfer of £6,500,000 resource from the central reserve as a contribution to Iraq reconstruction to the reducing poverty in the rest of the world subhead;A transfer of £15 million resource from the improve effectiveness of multilateral aid subhead to capital DEL; £13,240,000 to the reducing poverty in the rest of the world subhead and £1,760,000 to the reducing poverty in Africa subhead;A transfer of £1,050,000 resource from the reducing poverty in Africa subhead to capital DEL. £530,000 to the reduce poverty in Africa capital subhead, £270,000 to the reducing poverty in the rest of the world subhead and £250,000 to the central departments subhead;A transfer of £1,050,000 resource from the reducing poverty in Asia subhead to capital DEL. £210,000 to the reduce poverty in Asia capital subhead, £40,000 to the reducing poverty in the rest of the world subhead, £120,000 to the developing innovative approaches to development subhead, £170,000 to the programmes contributing to multiple objectives subhead and £510,000 to the central departments subhead;A transfer of £950,000 resource from the reducing poverty in the rest of the world subhead to capital DEL, central department subhead; A transfer of £910,000 resource from sub-Saharan Africa conflict prevention non-voted departmental unallocated provision to the Ministry of Defence;A transfer of £11 million resource from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the global conflict prevention subhead.The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
58WStransfers from the resource to the capital budget as listed above;to reflect an expected reduction of £8,400,000 appropriation-in-aid in the capital DEL, and a corresponding reduction in the gross capital provision;£214,816,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
the take up capital DEL end year flexibility for 2001–02 of £8,621,000; £8,400,000 has been allocated to the improve efficiency of multilateral aid subhead and £221,000 to the central departments subhead.The increase will be met by inter-departmental transfers or from the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.