§ Baroness AmosMy right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made the following Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) DEL will be increased by £28,325,000 from £1,180,916,000 to £1,209,241,000. The administration cost limit has been increased by £34,000 from £163,375,000 to £163,409,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Of which: Change New DEL Voted Non-voted Resource 28,325 1,136,389 400,441 735,948 Capital 0 72,852 30,113 42,739 Depreciation1 10,956 22,209 27,467 49,676 Total 17,369 408,345 751,220 1,159,565 1Depreciation, 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 the DEL arises from a change in the budgeting treatment for pension schemes (£25,000,000) and from the net effect of transfers to and from other government departments (£3,325,000). The increase in administration costs (£34,000) is also as a net effect of transfers to and from other government departments.