§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of the annually managed expenditure line in the 2000 Spending Review, listing the items of expenditure previously included in the departmental expenditure limits of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Intervention Board and the Forestry Commission or otherwise managed by his Department. [134012]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: The annually managed expenditure provisions agreed in the 2000 Spending Review for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Forestry Commission and the Intervention Board are as follows. Only the Intervention Board has reclassified as annually managed expenditure some items previously included in its departmental expenditure limit. The items are analysed below the main table.
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£ million 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Main Departmental Programmes CAP/Agri-environment schemes 1,520.6 1,452.6 1,451.6 Resource accounting items 61.3 76.3 83.8
£ million 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Forestry Commission Main Departmental Programmes EU RDR-financed woodland grant payments 3.5 5.5 5.5 Resource accounting items 49.9 51.9 54.5 Intervention Board Main Departmental Programmes CAP schemes 709.2 694.1 705.0 Resource accounting items 4.4 3.3 3.6
Intervention Board: Items transferred from departmental expenditure limits into annually managed expenditure £ million 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 OTMS-Compensation 285.7 268.5 261.5 Beef Intervention 11.0 7.4 7.5 Beef Export Refunds 2.0 2.1 2.1 Total 298.7 278.0 271.1
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which items of the Intervention Board departmental expenditure limit and annually managed expenditure on the Common Agricultural Policy are determined by the(a) European Union and (b) Government. [134014]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: The Intervention Board's Departmental Expenditure Limit consists of administration expenditure and BSE related programme expenditure. The latter includes compensation under the Over Thirty Months Scheme and all associated incidental/disposal costs. The Intervention Board's Annually Managed Expenditure is non-BSE related programme expenditure. This includes intervention buying, other internal market measures and EU refunds on export trade with non-member countries. All programme-related expenditure derives directly from EU legislation and is largely EU funded. The administration expenditure is Exchequer funded and in large measure is demand-led according to the levels of CAP market support activity.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Intervention Board and Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits given for the years 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 in the 2000 MAFF Department report have been re-allocated to other years as a result of the shift to resource budgeting. [134015]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: The departmental expenditure limits (DEL) quoted in the 2000 Department Report for the years 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 are all in cash terms. There has been no re-allocation of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Intervention Board DEL as a result of the shift to resource budgeting. As a result of accruals timing adjustments over the three years the Forestry Commission DEL is less than the respective cash provisions shown in the Departmental Report by 0.6 per cent., 2.2 per cent. and 1.7 per cent.
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§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which expenditure items previously included in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Intervention Board and the Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits are accounted for as annually managed expenditure. [134011]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: Only the Intervention Board has reclassified as annually man aged expenditure certain items previously included in its departmental expenditure limit. These are beef intervention, beef export refunds and remnant payments on schemes that have ended, such as the Calf Processing Aid Scheme, Beef Stocks Transfer Scheme and Aid to the Rendering Industry. As part of the 2000 Spending Review settlement the compensation payments on the Over Thirty Months Scheme will transfer into annually managed expenditure with effect from 1 April 2001.
Intervention Board: Items transferred from departmental expenditure limits into annually managed expenditure £ million 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 OTMS—Compensation 285.7 268.5 261.5 Beef Intervention 11.0 7.4 7.5 Beef Export Refunds 2.0 2.1 2.1 Total 298.7 278.0 271.1
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a detailed reconciliation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Intervention Board and Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits set out in the 2000 Budget, the 2000 MAFF Departmental report, the 2000 Spending Review and the 1998 Spending Review. [134008]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: The relevant total MAFF, Intervention Board (IB) and Forestry Commission (FC) departmental expenditure limits are as follows:
£ million 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 1. 1998 Spending Review 1,344 1,265 1,303 2. Budget 2000 1,415 1,215 1,186 3. 2000 Departmental Report 1,417 1,215 1,186 4. 2000 Spending Review — — 1,258 Changes in the 1999–2000 figures between positions 1 and 2 reflect the Supplementary Estimates and the transfer of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) from MAFF to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Changes in the 1999–2000 figures between positions 1 and 3 reflect the Supplementary Estimates but not the transfer of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Changes in the 2000–01 figures between positions 1 and 2 reflect the transfer of the MHS and the Joint Food Standards and Safety Group from MAFF to the FSA; take-up of funding for the support package which I announced on 20 September 1999; the transfer of receipts from the sale of Covent Garden Market into 2001–02; 377W the take-up of funding for a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) surveillance programme; and a redefinition of the BSE envelope.
Changes in the 2001–02 figures between positions 1 and 2 reflect the same changes as for the 2000–01 figures. Changes between positions 3 and 4 reflect Cash to Resource adjustments for Capital Charges; Non-Departmental Public Body/Public Corporation adjustments; a further redefinition of the BSE envelope; the transfer of OTMS funding from DEL to AME; and additional funding secured under the 2000 Spending Reviews.