HC Deb 27 June 2001 vol 370 c118W
Valerie Davey

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proposals there are to change the 2001–02 departmental expenditure limit or administration costs limit or the Cabinet Office.[1458]

Mr. Leslie

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Cabinet Office Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2001–02 will be increased by £17,605,000 from £125,417,000 to £143,022,000. The Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2001–02 will be increased by £37,805,000 from £21,980,000 to £59.785,000. The administration costs limit will be increased by £17,605,000 from £124,345,000 to £141,950,000.

This is to take account of the following changes:

  1. (a) to provide additional administration cost resources of £16,726,000 for increased departmental activity planned from April 2001, by taking up Departmental Unallocated Provision.
  2. (b) to take up Capital Modernisation Fund money of £24,605,000 awarded for the Corporate IT strategy, UK Online (£15,000,000 from round 3 and £9,605,000 from round 2); and £700,000 for developing a sect re Government intranet.
  3. (c) to take up £12,500,000 for the Cabinet Office new accommodation project from Departmental Unallocated Provision.
  4. (d) to take up a transfer of £470,000 from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (formerly the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions) and the Security and Intelligence Agencies, for fast stream recruitment activities.
  5. (e) to take up £409,000 for the Demonstration Project on Retention and Advancement in Employment from the Employment Opportunities Fund.

The increase will be offset by transfers or charged to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.