§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to change the(a) departmental expenditure limit and (b) administration costs limits for 2001–02. [19797]
§ Margaret BeckettSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be increased by £857,992,000 from £1,732,782,000 to £2,590,774,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £46,250,000 from £457,399,000 to £503,649,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
Resources Capital Change 563,514 294,478 New DEL 2,084,642 506,132 of which: Voted 1,365,254 429,069 Non-voted 719,388 77,063 Start figures1 Summer DEL 1,521,128 211,654 of which: Voted 1,054,667 174,349 Non-voted 466,461 37,305 1 From summer supp. The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: (i) a take-up of £57,933,000 under the End-Year Flexibility rules, (ii) £9,000 from the Evidence Based Policy Fund within the Capital Modernisation Fund, (iii) a transfer of £510,555,000 from DTLR following the formation of DEFRA, (iv) a transfer of £610,000 from the Home Office following the formation of DEFRA, (v) a transfer of £177,000 from the Privy Council Office for the Secretary of State's accommodation costs, (vi) a transfer of £100,000 from the Department of Health for the Rural Stress Action Group, (vii) a transfer of £3,200,000 from DTLR for the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme, (viii) a transfer of £20,000 from DTLR for local public service agreements, (ix) a transfer of £4,394,000 to the Cabinet Office for staff transferred to governmental organisations, (x) a transfer of £1,000,000 to Department of Health for research on transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, (xi) a transfer of £929,000 to the Scottish Executive for the Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme, (xii) a transfer of £967,000 to the Home Office for the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and, (xiii) a transfer of £1,800,000 to the Scottish Executive for the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from (i) a take-up of £72,519,000 under the End-Year Flexibility rules, (ii) a take-up of £237,000 under the Capital Modernisation Fund and, (iii) a take-up of £221,722,000 from DTLR following the formation of DEFRA. There will also be a transfer of £3,000,000 from non-voted supplementary credit approvals to voted capital.
1033WIncreases will be offset by inter-departmental transfers and charged to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.