HC Deb 28 November 2001 vol 375 cc971-2W
Mr. Russell Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans she has to change the Scotland Office(a) departmental expenditure limit and (b) administration costs limit for 2001–02. [19698]

Mrs. Liddell

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Scotland Office Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £751,571,000 from £16,422,121,000 to £17,173,692,000. and the administration costs limits will be increased by £334.000 from £6,502,000 to £6,836,000.

The DEL increases take account of the following:

  • the take up of End Year Flexibility (EYF) amounting to £718,365,000;
  • increases of £1,749,000 for flood relief and coastal defences;
  • an increase of £10,231,000 from the Capital Modernisation Fund (CMF);
  • an increase of £334,000 for Electoral Registration Publicity;
  • an increase of £4,500,000 for the Forestry Commission;
  • an increase of £32,000 for the Employment Coalitions.

The DEL increase also includes the following transfers to and from other Government Departments amounting to a net increase of £16,360,000. These are:

  • a transfer of £14,208,000 from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES);
  • net transfers of £2,729,000 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA);
  • net transfers of £902,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP);
  • net transfers to Department of Health (DH) of £419,000;
  • a transfer of £78,000 to Home Office (HO);
  • a transfer of £199,000 to Cabinet Office (CO);
  • a transfer of £783,000 to Food Standards Agency (FSA).

All of the increases add to the resource budget and the capital budget of £100,000 is unchanged.

The increases will be offset by interdepartmental transfers, as detailed, or charged to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

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