HC Deb 29 November 2001 vol 375 c1129W
Mrs. Betty Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans she has to change the(a) resource departmental expenditure limit and (b) administration costs limit for her Department in 2001–02. [19950]

Clare Short

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate the Department for International Development Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2001–02 will be increased from £3,114,570,000 to £3,127,152,749. The Administration Cost Limit will increase from £67,246,000 to £67,561,000. Within this DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the table.

£
Resources Capital
Change 12,582,749 —
New DEL 3,127,152,749 —
Of which:
Voted 2,450,932,749 —
Non-voted 676,220,000 —

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

A transfer of £22,656,813 from DFID's non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) to the Ministry of Defence for Conflict Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa;

A transfer of £4,435,438 from DFID's non-voted DUP to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Conflict Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa;

A transfer of £8,900,000 from the FCO to DFID for Global Conflict Prevention;

A transfer of £100,000 from DFID's non-voted DUP to the Cabinet Office (SIA) for Conflict Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa;

A transfer of £15,000,000 from the Reserve in support of a new International Monetary Fund Poverty Reduction Growth Facility for Pakistan;

A transfer of £15,000,000 from the Reserve in support of humanitarian relief in Afghanistan;

A transfer of £570,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for a contribution to the refurbishment of BHC Lusaka;

A transfer of £10,000 to the Home Office for DFID's contribution to the "Groupe d'etats Contre la Corruption" (GRECO);

A transfer of £510,000 from the Cabinet Office for the Civil Service Modernisation Fund;

A transfer of £195,000 to the Cabinet Office for funding of Fast Stream Recruitment.

The increase will be met by inter-departmental transfers or from the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.