British Trade International

HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc446-7W

Joan Ryan

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to change the departmental expenditure limit of British Trade International for 2001–02. [36524]

Ms Hewitt

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, British Trade International's Resource DEL will be increased by £175,000 from £88,818,000 to £88,993,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:

	£000
Resources
Change	175
New DEL	88,993
of which:
Voted	88,993
Non-voted	0
Capital
Change	0
New DEL	248
of which:
Voted	248
Non-voted	0

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from a transfer of £175;000 in resources from the Department of Trade and Industry to British Trade International in respect of two Rover Task Force projects in the west midlands.