§ Lord Campbell-Savoursasked Her Majesty's Government:
To what extent the Supplementary Estimates of the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits will be increased. [HL1947]
§ Baroness CrawleySubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits will be increased by £1,552,201,000 from £24,984,813,000 to £26,537,014,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
73WAThe change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
An increase of £500,000,000 as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2002 outcome whereby the MoD was provided with a Sustainability Fund to enhance the department's capability to sustain military operations.
A net reduction of £102,960,000 due to a transfer of £340,000,000 to capital to reflect compliance with the accounting policy change in FRS15, offset by a transfer from capital of £237,040,000 to reflect in-year departmental reallocations.
An addition of £21,233,000 towards the MoD's liability to British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
An increase of £314,000 towards the purchase of two Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels, offset by the repayment of an advance in 2001–02 of £1,000,000 towards the purchase of two RoRo ferries. This gives a net decrease of £686,000.
A transfer out of Resource DEL of £120,000 to the Single Intelligence Account relating to electricity charges on a shared site.
A transfer in of Resource DEL of £183,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the GAB Citadel costs.
An increase of £617,175,000 in the Request for Resource for Conflict Prevention to cover the net additional costs of military operations in Kosovo, Bosnia, the Gulf, Afghanistan and contingency planning for possible operations.
The change in the capital element of the DEL. arises from:
A net increase of £102,960,000 due to a transfer of £340,000,000 to capital from resource to reflect compliance with the accounting policy change in FRS 1 5, offset by a transfer from capital to resource of £237,040,000 to reflect in-year departmental reallocations.
An increase of £48,909,000 for the purchase of two Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels.
A reduction of £43,300,000 being the repayment of an advance in 2001–02 for the purchase of two RoRo ferries.
An increase of £1,600,000 from the Capital Modernisation Fund for the Drug Stopper Project.
A transfer in of Capital DEL of £475,000 from the Department of Health for the Diagnostic Treatment Centre at the Royal Haslar Hospital.
An increase of £406,732,000 in the Request for Resource for Conflict Prevention to cover the net additional costs of military operations in Kosovo, Bosnia, the Gulf, Afghanistan and contingency planning for possible operations.