§ The Secretary of State for Wales (Peter Hain)The Wales departmental expenditure limit will be increased by £62,325,000 from £9,283,912,000 to £9,346,237,000. The increase is a result of:
- (i) the take up of end year flexibility of £55,000,000 for the National Assembly for Wales.
- (ii) the take up of end year flexibility of £500,000 for the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales in respect of Administration Costs.
- (iii) additional provision of
£2,356,000 consequential from DEFRA's claim on the reserve for local authority assistance in dealing with waste fridges
(iv) net transfers from other government departments of £4,469,000.These transfers are as follows:
(i) £1,188,000 from the Home Office for the Partnership Development Fund,(ii) £436,000 from the Home Office for cover administration costs of the Crime Reduction Unit(iii) £360,000 from the Home Office for Active Community Match Funding— Programme Grant(iv) £159,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions for New Deal training inspections(v) £1,335,000 from DTI for the Broadband Fund(vi) £34,000 from the Home Office for the Golden Jubilee Awards(vii) £557,000 from the Department for Education and Skills for Access Bursaries(viii) £400,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry for the Manufacturing Advisory ServiceThe Wales Office administration costs limit will be increased by £500,000 from £2,330,000 to £2,830,000.
The increase in DEL will be offset by transfers from other Departments, from the reserve or take up of end-year flexibility and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.