§ The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)Subject 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 table:
FRS15, offset by a transfer from capital to resource of £237,040,000 to reflect in-year Departmental re-allocations.
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.