HC Deb 28 February 2003 vol 400 c52WS
The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr. Douglas Alexander)

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £16,549,000 from £261,159,000 to £277,708,000, the gross administration costs limit will be increased by £4,514,000 from £164,613,000 to £169,127,000 and the net administration costs limit will be decreased by £1,847,000 from £2,922,000 to £ 1,075,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the table:

Resources £000 Capital £000
Change 2,122 14,427
New DEL 208,566 69,142
Of which:
Voted 208,566 69,142
Non voted

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from Machinery of Government transfers of £2,018,000 to other departments; a virement from capital of £4,000,000; additions from the Invest to Save Budget of £280,000; and net transfers to other government departments of £140,000.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from additions from the DEL reserve of £9,000,000; transfers from other departments of £6,087,000; a transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies of £385,000; draw down of capital end year flexibility of £4,125,000; virement to resource of £4,000,000; and the difference of £400,000 between expenditure using proceeds from the sale of assets and the net book value of the assets.