HC Deb 28 February 2003 vol 400 cc52-4WS
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Paul Murphy)

Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (N10) will be taking a 2002/2003 Spring Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £35,101,000 from £1,211,862,000 to £1,246,963,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £13,269,000 from £154,716,000 to £167,985,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £12,000,000 End Year Flexibility, a Reserve Claim for the Bloody Sunday Inquiry of £18,542,000 and net transfers into the Department of £49,000. This amount includes a total of £13,236,000 for administration costs.

The extra resource costs cover a range of areas within the Department such as policing plus security, central administration, political, criminal justice and prisons. The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £5,000,000 End Year Flexibility, and a capital transfer to the Northern Ireland Departments of £490,000.

The extra capital costs cover a range of areas within the Department such as policing plus security, central administration, political, criminal justice and prisons.

The NIO Spring Supplementary Estimates will also be used to increase the Grant payable into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund by £372,000,000, from £8,089,000,000 to £8,461,000,000.

The increase in Grant payable is a cash increase to fund activities undertaken by Northern Ireland Departments during 2002/03. This cash increase allows

All figures are £000's.
Resources Capital
Change New DEL Of which voted Non voted Change New DEL Of which voted Non voted
TOTAL 411036 3206627 2946067 260560 8917 110740 99348 11392

The change in the Lord Chancellor's Department resource DEL is the net effect of:

A transfer of £27,000 administration costs and £11,760,000 appropriations in aid to the Home Office; a transfer of £110,000 administration costs from the Home Office; a transfer of £208,000 administration costs to the Department for Work and Pensions; a transfer of £48,000 administration costs from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; an increase of £11,760,000 appropriations in aid from a short surrender of CFERS; a transfer of £70,000 resources from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; a reclassification of £444,000 from capital to resource DEL utilising the 2½per cent. capital to resource allowance; a transfer of £78,000 administration costs from the Office of Government Commerce; reclassification of £6,245,000 resources from resource to capital DEL, of which £7,000,000 is administration costs; take up of £412,000,000 resources from the DEL Reserve, of which £167,000,000 is administration costs.

The change in the Northern Ireland Court Service resource DEL is the net effect of:

take up of DEL end year flexibility of £1,581,000 administration costs and a virement of £1,581,000 from administration to capital DEL; a reclassification of £26,600,000 from administration costs to programme costs; take up of non-voted DEL end year flexibility of £271,000 Consolidated Fund expenditure; the take up of DEL end year flexibility of £1,955,000 on legal aid fund expenditure.

The change in the Public Records Office resource DEL arises from: the take up of £2,542,000 administration costs from end year flexibility. the use of End Year Flexibility and net transfers to Northern Ireland Departments which will be utilised in delivering departmental programmes.

As a result the Northern Ireland Departments' DEL increases by £338,824,000 from £6,130,919,000 to £6,469,743,000. The increase comprises a take up of EYF of £337,440,000, a claim on the Reserve of £1,326,000 in respect of the disposal of fridges under EU regulations and net transfers of £58,000 from other Government Departments.