HC Deb 28 February 2003 vol 400 cc54-6WS
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate the Department of Trade and Industry's DEL will be increased by £92,689,000 from £4,763,244,000 to £4,855,933,000 and the Administration Costs limit will be increased by £18,592,000 from £423,187,000 to £441,779,000.

£'000
Resources Capital
Change New DEL Of which: voted Non voted Change New DEL Of which: voted Non voted
51,189 3,773,918 1,175,588 2,598,330 41,500 1,082,015 -9,146 1,091,161

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

  1. (i) an increase in the non Voted expenditure of Postwatch of £1,180,000 offset by an equivalent increase in voted licence fee receipts;
  2. (ii) transfer of £43,000 from the Department for Transport in relation to the EU Fifth Framework Programme;
  3. (iii) transfer of £221,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Neighbourhood Renewal Unit for the Business Brokers Pilot Project;
  4. (iv) transfer of £700,000 to the Northern Ireland executive for innovative broadband schemes;
  5. (v) transfer of £1,000,000 from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to assist in the establishment of Ofcom;
  6. (vi) a virement of £272,000 from voted business support to non voted expenditure of the Regional Development Agencies;
  7. (vii) an increase in non voted expenditure of the Regional Development Agencies by £949,000 to reflect additional receipts from British Trade International;
  8. (viii) to increase the gross provision for grant in aid to Regional Development Agencies by £7,332,000 and increase appropriations in aid by an equivalent amount to reflect additional receipts from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister;
  9. (ix) utilisation of £21,100,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to provide for advisers and legal costs in relation to British Energy;
  10. (x) utilisation of £1,100,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for corporate communications and brand strategy;
  11. (xi) transfer of £26,000 from the Home Office to non voted expenditure of the Design Council for the Design Against Crime project;
  12. (xii) utilisation of £4,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to provide for increased non voted expenditure of the Regional Development Agencies.

Within the change to the resource DEL, the changes to the administration costs limit are:

(xiii) utilisation of £13,602,000 and £2,961,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in relation to administration;

(xiv) utilisation of £324,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the ACAS Work Life Balance Invest to Save project;

(xv) reclassification from programme to administration of £348,000 received in the Winter Supplementary from the Department for Education and Skills in relation to Work Life Balance to reflect funding via ACAS;

(xvi) an increase in gross administration expenditure and receipts of £418,000 to reflect increased receipts from other Government Departments; (xvii) transfer of £439,000 from the Cabinet Office in relation to Women and Equality as a result of Machinery of Government changes;

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

(xviii) a virement of £500,000 from programme to administration in respect of business information start-ups.

RfR2

  1. (i) utilisation of £200,000 from the Departmental Unallocated Provision for OST initiatives;
  2. (ii) utilisation of £2,515,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for Knowledge Transfer;

2. There is also an increase in non-Voted expenditure on Enemy Property Claims liabilities of £5,000,000.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

RfRI

  1. (i) utilisation of £4,500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Small Business Service National Gateway Capital Modernisation Fund project;
  2. (ii) take up of £3,000,000 from the business.gov Capital Modernisation Fund project;
  3. (iii) utilisation of £8,000,000 and £26,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to provide for increased expenditure and reduced receipts in relation to the Rolls Royce Trent 600 and 900 projects;
  4. (iv) to increase the gross provision for grant in aid to Regional Development Agencies by £35,039,000 and increase appropriations in aid by an equivalent amount to reflect additional receipts from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.