HC Deb 27 November 2003 vol 415 c2WS
The Secretary of State for International Development (Hilary Benn)

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development DEL for 2003–04 will be increased by £127,348,000 from £3,629,106,000 to £3,756,454,000 and the administration costs limits has been increased by £3,250,000 from £209,000,000 to £212,250,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

a transfer of £116,250,000 resource from the Central Reserve to the Reducing Poverty in the Rest of the World Grants subhead;

a transfer of £75,000,000 resource from the Unallocated subhead to the Reducing Poverty in the Rest of the World Grants subhead;

a transfer of £38,000 resource from DFID Developing Innovative Approaches to Development subhead to the Home Office as DFID's contribution to GRECO membership;

a transfer of £6,400,000 resource from the Central Reserve to the Developing Innovative Approaches to Development Grants subhead.

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

a transfer of £500,000 from the Central Reserve to the Reducing Poverty in the Rest of the World capital subhead.

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