HC Deb 27 November 2003 vol 415 c12WS
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Healey)

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the H M Customs and Excise DEL will be increased by £69,803,000, from £1,221,392,000 to £1,291,195,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £58,986,000, from £1,073,736,000 to £1,132,722,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

New DEL
Change Voted Non-voted Total
Resource 69,803,000 1,208,359,000 - 1,208,359,000
Capital - 81,836,000 1,000,000 82,836,000
Depreciation* - -52,980,000 - -52,980,000
Total 69,803,000 1,237,215,000 1,000,000 1,238,215,000

* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL. is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: administration costs changes resulting from the take up of DEL end year flexibility of £56,563,000 as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5884); a transfer of £2,500,000 from capital investment to administration costs to meet Lorry Road User Charging costs; a transfer of £77,000 to the Rural Payment Agency in respect of VAT recipe verifications; a transfer of £8,500,000 from non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision in resource DEL to voted administration costs in resource DEL; and programme expenditure changes in respect of the take-up of DEL end-year flexibility of £5,907,000 as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5884): a transfer of £4,000,000 from DEFRA for work undertaken in respect of the illegal importation of Products of Animal Origin; a transfer of £154,000 from the Cabinet Office to cover the cost of a transferred asset; a transfer of £1,000,000 from capital investment to programme expenditure to meet Lorry Road User Charging costs; and a transfer of £244,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in accordance with the Ordnance Survey Pan Government Agreement.

As a result of the specified resource DEL changes mentioned in the above paragraph, the administration costs limit has increased by £58,986,000.