HC Deb 24 February 2004 vol 418 cc26-7WS
The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr. Douglas Alexander)

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £2,043,000 from £311,289,000 to £313,332,000 and the gross administration costs limits will be increased by £2,644,000 from £223,733,000 to £226,377,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000s
Change Voted New DEL Non-voted Total
Resource 1,182 277,297 0 277,297
Capital 861 86,189 0 86,189
Depreciation* 0 -50,154 0 -50,154
Total 2,043 313,332 0 277,297

*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 additions from the DEL reserve of £3,500,000 for human resources restructuring, draw down of £140,000 end year flexibility on Invest to Save funding provided to the Centre for Management and Policy Studies and net transfers to other government departments of £2,458,000.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from transfers from other departments of £861,000.