§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Bill Rammell)Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will he increased by £60,035,000 from £1,708,768,000 to £1,768,784,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £34,778,000 from £795,600,000 to £830,378,000.
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 46,596 1,524,729 173,527 1,698,256 Capital 13,439 64,728 5,800 70,528 Depreciation -25,000 -124,194 -6,800 -130,994 Total 35,035 1,465,263 172,263 1,637,790 The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
A public expenditure survey (PES) transfer from the Home Office of £2,088,000 for European residence permits.A PES transfer from the Ho me Office of £740,000 for biometrics trials in connection with the issue of UK visas.An increase of £4,171,000 to fund increased contributions to international organisations subscriptions. A decrease of £2,783,000 in respect of an adjustment for overseas price movements.
A PES transfer from the Cabinet Office of £500,000 in respect of Coalition Information Centre (CIC) costs.A PES transfer to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of £300,000 in respect of the E-business programme.PES transfers from the DTI and Department for Transport totalling £134,000 (£67.000 each) in respect of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
An increase of £5,725,000 in respect of increases in providing consular and visa services overseas.An increase of £27,149,000 in respect of increased Iraq related security costs.
A PES transfer from HM Customs & Excise (HMC&E) of £806,000 and from the Home Office of £1,000,000 and £2,000,000 in respect of the FCO Afghanistan Drugs Plan 50WS
and an additional £122,000 from the Home Office to continue research techniques for identifying and measuring opium cultivation.A PES Transfer to the Home Office of £20,000 as a contribution to the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO).A PES transfer from the Department for International Development (DFID) of £10,150,000 in respect of the remainder required to fund planned programme activity to the end of the financial year.Take up of end-year flexibility (EYF) of 18,215,000 from a combination of underspends on the 2002–03 conflict prevention departmental unallocated provision (DUP) and DFID and FCO conflict pool (CP) underspends.A PES transfer to DFID and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of £11,000,000 and £2,000.000 respectively for the remainder required to fund planned programme activity to the end of the financial year.PES transfers to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £7,016,000 and £85,000 to reflect funding revisions for CP.PES transfers to the MoD of £1,800,000 and £1,200,000 to reflect funding revisions for CP.The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
An increase of £9,000 in respect of an adjustment for overseas price movements.An increase of £9,751,000 in respect of increased Iraq related security costs.A PES transfer from the Home Office of £1,013,000 in respect of the setting up of a new visa regime in Kingston.A PES transfer from the Home Office of £912,000 for European residence permits.A PES transfer from the Home Office of £122,000 for biometrics trials in connection with the issue of UK visas.A PES transfer from HMC&E of £816,000 in respect of the FCO Afghanistan Drugs plan.A PES transfer from the DTI of £816,000 in respect of the E-business programme.