Written Statement of 15 November 2004

  Northern Ireland Office: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)
  My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  Resources Change

  New DEL

  Of which: voted

  Non-voted

  Capital Change

  New DEL

  Of which: voted

  Non-voted

  3,981

  1,153,454

  333,295

  820,808

  25,808

  82,736

  35,661

  47,075

  The change in the resource element of the DEL by £3,981,000 arises from the draw down of £3,996,000 end year flexibility and the surrender of a PES transfer of £15,000 administration to security and intelligence agencies, to contribute towards administrative funding.

  The extra resource costs cover a range of areas within the department such as prisons, the Bloody Sunday inquiry, forensic science, central administration and the police service.

  The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £25,808,000 end year flexibility.

  The extra capital costs cover a range of areas within the department such as central administration, criminal justice and prisons.

  Butler Review of Intelligence
  The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)
  My right honourable friend the Prime Minister told the House, in his Statements on 14 and 20 July (Official Report, Commons, col. 143 of 14 July and col. 195 of 20 July) that the Government fully accept the conclusions of Lord Butler's Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction. A detailed programme of work is now under way to take forward work dealing with those conclusions.

  As part of this work, Sir David Omand, the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, has established a committee of senior officials who will meet regularly to oversee the various strands of work under way to implement the recommendations of the Butler review.

  In addition, a dedicated study team led by a senior FCO official is considering Lord Butler's specific recommendations relating to the role, size and shape of the central assessments staff and wider analytical support the intelligence community receives. The study team will present its final report in the New Year.

  The Intelligence and Security Committee is being kept informed of the progress of this work.
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  Subject to parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2004–05 winter supplementary estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £29,789,000 from £1,206,401,000 to £1,236,190,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  FCO: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £266,923,000 from £1,616,521,000 to £1,883,441,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £4,665,000 from £788,341,000 to £793,006,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  238,771

  1,564,261

  219,675

  1,783,936

  Capital

  28,152

  90,708

  8,800

  99,508

  Depreciation*

  0

  -106,218

  -26,800

  -133,018

  Total

  266,923

  1,552,751

  197,675

  1,750,426

  *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:

  RfR1

  I. Draw down of the £9,600,000 from the Efficiency Challenge Fund.

  II. Reserve claim of £6,800,000 for funds to implement changes recommended by the review of FCO security and £4,000,000 for enhanced security for British Council premises and staff overseas.

  III. Reserve claim of £6,139,000 for the Afghanistan Delivery Plan.

  IV. Take up of full entitlement to end year flexibility (EYF) of £45,429,000 for administration relating to the 2003–04 underspends.

  V. A PES transfer from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of £300,000 for the return to the FCO of admin resource transferred in 2003–04.

  VI. A PES transfer from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of £136,000 in respect of "netting off" procedures introduced in April 2003.

  VII. A PES transfer from the Home Office of £2,000,000 in respect of the Afghanistan Delivery Plan.

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  VIII. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £19,000 for planned programme activity.

  IX. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £500,000 in respect of the Good Governance Project.

  X. A PES transfer of £100,000 to the Department of Trade (DfT) in respect of the "Hamilton Project".

  RfR2

  XI. Draw down of £95,000,000 and £73,000,000 being the balance of FCO Peacekeeping Main Estimate Provision.

  XII. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £2,514,000 for planned programme activity.

  XIII. A PES transfer to the Cabinet Office of £500,000 for the Countries at Risk of Instability (CRI) Pilot.

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

  I. Reserve claim of £14,500,000 for funds to implement changes recommended by the review of FCO security.

  II. Take up of full entitlement to end year flexibility (EYF) of £13,652,000 relating to the 2003–04 underspends.

  Home Office: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)
  Plans of changes to the departmental expenditure limit and administrative cost limit for 2004–05.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's departmental expenditure limits for 2004–05 will be increased by £425,962,000 from £12,907,509,000 to £13,333,471,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £123,687,000 from £3,496,679,000 to £3,620,366,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  201,802

  10,598,506

  1,740,337

  12,338,843

  Capital

  200,175

  956,335

  246,405

  1,202,740

  Depreciation*

  23,985

  -207,390

  -722

  -208,112

  Total

  425,962

  11,347,451

  1,986,020

  13,333,471

  *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.

  (a) The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

  End year flexibility totalling £243,278,000 comprising:

  Administration costs, £142,552,000:

  £58,251,000 to section A; £2,536,000 to section F;

  £2,862,000 to section G; £78,903,000 to section I being carry forward of 2003–04 DEL underspending into 2004–05 under the DEL EYF scheme.

  Programme costs, £100,726,000:

  £36,760,000 to section A; £9,488,000 to section B;

  £20,099,000 to section D; £8,196,000 to section F;

  £14,535,000 to section G; £9,861,000 to section H;

  £1,500,000 to section I; £287,000 to section M being
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  carry forward of 2003–04 DEL underspending into 2004–05 under the DEL EYF scheme.

  Invest to Save fund totalling £2,091,000 comprising:

  £285,000 to section A for the Inner London Detox Centre; £350,000 section E for providing seamless access to treatment for drug misusing offenders; £85,000 to section L for the south-west prisons family support service; £891,000 to section M to fund the Peterborough Migration and Asylum Service project and £480,000 to the Youth Justice Board for family group conferencing and youth inclusion and support panels.

  Transfers from other government departments totalling £42,230,000 comprising:

  £3,120,000 from the Department for Education and Skills comprising £1,002,000 to section E for substance misuse training for personal advisors as contribution to the pooled budget for the Young Peoples Substance Misuse Partnership Grant; £1,500,000 to section K for education funding in the contracted prison estate; £618,000 to section L to fund education and training of offenders and delivery of targets in Wales; £38,940,000 from the Department of Health to section E as a contribution to the pooled budget for the Young People's Substance Misuse Partnership Grant. £140,000 from HM Customs and Excise to section P for special projects and electro-mechanical services. £30,000 from HM Treasury to section F as contribution to group of states against corruption (GR ECO).

  Transfer to other government departments totalling £193,297,000 comprising:

  £285,000 from section D to the Assets Recovery Agency to implement a communications strategy for maximising transfer of skills. £89,170,000 to the Crown Prosecution Service comprising £1,129,000 from section B for 12 regional ASB prosecutors to tackle anti-social behaviour; £6,591,000 from section D to maintain a receiver's panel to contribute to regional asset recovery tribunals and contribution to costs of Proceeds of Crime Act and £81,450,000 administration costs from the Criminal Justice System reserve. £48,758,000 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs comprising £18,000 from section B for JSB—county court and juveniles; £337,000 from Section D for the centralisation of enforcement in centres of excellence and £23,580,000 admin and £24,823,000 programme costs from the Criminal Justice System reserve. £100,000 from section D to Defra as contribution to the Government Decontamination and Recovery Service Project.

  £1,570,000 to the Department for Education and Skills comprising £1,500,000 from section G for funding Positive Activities for Young People and £70,000 admin costs from the DUP.

  £13,403,000 to the Department of Health comprising £1,979,000 from section E for arrest referral grant payments to drug action teams to continue the

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  development of heroin pilots; £10,400,000 from section K for prison healthcare payments and £1,024,000 from section I for Women's Services Primrose project; Sex Offenders Treatment Research community project; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme at Ashworth Hospital.

  £2,000,000 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office comprising £1,000,000 from section D and £1,000,000 from section E as contributions to the Afghanistan Drugs Plan. £6,537,000 from section D to H M Customs and Excise for Project Cyclamen; regional asset recovery teams; cash forfeiture litigation team and the CIDA project.

  £782,000 from section D to the Inland Revenue for the Money Laundering team in London and four regional asset recovery teams.

  £1,033,000 to the National Assembly for Wales comprising of £315,000 from section A for Operation Tarian; £654,000 from section B for crime reduction team and business crime reduction advisor in NAW; £64,000 from section G for CCU pathfinder grant programmes.

  £19,596,000 to ODPM comprising £244,000 from section A for local delivery managers funding; £9,697,000 from section B for the following activity in government offices: RCU tariffs for crime: reduction teams; business crime reduction advisors; street crime work; Youth Crime Task Force (London) £6,579,000 from section E for: the former Drug Prevention Advisory Service following integration in government offices in the regions; capacity building in Criminal Justice Intervention Programme in the Regions; £2,356,000 from section G for: CCU pathfinder grant programmes; cross-government funding to DTA; capacity building framework and partnership work and £720,000 from the DUP for part of the core funding agreed in SR02 contribution for government office network. £10,033,000 from section A to the Scottish Executive for Airwave police communication systems. £30,000 from section D to the Cabinet Office as contribution towards the funding of serious crime project.

  DEL reserve claims totalling £62,500,000 comprising:

  £50,000,000 to section A for additional police funding and £12,500,000 to section O from the Efficiency Challenge Fund.

  Classification changes totalling £45,000,000:

  Re-classification of £45,000,000 Criminal Justice System reserve funding from capital to administration costs.

  (b) The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

  End year flexibility totalling £156,425,000 comprising:

  £13,343,000 to section A; £653,000 to section B; £38,099,000 to section D; £608,000 to section F; £90,987,000 to section I; £8,789,000 to section K; £3,946,000 to section M being carry forward of 2003–04 DEL underspending into 2004–05 under the DEL EYF scheme.
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  Invest to Save funds totalling £360,000 comprising:

  £300,000 to section A for the Inner London Detox Centre; £18,000 to section E for seamless access to treatment for drug mis-using offenders; £4,000 to section L for the south-west prisons family support service; £38,000 to the Youth Justice Board for family group conferencing and youth inclusion and support panels.

  Transfer to other government departments totalling £11,610,000 comprising: £90,000 from section D to H M Customs and Excise for Project Cyclamen.

  £5,000,000 from section I to the Department for Education and Skills for prison education.

  £6,520,000 from the Criminal Justice System reserve to the Department for Constitutional Affairs as part of the capital reserve settlement.

  DEL reserve claims totalling £100,000,000:

  £100,000,000 to section M reflecting the revised settlement for the single asylum fund.

  Classification changes totalling £45,000,000:

  Re-classification of £45,000,000 Criminal Justice System reserve funding from capital to administration costs.

  Charity Commission: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Baroness Scotland of Asthal
  Plans to change the Charity Commission's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and administration costs limit for 2004–05.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Charity Commission DEL will be increased by £1,314,000 from £29,294,000 to £30,608,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £974,000 from £28,535,000 to £29,509,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  974,000

  29,509,000

  0

  29,509,000

  Capital

  340,000

  1,739,000

  0

  1,739,000

  Depreciation*

  0

  -640,000

  0

  -640,000

  Total

  1,314,000

  30,608,000

  0

  30,608,000

  *Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from 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 expenditure on governance restructuring within the commission in line with the recommendations of the Strategy Unit report Private Action: Public Benefit (£450,000) and one-off accommodation costs (£524,000).

  The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from a known peak in E-Business expenditure, reflecting controlled underspend in prior years.

  Broadcasting Courts
  The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)
  My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  The Government's consultation paper on broadcasting courts is published today, and copies have been placed in the Library.

  In the paper, the Government consider the question of broadcasting courts with an open mind. We are making no proposals to change the existing law—our purpose is to open the debate on this subject and to gauge stakeholder and public opinion prior to developing policy.

  Although no proposals are being made, throughout the paper the Government maintain the position that nothing must be done that would harm the process of justice in any way. In particular, no changes will be made that might place added pressure on vulnerable participants in court proceedings, such as victims and witnesses.

  In addition to the usual consultation with stakeholders, the Government wish to encourage responses to the paper from the general public. To this end, an electronic copy of the consultation paper will be available on the DCA website, alongside an interactive copy of the questionnaire which can be completed online. There will also be a discussion forum, accessible via a link from the DCA website, on which interested parties will be able to share their views.

  Ministry of Defence: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)
  My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Geoffrey Hoon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits will be increased by £476,763,000 from £29,868,175,000 to £30,344,938,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  364,763

  31,393,762

  561,434

  31,955,196

  Capital

  112,000

  6,437,780

  1,220

  6,439,000

  Depreciation*

  -7,879,258

  -170,000

  -8,049,258

  Total

  476,763

  29,952,284

  392,654

  30,344,938

  *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.

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

  A transfer from capital DEL to resource DEL of £350,000,000 as agreed in SR 04. Transfers totalling £14,750,000 from the Cabinet Office (£10,057,000), the Scottish Executive (£1,112,000), the Welsh Assembly (£611,000), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (£770,000) and the Department of Trade and Industry (£2,200,000) as their share of the National Meteorological Programme and Weather Warning Service costs under a pan-government agreement.

  A transfer of £13,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions as a contribution to the Veteran Agency's helpline.

  An increase in resource appropriations in aid of £16,300,000 from receipt of a special dividend from the Hydrographic Office.

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

  the take up of end year flexibility of £168,000,000 CDEL;

  to reflect the balance sheet capitalisation of £335,000,000 for MOD Main Building, Whitehall, following a PFI refurbishment;

  a transfer from capital DEL to resource DEL of £ 350,000,000 as agreed in SR 04;

  to recognise a capital DEL reduction of £41 million in RfR1, for the advanced purchase of programmed equipment as UORs, under RfR 2 in 2003–04.

  The changes to CDEL and RDEL will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £141,763,000.

  Cabinet Office: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord Bassam of Brighton
  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Cabinet Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be decreased by £11,159,000 from £250,017,000 to £238,858,000 and the gross administration costs limits will be decreased by £2,102,000 from £219,130,000 to £217,028,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  -11,159

  258,005

  0

  258,005

  Capital

  0

  31,000

  0

  31,000

  Depreciation*

  0

  -50,147

  0

  -50,147

  Total

  -11,159

  238,858

  238,858

  *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 reductions due to machinery of government transfer of shareholder executive to the Department of Trade and Industry of £2,585,000,

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  transfer of £10,057,000 to the Ministry of Defence for funding of the National Met Programme, end year flexibility drawn of £1,000,000 to fund the "Go In, Stay In, Tune In" public information campaign and net transfers from other government departments, of £483,000.

  There is no change to the capital element of the DEL.

  Draft Civil Service Bill
  Lord Bassam of Brighton
  The Government are today publishing their proposals for legislation for the Civil Service. This fulfils the Government's commitment, given in their response to the ninth report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, to publish a draft Bill as a basis for further consultation following the publication of the Public Administration Select Committee's proposal for a Civil Service Act.

  Copies of the consultation paper and the draft Bill have been placed in the Libraries of the House, and can be accessed at www.cabinet-office.gov.uk.

  We would welcome comments on the consultation paper and the draft Bill by 28 February 2005.

  Treasury: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)
  My honourable friend the Financial Secretary (Stephen Timms) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, H M Treasury DEL will be increased by £17,115,000 from £225,574,000 to £242,689,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £5,618,000 from £146,891,000 to £152,509,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  17,115,0001

  203,324,000

  39,365,000

  242,689,000

  Capital

  0

  9,075,000

  0

  9,075,000

  Depreciation*

  390,000

  -7,654,000

  0

  -7,654,0001

  Total

  17,505,000

  204,745,000

  39,365,000

  244,110 000

  *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:

  Voted

  an increase in total Treasury administrative costs of £5,618,000 resulting from:

  a partial draw down of end year flexibility (EYF) of £98,000 for administration of the Invest to Save Budget (ISB);

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  a transfer from the Evidence Based Policy Fund (EBPF) of £35,000 for a research project on regional inequalities in the United Kingdom;

  a transfer of £5,485,000 from the Inland Revenue and H M Customs and Excise to fund the switch of taxation policy responsibility to HM Treasury as recommended by the O'Donnell review;

  an increase in A in A of £200,000 and a matching £200,000 expenditure for secondments.

  a partial draw down of programme EYF of £139,000 for the ISB team;

  a draw down of £300,000 EBPF programme and its subsequent transfer to the Office for National Statistics for a project on the measurement of public sector output as recommended by the Atkinson review. This transfer is DEL neutral for H M Treasury;

  a transfer to Home Office of £30,000 programme spend for the GRECO project, which assesses national anti-corruption arrangements;

  an increase in A in A programme of £5,900,000 and a matching £5,900,000 increase in spend for the Office of Paymaster-General to bring the estimate in line with forecasts;

  a DEL neutral virement of £316,000 between sections in H M Treasury's RfR1;

  an increase in A in A programme of £229,000 and a matching £229,000 increase in spend for the coinage RfR 2, following the sale of scrap metal.

  Non-voted

  a partial draw down of programme EYF of £3,810,000 for an increase in Bank of England agency payments, to cover restructuring costs of gilt administration;

  a partial draw down of programme EYF of £232,000 for resettlement payments to Members of the European Parliament;

  an increase in OGC programme spend of £7,800,000, funded by the Efficiency Challenge Fund, as agreed in the 2004 spending review (to be drawn down for use via the estimates as initiatives are identified and agreed with H M Treasury).

  an increase in DEL CFERs of £454,000.

  Customs and Excise: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord McIntosh of Haringey
  My right honourable Friend the Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, H M Customs and Excise departmental expenditure limit will be increased by

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  £75,736,000 from £1,331,872,000 to £1,407,608,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £34,476,000 from £1,184,015,000 to £1,218,491,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  71,966

  1,327,032

  1,327,032

  Capital

  3,770

  79,576

  1,000

  80,576

  Depreciation*

  -44,780

  -44,780

  Total

  75,736

  1,361,828

  1,000

  1,362,828

  *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 increases resulting from the take up of £41,914,000 end year flexibility entitlement (EYF) as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (CM 6293). This is partially offset by a transfer of £1,645,000 to H M Treasury to meet the costs of the transfer of policy work and virement from administration costs to programme expenditure of £5,793,000; and
  programme expenditure changes relating to: the draw down of £25,000,000 to cover additional costs of lorry road user charging, which formed a part of spending review 2004; an award from the Efficiency Challenge Fund of £300,000; transfers from the Home Office to meet additional costs of anti-terrorism work of £2,336,000, funding from the Recovered Assets Incentivisation Fund of £4,161,000 to meet operational and legal costs and £40,000 towards the CIDA project. Further there is a transfer to the Home Office of £140,000 in support of two specific projects and electromechanical services.

  The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of capital EYF amounting to £3,680,000 and a transfer from the Home Office of £90,000 to support anti-terrorism work.

  Inland Revenue: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord McIntosh of Haringey
  My right honourable Friend the Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Inland Revenue departmental expenditure limit will be increased by £152,750,000 from £3,205,460,000 to £3,358,210,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £86,282,000 from £2,989,475,000 to £3,075,757,000.
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  Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  107,764

  2,751,476

  331,418

  3,082,894

  Capital

  44,986

  275,316

  275,316

  Depreciation*

  -942

  -152,595

  -152,595

  Total

  151,318

  2,874,197

  331,418

  3,205,615

  *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 the draw-down of £90,121,000 administration costs EYF; take-up award from the Efficiency Challenge Fund of £20,700,000 programme costs. Additionally, the change relates to minor interdepartmental PES transfers, to HM Treasury reducing administration costs by £3,840,000; and from the Home Office increasing programme costs by £782,000.

  The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw-down of capital EYF and other resource EYF, totalling £44,496,000 as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (CM6293), and an increase of £490,000 to VOA net costs for impairment.

  Office for National Statistics: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord McIntosh of Haringey
  My honourable friend the Financial Secretary (Stephen Timms) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office for National Statistics DEL will decrease by £422,000 from £178,426,000 to £178,004,000 and the administration costs limit will decrease by £417,000 from £153,677,000 to £153,260,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  -417

  153,339

  153,339

  Capital

  -5

  24,665

  24,665

  Depreciation*

  -13,837

  -13,837

  Total

  -422

  164,167

  164,167

  *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 a transfer of £917,000 in total to other government departments in relation to work to develop the neighbourhood statistics programme. The transfers comprise £518,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, £195,000 to the Department of Health, £126,000 to the Department for Education and Skills,

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  £44,000 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs and £34,000 to the Department for Transport. This is partially offset by a transfer into ONS of £500,000 from other government departments. These transfers comprise £300,000 from HM Treasury to fund work on the Atkinson review of government output and productivity and £200,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs in respect of Registration Services' gender recognition project.

  The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from a transfer of £5,000 to the Department of Health in relation to work to develop the Neighbourhood Statistics programme.

  Department of Trade and Industry: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)
  My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Hewitt) has made the following Written Statement.

  Expenditure Limits

  Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department of Trade and Industry's DEL will be increased by £527,542,000 from £4,966,261,000 to £5,493,803,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £7,958,000 from £428,847,000 to £436,805,000.

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

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  486,509

  1,049,695

  4,245,715

  5,295,410

  Capital

  41,033

  -94,664

  293,057

  198,393

  Depreciation*

  0

  -20,841

  -93,159

  -114,000

  Total

  527,542

  934,190

  4,445,613

  5,379,803

  *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 (all RfR1) arises from:

  (i) utilisation of £10,210,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the Rover Task Force;

  (ii) utilisation of £500,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the roll-out of Consumer Direct;

  (iii) utilisation of £500,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of emergency planning related to security of energy supply;

  (iv) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of business links support to start-up businesses;

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  (v) utilisation of £75,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of modernisation of the Post Office network;

  (vi) utilisation of £5,800,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of launch/delivery and evidence-gathering for business support products;

  (vii) utilisation of £700,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of establishment of the single equality body;

  (viii) utilisation of £3,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for external financial and legal advisers in relation to British Energy;

  (ix) utilisation of £1,800,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of UNITAS release 2;

  (x) utilisation of £4,000,000 resource and £2,000,000 capital grants from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of university innovation centres;

  (xi) utilisation of £5,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the manufacturing package;

  (xii) utilisation of £20,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of capital grants for investment aid to the coal industry;

  (xiii) utilisation of £900,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of R and D related to offshore wind farms and strategic environment assessment;

  (xiv) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the Financial Reporting Council;

  (xv) utilisation of £268,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's end-year flexibility entitlement;

  (xvi) utilisation of £962,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's departmental unallocated provision;

  (xvii) a transfer of £17,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body;

  (xviii) a transfer of £450,000 from the Department for Education and Skills in respect of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship;

  (xix) a transfer of £350,000 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs in respect of the Civil Partnership Bill;

  (xx) a transfer of £2,200,000 to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the National

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  Meteorological Programme and Severe Weather Warning Service;

  (xxi) utilisation of £10,800,000 from the Efficiency Challenge Fund in respect of the accommodation strategy and the Pay and Workforce Strategy;

  (xxii) utilisation of £6,500,000 from the Performance and Innovation Fund in respect of renewable energy;

  (xxiii) reclassification of £2,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the regional development agencies in relation to the pan-government agreement for supply of Ordnance Survey data;

  (xxiv) reclassification of £11,000,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure, to reflect funding of Enterprise Fund capital grants via regional development agencies;

  (xxv) reclassification of £271,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure, to reflect the funding of Smart and enterprise grant teams and business link regional teams co-location costs, via regional development agencies;

  (xxvi) reclassification of £638,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure, to reflect the delivery of Enterprise Fund grants in the regions;

  (xxvii) an increase of £1,010,000 in the non-voted expenditure of Postwatch accompanied by an equivalent increase in voted receipts;

  (xxviii) a classification change of £17,683,000 in respect of the national measurement system private finance initiative.

  Also within the change to resource DEL (all RfR1), the changes to administration costs limit are:

  (i) utilisation of £1,310,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in relation to the accommodation strategy;

  (ii) utilisation of £2,530,000 from the unused balance of the department's endyear flexibility entitlement in respect of UK Trade and Investment administration;

  (iii) utilisation of £452,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in relation to the Insolvency Service invest-to-save project;

  (iv) a transfer of £2,585,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of a machinery of government change for the Shareholder Executive;

  (v) a transfer of £17,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs for the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body;

  (vi) a transfer of £436,000 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in relation to netting-off procedures and UK Trade and Investment e-business;

  (vii) implementation of an agreed virement from programme to administration of £1,500,000 in respect of the Liabilities Management Authority.

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  Non-voted

  There is also utilisation of £185,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of payments in relation to British Energy liabilities, an increase of £77,169,000 to reflect the transfer of non-voted, non-cash RDA budgets from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, utilisation of £300,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for non-voted expenditure of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and utilisation of £2,400,000 resource and £69,642,000 capital grants from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for non-voted expenditure of the regional development agencies.

  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Main Estimate

  There is also a transfer of £22,000,000 to the Department for Work and Pensions in relation to European Regional Development Fund expenditure, in repayment of the department's overspend on this activity in 2003–04 that was funded by the Department for Work and Pensions.

  The change in the capital element of the DEL (all RfR1) arises from:

  (i) utilisation of £444,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for Rover Task Force;

  (ii) utilisation of £1,600,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for implementation of the parental leave regulations;

  (iii) utilisation of £15,500,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for support for the national measurement system;

  (iv) utilisation of £300,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Insolvency Service;

  (v) utilisation of £16,600,000 of capital from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of accommodation, electronic filing and e-purchasing.

  (vi) utilisation of £424,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's end-year flexibility entitlement;

  (vii) utilisation of £25,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's departmental unallocated provision;

  (viii) utilisation of £3,500,000 from the Performance and Innovation Fund in respect of renewable energy.

  Non-voted

  There is also utilisation of £2,640,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement for non-voted expenditure by regional development agencies.

  Postal Services Commission: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord Sainsbury of Turville
  My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Hewitt) has made the following Written Statement.

  The Postal Services Commission capital DEL will be increased by £135,000 from £150,000 to £285,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  0

  1

  0

  1

  Capital

  135

  150

  135

  285

  Depreciation*

  0

  -400

  0

  -400

  Total

  135

  -249

  135

  -114

  *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 capital element of the DEL arises from draw-down of end-year flexibility of £135,000 to fund investment in IT.

  There is no change to the resource element of the DEL.

  Ofgem: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord Sainsbury of Turville
  My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Hewitt) has made the following Written Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets net cash requirement will be increased by £5,771,000 from £1,785,000 to £7,556,000. The administration costs limits and DEL will remain unchanged. The impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  701,000

  -

  701,000

  Capital

  950,000

  -

  950,000

  Depreciation*

  -1,250,000

  -

  -1,250,000

  Total

  NIL

  401,000

  -

  401,000

  *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 increased net cash requirement arises from a cash payout in July 2004 to surrender an onerous building lease contract. There is no change in the administration cost or DEL because the financial impact in the form of a provision was taken in a previous financial year.

  UK Trade and Investment: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  Lord Sainsbury of Turville
  My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Hewitt) has made the following Written Statement.

  Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, UK Trade and Investment's resource DEL will be increased by £1,800,000 from £97,287,000 to £99,087,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

  £000s

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Resource

  1,800

  99,087

  0

  99,087

  Capital

  0

  248

  248

  Depreciation*

  0

  -187

  0

  -187

  Total

  1,800

  99,148

  0

  99,148

  *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:

  (i) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the department's end-year flexibility entitlement to meet increased requirement for resources particularly in the regions and on inward investment.

  (ii) a transfer of resources to the Department of Transport of £200,000 in respect of the travel costs for the special representative for international trade and investment.

  Department of Health and Food Standards Agency: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2004–05
  The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)
  My right honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following Written Ministerial Statement today.

  Subject to the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department of Health's element of the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £757,138,000 from £71,541,721,000 to £72,298,859,000 and the administration cost limit will be increased by £7,194,000 from £250,776,000 to £257,970,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL will be increased by £12,803,000 from £139,675,000 to £152,478,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will increase by £769,941,000 from

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  £71,681,396,000 to £72,451,337,000. The impact on resource and capital is set out in the following table.

  £ million

  New DEL

  Change

  Voted

  Non-voted

  Total

  Department of Health

  Resource DEL

  651.950

  69,411.276

  -242.715

  69,168.561

  Capital DEL

  105.188

  248.365

  2,881.933

  3,130.298

  Total Department of Health DEL

  757.138

  69,659.641

  2,639.218

  72,298.859

  Depreciation*

  0.045

  -510.381

  -44.477

  -554.858

  Total Department of Health spending (after adjustment)

  757.183

  69,149.260

  2,594.741

  71,744.001

  Food Standards Agency

  Resources

  12.803

  151.831

  0

  151.831

  Capital

  0

  0.647

  0

  0.647

  Total Food Standards Agency DEL

  12.803

  152.478

  0

  152.478

  Depreciation*

  0

  -2.004

  0

  -2.004

  Total Food Standards Agency spending (after adjustment)

  12.803

  150.474

  0

  150.474

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

  The change in the DEL arises from the take-up of end-year flexibility £826,367,000 (£7,014,000 administration costs) for capital, revenue and administration budgets as set out in table 6 of the Public Expenditure 2003–04 Provisional Outturn White Paper Cm 6293 published in July 2004. A transfer to the Department for Education and Skills of
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  £29,945,000 (£15,000 administration costs) mainly for pay and pension indexation, contributions to the healthy schools programme and a project to widen access to healthcare professions. A net transfer to the Home Office of £25,537,000 mainly for the substance misuse planning grant, offset by funding for prison healthcare and a contribution to the work of the national oversight group and drug action teams. A net transfer to the Scottish Executive of £2,777,000 for out-of-area treatments and health publicity material, offset by a contribution for the high security infectious disease unit. A transfer to the National Assembly for Wales of £11,160,000 for out-of-area treatments and health publicity material. A transfer from the Office for National Statistics of £200,000 (£195,000 administration costs) for a contribution to the data development work of the neighbourhood statistics programme. A transfer to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of £10,000 for older people's services.

  The administration cost limit has increased by £7,194,000 from £250,776,000 to £257,970,000 as detailed above.

  The changes to the Food Standards Agency resource element of the departmental expenditure limit arise from a claim for end-year flexibility of £12,803,000 (£9,444,000 programme and £3,359,000 administration costs) to fund ongoing FSA activity including a publicity campaign to raise salt awareness with consumers and the transfer of £2,700,000 from the FSA to the Meat Hygiene Service, an executive agency of the FSA.

  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) administration cost limit has increased by £3,359,000 from £50,335,000 to £53,694,000 as a result of incorporating administration cost EYF.