§ 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.
30WSSubject 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: