HL Deb 15 November 2004 vol 666 cc30-1WS
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

  1. I. Draw down of the £9,600,000 from the Efficiency Challenge Fund.
  2. 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.
  3. III. Reserve claim of £6,139,000 for the Afghanistan Delivery Plan.
  4. IV. Take up of full entitlement to end year flexibility (EYF) of £45,429,000 for administration relating to the 2003–04 underspends.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. VII. A PES transfer from the Home Office of £2,000,000 in respect of the Afghanistan Delivery Plan.
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  8. VIII. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £19,000 for planned programme activity.
  9. IX. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £500,000 in respect of the Good Governance Project.
  10. X. A PES transfer of £100,000 to the Department of Trade (DfT) in respect of the "Hamilton Project".

RfR2

  1. XI. Draw down of £95,000,000 and £73,000,000 being the balance of FCO Peacekeeping Main Estimate Provision.
  2. XII. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £2,514,000 for planned programme activity.
  3. 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:

  1. I. Reserve claim of £14,500,000 for funds to implement changes recommended by the review of FCO security.
  2. II. Take up of full entitlement to end year flexibility (EYF) of £13,652,000 relating to the 2003–04 underspends.