§ 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);
WS 38 - 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.