HL Deb 22 February 2005 vol 669 cc83-4WS
Lord Bassam of Brighton

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be decreased by £3,953,000 from £258,005, 000 to £254,052,000. The gross administration costs limits will be decreased by £1,753,000 from £217,028,000 to £215,275,000 and the net administration cost limits decreased by £2,155,000 from £2,977,000 to £822,000.

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

£000
Change Voted New DEL Non-voted Total
Resource -3,953 254,052 0 254,052
Capital -2,000 29,000 0 29,000
£'000
Change Voted New DEL Non-voted Total
Depreciation* 0 -50,147 0 -50,147
Total -5,953 232,905 0 232,905

* 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 machinery of government transfer of £370,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for the Internal Audit Service, transfer of £8,489,000 Parliamentary Counsel Office funding to other government departments, draw-down of end-year flexibility of £5,000,000 to cover anticipated cost pressures, transfer of £45,000 to the security and intelligence agencies (SIA) to cover resource cost of a modernisation project and the transfer of £49,000 from the countries at risk of instability (CRI) budget back to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the transfer of £2,000,000 capital to SIA towards a modernisation project.