HL Deb 22 February 2005 vol 669 cc60-2WS
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Lord Filkin)

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (Ruth Kelly) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education and Skills departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (including the Office for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (Ofsted) which has a separate estimate) will be increased by £458,501,000 from £28,162,769,000 to £28,621,270,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £16,424,000 from £272,362,000 to £288,786,000 to fund the departmental restructuring programme.

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

RfR2 from the take up of £168,208,000 end year flexibility; transfer from RfR1 £6,122,000 for Sure Start local authority programmes and the correction of a National College of Schools Leadership winter supplementary transfer; the transfer to RfR1 £3,256,000 for the School Standards Foundation Plan, children's services and childcare for disabled children.

A £44,097,000 increase in RfR3 from the take-up of £48,235,000 end-year flexibility and the transfer to RfR1 £4,138,000 for children's services.

A £113,641,000 decrease in RfR1: the increase in administration costs £ 16,424,000; from the movement of £295,356,000 to non-voted resource DEL; the take up of £145,519,000 end year flexibility; the draw down £5,942,000 from non-voted departmental unallocated provision; the net transfer from the Department of Health of £1,033,000 for care standards tribunals, a contribution to the National Service Framework Conference, a contribution to the Bichard Implementation Project and for Children's Trusts; the transfer to the Department for Work and Pensions of £600,000 for administering young peoples bridging allowance; the transfer to the Department of Trade and Industry £75,000 for school teachers' pay and conditions; the transfer from the Home Office £400,000 for the Adult Learning Inspectorate review of prison education; the transfer from the Welsh Assembly £500,000 for student support; the transfer from the Department of Transport £3,300,000 for activities licensing; transfer to RfR2 £6,122,000 for Sure Start local authority programmes and correction of a National College of Schools Leadership winter supplementary transfer; the transfer from RfR2 £3,256,000 for the School Standards Foundation Plan, children's services and childcare for disabled children; transfer from RfR3 £4,138,000 for children's services; reclassification of £8,000,000 support for children and family capital to capital grants within resource.

Administration Cost Limits

The £16,424,000 increase in the administration cost limit arises from the take up of £17,274,000 end year flexibility to fund the departmental restructuring programme; transfer from the Department of Health £418,000 for children's services and protection of vulnerable adults; the transfer from the Cabinet Office £309,000 for the funding of the Parliamentary Council Office; the net transfer out to the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister £1,577,000 for Government Office Accommodation and Regional Co-ordination Unit costs and local public service agreements.

Non-voted Resource DEL

The £322,171,000 increase in non-voted resource DEL arises from the movement of £295,356,000 from voted resource DEL; the take up of £12,467,000 end year flexibility; the movement of £5,942,000 from departmental unallocated provision to voted support for children and families; the transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions £5,750,000 for Adult Learning Inspectorate, inspections of Jobcentre Plus; the transfer to the Department of Health £2,845,000 for teachers' pension costs and clinical scientists; the net reclassification of capital to capital grants within resource of £ 17,385,000 from school credit approvals to support for scientific research and innovation.

Capital DEL

The change in the capital element of the DEL of £34,800,000 arises from a £276, 874,000 increase in the voted element of capital DEL and a decrease of £242,074,000 in the non-voted element of the capital DEL.

Voted Capital DEL

The £276,874,000 increase to the voted element of capital DEL arises from a £ 253,689,000 increase in RfR1; from the movement of £247,689,000 from non-voted capital DEL; the take up of £10,000,000 end year flexibility; the reclassification of capital to capital grants within resource of £4,000,000 to support teachers' television from other capital programmes.

A £23,185,000 increase in RfR2 from the take up of end year flexibility.

Non-voted capital DEL

The £242,074,000 decrease to the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from the movement of £247,689,000 from non-voted to voted capital DEL; the take up of £27,000,000 end year flexibility; the net reclassification of £17,385,000 from schools credit approvals to support for scientific research and innovation; £4,000,000 from schools credit approvals to support teachers' television capital to voted capital DEL.