§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyMy honourable friend the Financial Secretary (Mr Stephen Timms) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics DEL will increase by £12,631,000 from £178,004.000 to £190,635,000. The Office for National Statistics winter supplementary incorrectly overstated the administration costs limit. This supplementary corrects the position. The administration costs limit will increase by £4,472,000 from £152,990,000 to £157,462,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
£000 Change New DEL Voted Non-voted Total Resource 4,472 157,811 - 157,811 Capital 8,159 32,824 - 32,824 Depreciation* - -13,837 - -13,837 Total 12,631 176,798 - 176,798 * 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 the draw-down of £4,679,000 administration costs end-year flexibility as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 6293). This is partially offset by a transfer of £207,000 in total to other government 76WS departments in relation to work to develop the Neighbourhood Statistics programme. The transfers comprise £171,000 to the Home Office and £36,000 to HM Customs and Excise.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw-down of £8,229,000 capital end-year flexibility as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 6293). This is partly off-set by a transfer of £70,000 to HM Customs and Excise in relation to work to develop the Neighbourhood Statistics programme.
The administration costs limit will be increased by £4,472,000 from £152,990,000 to 157,462,000.