Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increased by £2,541,000 from £82,288,000 to £84,829,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total Resource DEL of which: 2,541 - 83,156 2,653 85,809 Administration budget* - - - - - Near-cash in RDEL 2,541 - 61,500 2,653 64,153 Capital** - - 790 -700 90 Less Depreciation*** - - -1,070 - -1,070 Total 2,541 - 82,876 1,953 84,829 *The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. **Capital/ DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. ***Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from 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 take up of £1,427,000 end of year flexibility to meet costs associated with efficiency initiatives and the timing of VAT payments and also a transfer of £1,114,000 from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to allow the Forestry Commission to administer the Farm Woodland Premium scheme. There is also increased expenditure for community woodlands of £800,000, offset by income received from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.