Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £48,122,000 from £1,840,333,000 to £1,888,455,000. The administration budget will be increased by £14,000 from £870,046,000 to £870,060,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Change New DEL Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total Resource 30,122 -17,000 1,811,464 10,862 1,822,326 Of which: Administration budget * 17,014 -17,000 870,060 — 870,060 Near-cash in Resource DEL 30,122 -17,000 1,654,745 10,862 1,665,607 Capital** 36,000 -1,000 182,753 — 182,753 Depreciation*** — — 116,624 — -116,624 Total 66,122 -18,000 1,877,593 10,862 1,888,455 *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 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:
Request for Resources 1
Administration
I. £14,000 transfer of Administration Budget from Cabinet Office in respect of the Privy Council Office.
Programme
I. Take up of £22,000,000 other current End Year Flexibility for departmental restructuring.
II. Transfer of £7,000,000 other current expenditure to Home Office for the Border and Immigration Office.
III. Transfer of £5,300,000 Programme expenditure to the Security and Intelligence Agencies to cover expansion and capability.
IV. A £3,407,000 claim on the DEL Reserve of in respect of Emergency Disaster Relief.
Neutral Changes
I. Increased other current expenditure of £60,000,000, fully offset by income, for Consular and Visa Work.
II. Increased other current expenditure of £2,830,000, fully offset by income, in respect of anti-narcotics work.
Capital
I. Take up of £35,000,000 End Year Flexibility in respect of the FCO estate.
Request for Resources 2
Programme
II. Transfer of £3,000,000 from DFID in respect of Conflict Prevention operations in Afghanistan.
II. Transfer of £3,000,000 Programme expenditure to Security and Intelligence Agencies to cover expansion and capability.