Skip to main content

Departmental Expenditure (Cabinet Office)

Volume 467: debated on Thursday 15 November 2007

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007-08, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) has changed from the amount Voted in the Main Estimate 2007-08.

As a result, the Cabinet Office Total DEL has increased by £22,683,000 from £375,914,000 to £398,597,000.

The impact on Resource DEL (RDEL) and Capital DEL (CDEL) is set out in the following table:

£'000

Main Estimate DEL

Changes

Winter Supplementary

Estimate New DEL

Voted

Non

Total

Voted

Non

Total

Voted

Non

Total

Voted

Voted

Voted

Resource DEL

322,985

40,358

363,343

-12,026

+4,669

-7,357

310,959

45,027

355,986

Of which:

Administration

236,600

-

236,600

-19,542

-

-19,542

217,058

-

217,058

Budget

Near cash in

277,374

41,108

318,482

-11,530

+3,919

-7,611

265,844

45,027

310,871

RDEL

Capital DEL

48,857

50

48,907

+30,012

+50

+30,062

78,869

100

78,969

Depreciation 1

-36,336

-

-36,336

-22

-

-22

-36,358

-

-36,358

Total DEL

335,506

40,408

375,914

+17,964

+4,719

+22,683

353,470

45,127

398,597

1 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 changes in the 2007-08 Winter Supplementary Estimate compared to the Main Estimate 2007-08 are due to Machinery of Government (MOG) transfers, Budget Cover Transfers, End Year Flexibility, transfers from RDEL to CDEL and drawdowns on the Reserve occurring in the current financial year.

Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)

Changes result in a net decrease of £7,357,000.

Outward transfers amount to a reduction in RDEL by £29,078,000 as follows:

Machinery of Government transfers

Better Regulation Executive (BRE) transfer to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR formerly DTI) reduces RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £11,429,000.

Prime Minister's Delivery Unit (PMDU) transfer to HM Treasury (HMT) reduces RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £4,028,000.

Budget cover transfers outwards

A budget transfer of cover to 14 Government Departments to cover the costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) reduces RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £8,389,000.

A Budget transfer to Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for Government Offices reduces RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £764,000.

A Budget transfer to the Home Office (HO) to cover administration costs reduces RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £104,000.

A Budget transfer to Office of National Statistics (ONS) to provide Administration cover for development reduces RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £164,000.

Transfers

A transfer from RDEL to CDEL for SCOPE programme funding and the property refurbishment in Emergency Planning College reduces RDEL by £4,150,000 of which: Administration expenditure by £450,000 and programme expenditure by £3,700,000. The Net Cash Requirement is not affected.

A transfer from non voted programme expenditure in RDEL to non voted CDEL CapacityBuilders (UK) Ltd, an Executive Non Departmental Public Body reduces RDEL by £50,000,, The Net Resource Requirement and Net Cash Requirement are unaffected.

Inward transfers amount to an increase of £21,721,000 as follows:

Machinery of Government transfers

The Lord President of the Council Office and the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader and the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, and the Offices of the Government Whips in the House of Commons and House of Lords transfer from the Privy Council Office increases RDEL by £4,553,000, including non cash by £47,000 and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £4,546,000.

Drawdown on the Reserves

Drawdown from the Special CT Reserve in HM Treasury to provide funding for the BBC monitoring programme increases RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £5,000,000.

Drawdown from the Reserve for VAT Reimbursement for BBC Children in Need increases RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £299,000.

Drawdown for V Matched Funding for the Office of the Third Sector to cover grant expenditure increases RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £3,301,000.

Drawdown from the Invest to Save Budget (ISB) for Office of the Third Sector for grant expenditure increases RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £399,000.

Budget cover transfers

A transfer from the disbanded Deputy Prime Minister's Office (DPMO) covering funds transferred from Cabinet Office in the Main Estimate increases RDEL and Net Cash Requirement in the Estimate by £1,233,000.

A transfer from Security and Intelligence Agencies to fund the BBC monitoring programme increases RDEL and Net Cash Requirement by £3,647,000.

Take up of End Year Flexibility

Drawdown Resource EYF (DEL cover only) cover for CapacityBuilders (UK) Limited £3,289,000; this represents funds held by CapacityBuilders (UK) Ltd at 31 March 2007 and remaining unspent. This does not affect the Net Cash Requirement nor Net Resource Requirement.

Changes in Capital DEL (CDEL)

Changes result in a net increase of £30,062,000 as follows:

Machinery of Government transfers

The Lord President of the Council Office and the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader and the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, and the Offices of the Government Whips in the House of Commons and House of Lords transfer from the Privy Council Office (PCO) increases CDEL and Net Cash Requirement by £40,000.

Transfers

A transfer from RDEL to CDEL for SCOPE programme funding £3,700,000 and the property refurbishment in Emergency Planning College £450,000 increases CDEL by £4,150,000. Net Cash Requirement is not affected.

A transfer from non voted programme expenditure in RDEL to non voted CDEL for CapacityBuilders (UK) Ltd, an Executive Non Departmental Public Body increases CDEL by £50,000. The Net Cash Requirement is not affected.

Take up of End Year Flexibility (EYF)

Drawdown Capital DEL EYF to fund the SCOPE programme and other property projects across the Whitehall Estate increases CDEL and Net Cash Requirement by £25,822,000 of which: £22,143,000 to cover costs of the SCOPE programme and £3,679,000 for various property projects across the Whitehall Estate.