The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 (No. 2914) confirms the establishment of the Government Equalities Office and details the functions that have transferred from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The transfer of functions from the Department of Communities and Local Government came into force on 12 October 2007.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Equalities Office Departmental Expenditure Limit will be set at £73,430,000 and the administration budget will be set at £3,885,000. The Departmental Expenditure Limit includes £46,500,000 resource and £7,000,000 capital funding for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
Within the Departmental Expenditure Limit, the impact on resource and capital is as set out in the following table:
Voted Non-voted Total Resource 33,296 33,538 66,834 Of which:1 Administration 3,885 0 3,885 Near-cash 33,296 32,929 66,225 Capital 2 0 7,175 7,175 Depreciation 3 0 -579 -579 Total 33,296 40,134 73,430 1The Total of ‘administration budget' and ‘near-cash' figures may be greater than total resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, due to the definitions overlapping. 2Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit in budgets. 3Depreciation, which forms part of resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, is excluded from the total Departmental Expenditure Limit since capital Departmental Expenditure Limit includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.