My right hon. Friend the Attorney-General has made the following written ministerial statement:
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Winter Supplementary Estimate, the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £39,479,000 from £717,497,000 to £756,976,000 and the Administration budget will be increased by £7,382,000 from £112,261,000 to £119,643,000.
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 37,988 -7,000 749,341 749,341 Of which: Administration Budget 7,382 119,643 119,643 Near Cash in RDEL 37,426 -7,000 736,098 1,713 737,811 Capital 2,000 16,900 16,900 Depreciation1 -509 -9,265 -9,265 Total Del 39,479 -7,000 756,976 1,713 756,976 1Depreciation, 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 Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £14,815,000 from £631,537,000 to £646,352,000. The Administration budget will be reduced by £112,000 from £57,415,000 to £57,303,000.
The change in the CPS's DEL arises from:
The take up of £7,000,000 of the Departmental Unallocated Provision to support increased expenditure on the prosecution of criminal cases.
An increase due to a budgetary transfer of £1,291,000 programme from the Ministry of Justice to provide support to Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs).
An increase of £539,000 programme DEL transferred from the Ministry of Justice to provide additional resources from Criminal Justice Information Technology (CUT) to fund the Case Progression Tool, ‘Progress'.
An increase of £2,364,000 programme for ExiSSrl from CJIT to allow the electronic transfer of case data between the Police and CPS.
An increase of £1,834,000 programme from the Ministry of Justice to provide additional resources as agreed in the CJIT Delivery Plan to fund enhancements to the Witness Management System (WMS).
An increase of £7,300,000 programme due to the re-allocation of resource DEL budgetary cover from the Ministry of Justice to provide additional resources to help fund the Compass Case Management System IT programme.
An increase of £1,285,000 programme due to the re-allocation of resource DEL budgetary cover from the Ministry of Justice to provide the CPS Serious Organised Crime team with a secure case management system and access to the government secure network.
An agreed transfer of £218,000 programme expenditure from the Department for Constitutional Affairs to fund the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre.
A transfer of £96,000 from the Home Office to fund CPS costs of delivery of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2007.
A decrease of £112,000 in administration resource due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, from the Crown Prosecution Service to HM Procurator General & Treasury Solicitors. This is required to help fund the provision of administrative services to the Attorney General by the Attorney General's Office.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £17,145,000 from £37,669,000 to £54,814,000. The Administration budget will increase from £24,969 to £31,635.
The changes in the SFO's DEL arise from:
The take up of £2,000,000 Administration resource End Year Flexibility.
An increase of £13,649,000 from our two Block Buster Cases reserves. £4,670,000 to our Administration budget; £8,679,000 for our Programme budget and £300,000 for our Capital budget.
A decrease of £4,000 Administration resources due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, from the Serious Fraud Office to HM Procurator General & Treasury Solicitors. This is required to help fund the provision of administrative services to the Attorney General by the Attorney General's Office.
A cash neutral change to our administration budget of £300,000 being both increase in costs and increase in revenue as a consequence of Expected Proceeds of Crime Income.
The take up of £1,700,000 Capital End Year Flexibility to meet the cost of additional spend.
The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office's (RCPO) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be reduced by £317,000 from £36,726,000 to £36,409,000. This reduction will occur within the Administration Budget which will be reduced from £18,253,000 to £17,936,000.
The change in RCPO's DEL arises from:
A decrease of £317,000 Administration resources due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, from the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office to HM Procurator General & Treasury Solicitors. This is required to help fund the provision of administrative services to the Attorney General by the Attorney General's Office.
The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (TSol) element of the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £836,000 from £16,221,000 to £17,057,000. This increase will occur within the Administration Budget which will increase from £11,624,000 to £ 12,769,000.
The change in TSol's DEL arises from:
Administration cost changes in respect of a reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover, within the Attorney General's resource DEL, of £4,000 from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), £317,000 from the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) and £112,000 from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to the Treasury Solicitors Department to meet the cost of policy support to the Attorney General provided by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
The take up of £712,000 resource End Year Flexibility to meet the cost of policy support to the Attorney General provided by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
An increase of £309,000 in depreciation costs.