The following table provides the UK Borders Agency's budget broken down by spending category and includes (a) staff, (b) equipment and (c) buildings. In addition, the capital budget is provided and includes (b) equipment and (c) buildings:
Spending type 2008-09 Budget (£000) Pay and allowances (a) 659,202 Travel subsistence 26,483 Training 9,435 Consultancies 20,209 Fees 39,094 Financial and office services 28,281 Equipment and vehicle maintenance (b) 4,995 Telecoms and IT services 136,848 Contracted out services 81,453 Other supplies and services 60,416 Accommodation and utilities (c) 106,916 Other current expenditure 783,042 Grants 54,790 Depreciation/cost of capital 66,911 Resource spend 2,078,076 IT Projects 145,900 Detention centres (c) 76,400 Estates (c) 4,000 plant, equipment, vehicles, etc (b) 11,700 Capital spend 238,000
The following table provides the UK Borders Agency’s spend on (a) administrative and (b) operational matters (programme spend) in each of the last three years along with the budget for 2008-09 on the same basis. 2008-09 includes the costs UK Visas operation that is transferring from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:
£ Actual Spending type 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 budget (a) Administrative 156,100 134,621 108,316 108,730 (b) Operational (programme) 1,572,721 1,553,419 1,607,779 1,969,346 Total 1,728,820 1,688,041 1,716,095 2,078,076