Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be reduced by £4,566,000 (0.14 per cent.) from £3,153,699,000 to £3,149,133,000. The Administration Budget remains unchanged at £304,296,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Change New DEL Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total Resource -1,258 1,633 375 4,001,027 -1,292,020 2,709,007 of which: Administration Budget - - - 304,296 - 304,296 Near-cash in Resource DEL -1,258 1,633 375 3,748,889 -1,375,314 2,373,575 Capital -4,400 - -4,400 270,376 394,139 664,515 Depreciation* -541 - -541 -125,270 -99,119 -224,389 Total -6,199 1,633 -4,566 4,146,133 -997,000 3,149,133 *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 of £375,000 arises from (i) a transfer of £233,000 programme spend from the Department for Communities and Local Government for an inventory of former mining waste sites in England; (ii) ‘Need it/Build it’ Invest to Save Budget (ISB) of £142,000.
There has also been a transfer within the resource element of the DEL of £1,633,000 from voted to non-voted. This relates to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Departments Non Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted).
The change in the capital element of the DEL of -£4,400,000 arises from a transfer of £4,400,000 to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Waste and Resources Action Programme.
The change in the depreciation budget of -£541,000 relates to the creation of the Food and Environment Research Agency.