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Departmental Expenditure Limit (2009-10)

Volume 501: debated on Tuesday 24 November 2009

Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Department of Health’s element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will increase by £14,089,000 from £105,335,865,000 to £105,349,954,000. The Administration Cost Limit remains unchanged at £213,765,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL increases by £1,000 from £134,986,000 to £134,987,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will increase by £14,090,000 from £105,470,851,000 to £105,484,941,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:

Department of HealthChangeNew DEL

Voted

£m

Nonvoted

£m

Voted

£m

Non voted

£m

Total

£m

Resource DEL, of which

870.364

-

684.275

101,418.953

-

1,469.853

99,949.100

Administration Budget*

-

-

213.765

-

213.765

Near-cash in Resource DEL

870.364

-

684.275

96,678.684

-180.133

96,498.551

Capital DEL

-

-

172.000

2,638.505

2,762.349

5,400.854

Total Department of Health DEL

870.364

856.275

104,057.458

1,292.496

105,349.954

Depreciation**

-

-

-933.003

-67.744

-1,000.747

Total Department of Health spending (after adjustment)

870.364

-

856.275

103,124.455

1,224.752

104,349.207

Food Standards Agency

Resource DEL, of which

0.001

-

134.371

-

134.371

Administration Budget*

0.001

-

49.894

-

49.894

Near-cash in Resource DEL

0.001

-

131.698

-

131.698

Capital DEL

-

-

616

-

616

Total Food Standards Agency DEL

0.001

-

134.987

-

134.987

Depreciation**

-

-

-1.908

-

-1.908

Total Food Standards Agency spending (after adjustment)

-

133.079

-

133.079

* The total of “administration budget” and “Near cash in Resource DEL” figures may well be greater that the total resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping.

**Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since the capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

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* The total of “administration budget” and “Near cash in Resource DEL” figures may well be greater that the total resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping.

"Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since the capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

The Department of Health DEL has increased by £14,089,000 made up of:

£60,000 for additions to Invest to Save Budget awards.

a net transfer of £12,633,000 from the Ministry of Justice mainly for prison healthcare services;

a transfer of £1,396,000 from the Home Office as the Department’s share of a contribution to the migration impact fund; and

a transfer of £172,000,000 from Capital DEL to Revenue DEL as a result of the budgeting treatment of some pandemic flu items.

The Department of Health’s administration cost limit remains unchanged at £213,765,000.

The change to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL is due to a token increase in FSA resource administration cost of £1,000 to allow for an increase in the net cash requirement and additional appropriations in aid.