My noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Department for Transport, Lord Adonis, has made the following ministerial statement:
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2009-10 will be decreased by £301,000,000 from £14,438,677,000 to £14,137,677,000 and the administration budget will remain at £275,172,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital, are as set out in the following table:
Change NEW DEL Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total Resource +20,917 +28,583 5,795,010 652,544 6,447,554 Of which Administration budget 0 0 274,672 500 275,172 Near-cash in RDEL +20,722 +28,778 5,423,325 681,229 6,104,554 Capital -291,447 -58,553 6,820,737 1,142,865 7,963,602 Depreciation * -500 0 -241,705 -31,774 -273,479 Total -271,030 -29,970 12,374,042 1,763,635 14,137,677 *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.
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £49,500,000)
Voted: total net increase of £20,917,000
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(i) Net transfer of £21,417,000 from non voted provision as follows:
£23,222,000 near cash for payments to Transport for London in respect of ITSO;
£195,000 non cash for cost of capital charges; partially offset by
£2,000,000 near cash to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement work; and
(ii) Transfer of £500,000 near cash from the Royal Travel budget to the Ministry of Defence in respect of continuing squadron 32 services to the Royal Household.
Non-Voted: total net increase of £28,583,000
(i) Take up of £50,000,000 end year flexibility to fund the disbursement costs associated with the restructuring of London and Continental Railways; partially offset by
(ii) Net transfer of £21,417,000 to voted provision of which £21,222,000 is near cash and £195,000 non-cash.
Capital Change: (total net decrease of £350,000,000)
Voted: total net decrease of £291,447,000 RfR1
(i) Transfer of £350,000,000 to Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of the Building Britain's Future initiative; partially offset by
(ii) Net transfer of £58,553,000 from non voted provision as follows;
£50,000,000 from departmental unallocated provision to be included within £350,000,000 transfer to Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of Building Britain’s Future;
£18,053,000 Supported Capital Expenditure (Resource) reclassified as capital grants; partially offset by
£9,500,000 to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for various projects.
Non-Voted: total net decrease of £58,553,000
(i) A net transfer of £58,553,000 to voted provision.