Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Department of Health's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will increase by £214,306,000 from £105,349,954,000 to £105,564,260,000 and the Administration Cost Limit increases by £4,426,000 from £213,765,000 to £218,191,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL decreases by £1,500,000 from £134,987,000 to £133,487,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will increase by £212,806,000 from £105,484,941,000 to £105,697,747,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:
Voted £m Non-voted £m Voted £m Non-voted £m Total £m Department of Health Resource DEL 377.033 -37.925 101,795.986 -1,507.778 100,288.208 of which: Administration Budget * 4.426 - 218.191 - 218.191 Near-cash in Resource DEL 256.448 -28.276 96,935.132 -208.409 96,726.723 Capital DEL 11.646 -136.448 2,650.151 2,625.901 5,276.052 Total Department of Health DEL 388.679 -174.373 104,446.137 1,118.123 105,564.260 Depreciation ** 30.042 -109.422 -902.961 -177.166 -1,080.127 Total Department of Health spending (after adjustment) 418.721 -283.795 103,543.176 940.957 104,484.133 Food Standards Agency Resource DEL 2.000 -3.500 136.371 -3.500 132.871 of which: Administration Budget * 2.000 51.894 51.894 Near-cash in Resource DEL 137.214 137.214 Capital DEL 0.616 0.616 Total Food Standards Agency DEL 2.000 136.987 -3.500 133.487 Depreciation ** -1.908 -1.908 Total Food Standards Agency spending (after adjustment) 2.000 -3.500 135.079 -3.500 131.579 * The total of “administration budget” and “Near-cash in Resource DEL” figures may well be greater than 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 £214,306,000 made up of:
a transfer of £568,000 from the Ministry of Justice, mainly for prison healthcare services;
a transfer of £2,854,000 from the Home Office as the Department’s share of a contribution to the migration impact fund;
a transfer of £280,000 to the Department for International Development for the healthy living fund;
a transfer from the Cabinet Office of £426,000 (administration costs) for services of the Parliamentary Counsel; and
an increase of £210,738,000 for changes in accounting policies resulting from the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards.
In addition, the following internal transfers were made:
a transfer of £4,000,000 from programme to administration costs to meet additional costs arising from the Swine Flu programme, reform of Care and Support and the NHS Next Stage Review; and
a transfer from the capital budget to the revenue budget of £200,000,000 to meet existing commitments on pandemic flu.
The Department of Health’s administration cost limit has increased by £4,426,000 as detailed above.
The change to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL is due to:
an increase in the administration budget of £2,000,000 to fund reorganisation within FSA headquarters; and
a decrease of £3,500,000 programme cost identified savings in relation to research and campaign activity.