My right hon. Friend the Attorney-General has made the following written ministerial statement:
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Attorney-General’s total DEL will be increased by £9,646,000 from £744,966,000 to £754,612,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:
Change New DEL Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total Resource DEL 6,478 1,419 736,333 12,317 748,650 of which: Administration budget * 1,081 69,704 69,704 Near-cash in RDEL * 6,478 1,419 723,960 13,990 737,950 Capital DEL ** 1,749 14,479 14,479 Less Depreciation *** 8,517 8,517 Total DEL 8,227 1,419 742,295 12,317 754,612 * The total of “Administration budget” and “'Near-cash in resource DEL” figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. ** capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as capital DEL in budgets. *** Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
The Crown Prosecution Service’s element of the Attorney-General’s total DEL will be increased by £1,975,000 from £688,335,000 to £690,310,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
The reclassification of contract costs of £6,419,000 from voted to non-voted DEL following the requirement to restate under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
The take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £5,000,000 from non-voted to voted DEL to increase the spending on the prosecution of criminal cases
A budgetary transfer of £500,000 from the Ministry of Justice to help fund the delivery of the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007
A budgetary transfer of £25,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to contribute towards the implementation of the Skills Strategy for Government.
The change in capital DEL arises from the take up of £1,500,000 from end-year flexibility (EYF) to meet the up-front capital costs of the relocation of CPS Headquarters.
The Serious Fraud Office’s element of the Attorney-General’s total DEL will be increased by £6,590,000 from £40,932,000 to £47,522,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
The take up of £1,138,000 of modernisation funding to complete the SFO’s transformation programme which is designed to help the SFO to meet its key challenges of:
increasingly sophisticated frauds and instances of corruption;
working more flexibly and efficiently;
focusing on the needs of victims; and
working collaboratively with other Government Departments, agencies and organisations as appropriate.
The take up of £4,952,000 in blockbuster funding relating to UN Oil for Food cases to enable the SFO to continue with the investigation and prosecution of outstanding cases in 2009-10.
The take up of £500,000 from EYF to deliver work early at a reduced cost.
There is also a transfer of £249,000 from resource to capital spending to cover increased National Fraud Authority capital costs
The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor element of the Attorney-General’s total DEL will be increased by £1,081,000 from £15,699,000 to £16,780,000. This increase will occur within the administration budget which will increase from £13,630,000 to £14,711,000.
The change in Resource DEL arises from:
Take up £775,000 of near-cash administration costs resource end-year flexibility (EYF) to meet the cost of the Attorney-General’s office and to support the transformation of the Attorney-General’s Departments
Other changes in near-cash DEL spending of £306,000 to meet the increased charge to lease costs following the requirement to restate under IFRS accounting rules.