My right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State 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 increased by £22,464,000 from £14,137,677,000 to £14,160,141,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £4,520,000 from £275,172,000 to £279,692,000.
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 +802,705 -91,359 6,597,715 561,185 7,158,900 Of which: Administration budget +5,020 -500 279,692 0 279,692 Near-cash in RDEL -92,053 -277,093 5,331,272 404,136 5,735,408 Capital +342,438 -42,693 7,163,175 1,100,172. 8,263,347 Depreciation* -988,627 0 -1,230,332 -31,774 -1,262,106 Total +156,516 -134,052 12,530,558 1,629,583 14,160,141 * 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: Administration (total increase of £4,520,000)
Voted: total net increase of £5,020,000
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(i) Transfer of £520,000 near-cash from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel costs;
(ii) HM Treasury agreed reclassification of £4,000,000 from programme near-cash to reflect the revised treatment of shared services expenditure;
(iii) Transfer of £500,000 near-cash from non-voted departmental unallocated provision for administration pressures; and
(iv) Transfer of £1,159,000 near-cash transferred to non-voted in respect of Highways Agency increased utilisation of provisions; offset by £1,159,000 non-cash transferred from non-voted.
Non Voted: total net decrease of £500,000
(i) Transfer of £500,000 near-cash to voted provision; and
(ii) Transfer of £1,159,000 non-cash to voted; offset by £1,159,000 near-cash transferred from voted.
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £706,826,000)Voted: total net increase of £797,685,000
(i) Increase of £989,371,000 non-cash in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Highways Agency depreciation;
(ii) A net transfer of £186,631,000 near-cash from non-voted for:
i. Railways—Support for Passenger Rail Services (£228,263,000 including £200,188,000 take up of departmental unallocated provision and £28,075,000 from headroom).
ii. Highways Agency for work on the strategic network transferred from headroom arising from revised forecast utilisation of provisions (£8,118,000);
iii. Highways Agency use of Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts within the departmental expenditure limit (£4,750,000); partially offset by
iv. Transfer of London and Continental Railways near cash provision for domestic capacity charges to non voted (£54,500,000);
(iii) Decrease of £278,545,000 near-cash in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of IFRS for the reclassification of Highways Agency renewals to Capital (£279,745,000); partially offset by increase for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in respect of their annual leave liability (£1,200,000);
(iv) A net transfer of £95,772,000 non-cash to non-voted; and
(v) HM Treasury agreed reclassification of £4,000,000 from programme near cash to administration.
Non-Voted: total net decrease of £90,859,000
(i) A net transfer of £186,631,000 near-cash to voted provision; partially offset by
(ii) Increase of £91,121,000 non-cash, offset by £91,121,000 near-cash to reflect the capitalisation element of Highways Agency renewals in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of IFRS; and
(iii) A net transfer of £95,772,000 non-cash from voted provision for:
a. London and Continental Railways pensions liability (£80,000,000) from Highways Agency headroom;
b. Highways Agency to forecast provisions offset by an increase in forecast utilisation
of provisions (£8,118,000);
c. To the departmental unallocated provision from voted headroom (£7,654,000).
Capital Change: (total net increase of £299,745,000)
Voted: total net increase of £342,438,000
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(i) Take up of £20,000,000 end year flexibility for London and Continental Railways Eurostar (UK) Ltd recapitalisation;
(ii) Increase of £279,745,000 in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of IFRS for the reclassification of Highways Agency renewals to Capital; and
(iii) Net transfer of £42,693,000 from non voted for:
a. London and Continental Railways Eurostar (UK) Ltd recapitalisation (£20,000,000) from departmental unallocated provision;
b. Green buses (£10,000,000) from departmental unallocated provision;
c. GLA transport grants (£13,000,000); partially offset by
(iv) A transfer from voted railways provision to Rail Heritage Committee (£307,000).
Non-Voted: total net decrease of £42,693,000
(i) A net transfer of £42,693,000 to voted provision.