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Departmental Expenditure Limits

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 23 February 2010

The Wales Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £456,459,000 from £14,995,229,000 to £15,451,688,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

£'000

Change

New DEL

Resource DEL

346,332

13,902,677

Of which:

Near Cash

118,954

13,133,986

Capital DEL

216,955

1,.939,166

Resource DEL + Capital DEL

563,287

15,841,843

Less Depreciation

106,828

390,155

Total DEL

456,459

15,451,688

The increase is a result of:

(a) Take-up of £138,094,000 Near-Cash EYF;

(b) Take-up of £87,000,000 Non-Cash EYF;

(c) Take-up of £106,200,000 Capital EYF;

(d) Capital re-profiling of £90,755,000 from 2010-11 financial year;

(e) Switch of £20,000,000 from Near-Cash to Capital;

(f) A reclassification of NHS depreciation to DEL of £140,378,000

(g) A transfer of £395,000 Near-Cash from Department of Work and Pensions under the School Gates Employment Support Initiative;

(h) A transfer of £372,000 Near-Cash and £93,000 Capital from Department for Children, Schools and Families for the NSPCC Expansion Grant;

In addition, Annually Managed Expenditure increases by £6,294,000 to £688,050,000

There will be an increase in non- budget spending of £14,200,000 for a housing stock transfer for Gwynedd.

DEL provision for the Wales Office increases by £230,000 from £7,483,000 to £7,713,000 following a transfer of provision from the Parliamentary Counsel Office.