Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ DEL will be increased by £1,240,523,000 from £21,829,701,000 to £23,070,224,000 and the Administration budget will be increased by £1,220,000 from £357,473,000 to £358,693,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital is as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

i) a Reserve claim of £85,000,000 of voted non-cash for the Automotive Assistance Programme;

ii) a Reserve claim of £48,500,000 for Enterprise Fund Guarantees;

iii) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £21,004,000 for Automotive Assistance Programme non-cash;

iv) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £41,500,000 for Enterprise Fund Guarantees on-cash;

v) transfer of £500,000 to United Kingdom Trade and Investment in respect of an inward investment conference;

vi) transfer of £450,000 of non-voted expenditure to the Office of Fair Trading in respect of the Consumer White Paper;

vii) reclassification of £6,300,000 from Strategic Investment Fund capital to resource in elation to the New Industries, New Jobs agenda;

viii) virement of £1,100,000 from the non-voted RfRl Departmental Unallocated Provision to RfR3 for increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;

ix) virement of £11,700,000 from the non-voted RfRl Departmental Unallocated Provision to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council for increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;

x) virement of £4,000,000 from support for the Post Office to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (RfR3);

xi) virement of £3,144,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (RfR3);

xii) virement of £10,000,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees to Student Support (RfR3);

xiii) utilisation of £16,000,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for voted Student Maintenance Grants (RfR3);

xiv) utilisation of £5,632,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (RfR3);

xv) virement of £13,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Technology Strategy Board to the RfR2 Science Research Councils;

xvi) virement of £188,000 Government Skills and £46,000 Further Education Improvement (both RfR3) to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

xvii) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £800,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Regional Development Agencies;

xviii) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £400,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Competition Commission;

xix) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £90,000 for Acas;

xx) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £12,427,000 for Capital for Enterprise Fund;

xxi) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £912,000 for the National Measurement Office;

xxii) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £2,000,000 for the Insolvency Service;

Also within the change to resource DEL, the changes to the Administration budget are (RfR1):

xxiii) transfer of £1,020,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Parliamentary Counsel Office;

xxiv) transfer of £25,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Skills Strategy;

xxv) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £175,000 for UK Trade and Investment;

RfR2

i) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £45,464,000 for non-voted expenditure by the Medical Research Council;

ii) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £20,536,000 for non-voted expenditure by the Natural Environment Research Council;

iii) virement of £100,000 from RfR3 to non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils in respect of the wellbeing project;

iv) virement of £50,000 from non-voted expenditure by Research Councils to voted Research-based Initiatives;

v) virement of £250,000 from voted Public Sector Research Establishments expenditure to non-voted expenditure by Research Councils;

vi) virement of £594,000 from voted Science and Society expenditure to non-voted expenditure by Research Councils.

vii) virement of £13,000,000 from the Technology Strategy Board (RfRl) to non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils;

viii) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £1,406,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Science Research Councils.

RfR3

i) a Reserve Claim of £50,000,000 non-cash for Tuition Fee Loans;

ii) a Reserve Claim of £83,000,000 non-cash for Maintenance Fee Loans;

iii) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £22,800,000 for the 6 month training offer to unemployed via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;

iv) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £225,376,000 to meet student support pressures;

v) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £20,000,000 for the delivery of the Level 3 training entitlement to young people via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;

vi) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £11,700,000 to provide 35,000 additional apprenticeships via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;

vii) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £15,000,000 for voted non-cash relating to Career Development Loans;

viii) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £64,000,000 for non-voted non-cash relating to the Learning and Skills Council;

ix) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £3,000,000 for expansion of the Personal Career Development Loans scheme via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;

x) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £4,624,000 for Aim Higher Challenge Initiative;

xi) utilisation of £16,000,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for voted Student Maintenance Grants;

xii) increase in voted receipts for the Learning and Skills Council of £338,877,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families for 6th Forms, apprenticeships, Entry to Employment, Education Maintenance Allowance, offset by an increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted resource DEL;

xiii) increase in voted receipts for the Higher Education Funding Council for England of £895,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to help kick start activity on Shared Services initiatives within the HE Sector, offset by an increase in the Higher Education Funding Council for England non-voted resource DEL;

xiv) increase in voted receipts for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills of £258,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, offset by an increase in the UK Commission for Employment and Skills non-voted resource DEL;

xv) increase in voted receipts for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills of £200,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions, offset by an increase in the UK Commission for Employment and Skills non-voted resource DEL;

xvi) transfer of £2,624,000 from the Ministry of Justice in respect of Offender Learning;

xvii) transfer of £500,000 of non-voted expenditure from the Department of Energy and Climate Change to the Learning and Skills Council in respect of the National Skills Academy for Power;

xviii) transfer of £7,734,000 of non-voted expenditure from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in respect of the National Vocational Qualifications Levy;

xix) transfer of £6,381,000 (of which £581,000 voted and £5,800,000 non-voted) from the Department for Work and Pensions in respect of graduate internships;

xx) virement of £15,668,000 from voted Aim Higher Challenge Initiative to non-voted expenditure;

xxi) virement of £30,876,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council to voted expenditure for the Young Person's Guarantee;

xxii) virement of £14,457,000 from Aim Higher Challenge Initiative and other Higher Education resources to non-voted expenditure;

xxiii) virement of £14,999,000 from non-voted expenditure to Maintenance Grants;

xxiv) virement of £4,310,000 from Adult Guidance and Leith Implementation to non-voted expenditure;

xxv) virement of £20,636,000 from Offender Learning to non-voted expenditure;

xxvi) transfer of £5,371,000 from the Home Office for Migration Impact Funding;

xxvii) virement of £100,000 voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Science Research Councils in respect of the Wellbeing project;

xxviii) utilisation of £5,632,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfRl) for non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council;

xxix) virement of £4,000,000 from RfRl support for the Post Office to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council;

xxx) virement of £11,700,000 from the non-voted RfRl Departmental Unallocated Provision to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council for increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;

xxxi) virement of £1,100,000 from the non-voted RfRl Departmental Unallocated Provision to voted expenditure on increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;

xxxii) virement of £3,144,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees RfRl to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council;

xxxiii) virement of £10,000,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees RfRl to voted expenditure on Student Support;

xxxiv) virement of £188,000 Government Skills and £46,000 Further Education Improvement to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

xxxv) virement of £15,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England towards student support;

xxxvi) reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £2,531,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Student Loan Company.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

i) a Reserve Claim of £300,000,000 for the Automotive Assistance Programme;

ii) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £ 10,000,000 for Capital for Enterprise Fund;

iii) reclassification of £6,300,000 from Strategic Investment Fund capital to resource in relation to the New Industries, New Jobs agenda;

iv) transfer of £25,573,000 from Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment Northern Ireland for Launch Investment;

v) virement of £29,624,000 from Strategic Investment Fund to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council under RfR3;

vi) virement of £16,103,000 from Strategic Investment Fund to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;

vii) virement of £3,487,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Science Research Councils to the non-voted non-Science Departmental Unallocated Provision;

viii) virement of £9,513,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Science Research Councils RfR2 to the non-voted Technology Strategy Board;

RfR2

i) Increased voted contributions of £1,900,000 from other Government Departments to fund non-voted expenditure by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council on the Institute for Animal Health;

ii) virement of £ 1,600,000 voted British Academy expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils;

iii) virement of £3,487,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils to the non-voted non-Science Departmental Unallocated Provision;

iv) virement of £9,513,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils to the non-voted Technology Strategy Board (RfRl);

RfR3

i) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £100,000,000 for renewal of the Further Education estate via an increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted DEL;

ii) increase of £2,900,000 in voted receipts from the Department for Children, Schools and Families for 14-19 activities by the Learning and Skills Council, offset by an increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted DEL;

iii) virement of £29,624,000 from RfRl Strategic Investment Fund to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council.

Office of Fair Trading

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Fair Trading’s DEL will be increased by £451,000 from £65,260,000 to £65,711,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital is as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL (and also the Administration budget) arises from:

RfR1

i) transfer of £450,000 from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in respect of Consumer White Paper funding;

ii) virement of £1,397,000 from resource to capital to allow for increased capital investment in the OFT;

iii) token increase of £1,000 to allow increase in appropriations-in-aid to be included in the Estimate.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

RfR1

i) virement of £1,397,000 from resource to capital to allow for increased capital investment in the OFT.

My noble Friend the Minister with responsibility for trade, investment and small Business, Lord Davies of Abersoch, has today made the following statement:

The statement below follows the format guidance as set out in “Supply Estimates: guidance manual”, available on the HMT website.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, UKTI’s total DEL (Resource and Capital) will be increased by £3,255,000 from £96,610,000 to £99,865,000. This reflects the net transfer of £500,000 in voted resource from BIS’s vote to UKTI’s vote and the relevant IFRS changes. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

UKTI’s vote does not include administration provision, which is included in the estimates of our parent departments, BIS and FCO.

The change in the resource element of departmental expenditure limit (DEL) sought in this supplementary estimate relate primarily to:

A decrease of £1,067,000 to allow more cover in capital due to IFRS.

An increase of £81,000 to allow for depreciation cover due to IFRS.

An increase of £500,000 as a result of the BIS transfer to UKTI for the inward investment conference.

An increase of £486,000 as a result of the estimate exclusion adjustment

An increase of a token £1,000 to allow the increase in appropriations-in-aid

The change in the capital element of DEL sought in this supplementary estimate relate primarily to:

An increase of £1,067,000 due to IFRS.

An increase of £2,673,000 transferred from BIS due to IFRS changes.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the spring supplementary estimate 2009-10, the Cabinet Office total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £65,214,000 from £394,149,000 to £459,363,000.

The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

Summary of Changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)

The change in the resource element of DEL, an increase of £9.284 million, comprises a £11.344 million agreed claim on the reserve, £10.083 million end year flexibility drawdown, £11.184 million budget cover transfers to other Government Departments, £0.150 million transfer to capital grant in aid to ENDPBs, a switch from to AME to DEL £0.010 million resulting from HM Treasury retracting their original advice on classification of accrued benefits holiday pay as a result of the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and a £0.819 million reduction in wages and salaries to cover the use of provision for early departures.

The change in the capital element of DEL, an increase of £52.474 million, comprises a £0.150 million transfer from resource DEL and a £52.324 million drawdown on End Year Flexibility.

Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)

The changes which result in a net increase in resource DEL (RDEL) of £9,284,000 are as follows:

Agreed Claim on the Reserve

A claim on the Reserve for V Matched Funding increases resource DEL and net cash requirement by £10,500,000.

A claim on the Reserve for Invest to Save Budget in the Office of the Third Sector increases resource DEL and net cash requirement by £844,000.

End Year Flexibility

A drawdown for Invest to Save budget increases resource DEL and net cash requirement by £83,000.

A drawdown for Real Help for Communities Action Plan run by the Office of the Third Sector increases resource DEL and net cash requirement by £10,000,000.

Budget cover transfers outwards

Budgetary cover transfers to various Government Departments to cover the costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) decrease resource DEL and net cash requirement by £8,003,000.

A budgetary cover transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) to cover the non-cash charges upon transfer of SCOPE assets decreases non-cash resource DEL by £3,181,000.

Transfer from Voted to non-voted within Resource DEL

A switch within resource DEL from voted to non-voted administration to properly record the implementation of IFRS for a service concession arrangement of £7,600,000. The impact on net resource requirement and resource DEL is neutral. A switch is required owing to the different treatment of the service concession in estimates and budgets. For estimates purposes, this arrangement will be treated as a finance lease and for budget purposes it will be treated as an operating lease.

The Cabinet Office entered into a contract with Fujitsu Services Limited (FSL) for the provision of information and communications technology (ICT) services over a five-year term until June 2012 and this includes certain infrastructure assets for use in delivering public services that fall within the scope of IFRIC12 service concession arrangements.

Transfers from non-Voted Resource to Capital DEL

A switch from resource DEL to capital DEL to cover additional expenditure for the non-voted grant in aid to ENDPBs decreases resource DEL by £150,000. The impact on net cash requirement is neutral because the overall grant in aid to ENDPBs in the estimate remains unchanged.

Other changes

A decrease in wages and salaries to cover the use of early departure provisions by £819,000.

Switch from AME to DEL

A switch from to AME to DEL of £10,000 resulting from HM Treasury retracting their original advice on classification of accrued benefits holiday pay as a result of the IFRS implementation.

Changes in Capital DEL (CDEL)

The changes which result in a net increase in capital DEL of £52,474,000 are as follows:-

End Year Flexibility

A drawdown to cover capital grants programmes run by the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) increases capital DEL and net cash requirement by £52,324,000.

Transfers from Voted Resource to Capital DEL

A switch from resource DEL to capital DEL to cover additional expenditure for the non-voted grant in aid to ENDPBs increases capital DEL by £150,000. The impact on net cash requirement is neutral because the overall grant in aid to ENDPB non budget in the estimate remains unchanged.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the UK Statistics Authority’s total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £630,000 from £212,246,000 to £212,876,000, and the programme budget will be increased by £630,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:

Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF) of £630,000 as set out in the Public Outturn White Paper (CM 7606).

The take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) of £6,000,000 in order to finance in-year pressures and to meet new priorities.

The change in the programme budget arises from draw down of end of year flexibility (EYF) of £630,000 and the draw down of £6,000,000 of DUP.

Plans to change the Charity Commission’s Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and administration budget for 2009-10 are as follows.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Charity Commission DEL will be increased by £54,000 from £31,764,000 to £31,818,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £259,000 from £31,219,000 to £31,478,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources is as set out in the following table:

The change in Resource DEL reflects the utilisation of £259,000 of the Commission’s Resource EYF. The funds from Resource EYF will be used to improve our website, making it more accessible in support of the Government’s initiative to increase online interaction with Government Departments, and to cover depreciation in respect of capital expenditure relating to our modernisation programme.

I would inform the House that the Joint Advisory Committee for Qualifications Approval has published its Annual Summary report for 2008-2009. The Committee is a non-statutory body chaired jointly by the Learning and Skills Council and Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency. The role of the committee is to provide advice to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on which qualifications should be eligible for public funding and delivery to learners aged 14-19.

Copies of the Annual Summary will be placed in the House Libraries.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £696,511,000 from £56,415,027,000 to £57,111,538,000; the administration cost budget will be increased by £10,520,000 from £182,352,000 to £192,872,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will increase by £10,718,000 from £192,881,000 to £203,599,000 with the administration cost budget remaining at £28,020,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Resource DEL

The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £496,825,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of the resource DEL of £368,992,000 and an increase of £127,833,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL.

Voted Resource DEL

The £368,992,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:

RFR1

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £8,800,000 for Administration costs.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £363,221,000 for Programme costs. Transfers from the Department for Work and Pensions of £14,803,000 for Apprentices, Child Poverty, School Gates Project and for the Joint Birth Registration.

A transfer from the Cabinet Office of £529,000 for Parliamentary Counsel.

A draw down from central funds of £819,000 for implementing International Financial Reporting Standards.

A movement of £4,750,000 from RfR2 to support National Training.

A take up of Departmental Reserves of £64,105,000 for Youth programmes.

A movement of £144,667,000 to Non-voted resource DEL to support Non-Departmental Public Bodies.

A transfer to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills of £8,100,000 for Early Years Foundation Stage inspections.

A movement of £11,028,000 to non-voted resource DEL for Partnerships for Schools.

A transfer to the Scottish Office of £642,000 for the Family Fund Trust.

A transfer to the Welsh Assembly of £372,000 for the Family Fund Trust.

A transfer to the Northern Ireland Executive of £220,000 for the Family Fund Trust.

An increase in receipts of £47,000 for Interest on 105 Loans.

RFR2

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £82,241,000 for Programme Costs.

A movement of £50,000 from non-voted resource DEL for Sure Start programmes.

A movement of £4,750,000 to RfR 1 to support National Training.

A movement of £500,000 to non-voted resource DEL for the Children's Workforce Development Council.

Non-voted resource DEL

The £127,833,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from:

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £2,017,000 to support the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £21,584,000 to support the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £5,511,000 to support the Training and Development Agency for Schools.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £12,111,000 to support the Children's Workforce Development Council.

A movement of £144,667,000 from voted resource DEL to support Non-Departmental Public Bodies.

A movement of £11,028,000 from voted resource DEL for Partnerships for Schools.

A transfer of £2,854,000 from the Home Office for the Migration Impact Fund.

A take up of £64,105,000 from Departmental Reserves for Youth programmes. An increase of £550,000 for Consolidated Fund extra Receipts collected by the Department.

A transfer of £7,734,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for the UKCES Levy. A movement of £50,000 from non-voted resource DEL for Sure Start programmes.

RFR2

A movement of £500,000 from voted resource DEL for the Children's Workforce Development Council.

Capital DEL

The increase in the capital element of the DEL of £199,686,000 arises from a £2,316,354,000 decrease in the voted element of capital DEL and an increase of £2,516,040,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.

Voted Capital DEL

The £2,316,354,000 decrease in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:

RFR1

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £16,108,000 for the purchase of the Sheffield Head Office replacement.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £55,185,000 for Children's Services through Local Authorities.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £2,900,000 for 14-19 year olds through the Learning and Skills Council.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £5,981,000 for Devolved Grants.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £25,419,000 for Building Schools for the Future.

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £20,763,000 for Targeted Grants through Local Authorities.

A take up of £33,792,000 from Departmental Reserves for Children's programmes not through Local Authorities.

A take up of £15,000,000 from Departmental Reserves for Children's programmes through Local Authorities.

A take up of £6,700,000 from Departmental Reserves for the purchase of the Sheffield Head Office replacement.

A movement of £2,567,288,000 to non-voted resource DEL

A transfer of £161,000 to the Scottish Office for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

A transfer of £93,000 to the Welsh Assembly for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

A transfer of £55,000 to the Northern Ireland Executive for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

An increase in receipts of £5,000 for the disposal of vehicles.

RFR2

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £69,400,000 for Sure Start programmes through Local Authorities.

Non-voted Capital DEL

The £2,516,040,000 increase in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:

RFR1

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £4,244,000 for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

A transfer of £6,700,000 from Departmental Reserves to voted capital DEL for the purchase of the Sheffield Head Office replacement.

A movement of £2,567,288,000 to non-voted resource DEL.

A take up of £33,792,000 from Departmental Reserves to voted capital DEL for Children's programmes not through Local Authorities.

A take up of £15,000,000 from Departmental Reserves to voted capital DEL for Children's programmes through Local Authorities.

Administration

The £10,520,000 increase in the voted element of resource DEL arises from:

A take up of End Year Flexibility of £8,800,000 to cover net pressure on departmental administration costs.

A draw down from central funds of £819,000 for implementing International Financial Reporting Standards.

A transfer from the Cabinet Office of £529,000 for Parliamentary Counsel.

Transfers from the Department for Work and Pensions of £372,000 for Child Poverty and the Joint Birth Registration.

Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills

Resource DEL

The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £10,318,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of the resource DEL of £13,833,000 and a decrease of £3,515,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL.

Voted Resource DEL

The £13,833,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:

A transfer from the Department for Children, Schools and Families of £8,100,000 for Early Years Foundation Stage inspections.

A movement from non voted Departmental Unallocated Provision of £3,515,000 to invest in change projects to deliver long term efficiency.

An increase of £2,618,000 relating to IFRS treatment of a lease.

A transfer of resource to capital of £400,000 to cover changes related to IFRS treatment of a lease.

Non Voted Resource DEL

The £3,515,000 decrease in the non voted element of the resource DEL arises from:

A movement to voted resource from non voted Departmental Unallocated Provision of £3,515,000 to invest in change projects to deliver long-term efficiency.

Voted Capital DEL

The £400,000 increase in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:

A transfer of resource to capital of £400,000 to cover changes related to IFRS treatment of a lease.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary’s Department total DEL will be increased by £22,000 from £403,000 to £425,000. Within the total DEL change the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:

An increase in salaries provision of £2,201,000 from £8,638,000 to £10,839,000.

An increase in other non-staff expenditure of £450,000 from £3,907,000 to £4,357,000.

Moving to reporting under International Reporting Accounting Standards (IFRS) to record an increase of £15,000 for employer liability relating to untaken annual leave.

An Increase in Appropriations in Aid provision of £2,665,000 from £12,497,000 to £15,162,000.

An increase in Notional Audit costs of £21,000 from £35,000 to £56,000.

A decrease in the Depreciation provision of £21,000 from £356,000 to £335,000.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue and Customs total DEL will be increased by £68,529,000 from £4,063,850,000 to £4,132,379,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of DEL arises primarily from:

A draw down of the Modernisation Fund of £65,741,000 administration near cash to support costs for delivering modernisation and transformation across the Department.

A net increase of £2,797,000 administration non-cash to effect changes under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) where assets are in HMRC's balance sheet in Estimates and Accounts

The draw down of End Year Flexibility of £1,000,000 programme near cash in accordance with the Public Expenditure outturn White paper (CM 7606) to fund expenditure on the Glover Portal.

A transfer of £1,574,000 administration near cash from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for counsel costs relating to pages of new legislation.

A transfer of £379,000 administration near cash from the Northern Ireland Executive for work relating to the aggregates levy.

The change in the administration budget arises from the specific administration items detailed in the resource element above.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate, HM Treasury’s Resource DEL will be increased by £9,401,000 from £230,747,000 to £240,148,000. The Administration Budget will be increased by £6,431,000 from £180,145,000 to £186,576,000. The impact on resources, including the administration budget is set out in the following table:

The net increase in resource DEL of £9,401,000 is the net effect of the take up of Administration Budget (£3,200,000) and Programme (£2,500,000) EYF in RfR1 Section A to fund the costs of the increased workload arising from financial stability work and spending on the Money Guidance project and the draw down from the Modernisation Fund of £3,700,000 administration costs to fund costs associated with the Fast Forward IT project.

The Administration Budget is increasing by £6,431,000, which is the net effect of the EYF take up (£3,200,000) and the draw down from the Modernisation Fund (£3,700,000) outlined above, less a transfer of £469,000 to programme spending.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, National Savings and Investments DEL will be increased by £150,000 to £183,749. Within DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:

Transfer of holiday pay accrual from Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) to DEL.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2009-10 will change as follows:

(1) the Department for Communities and Local Government's Main Programmes DEL will be decreased by £14,110,000 from £13,673,055,000 to £13,658,945,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £1,819,000 from £273,064,000 to £274,883,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

(i) draw down of End of Year Flexibility of £21,000,000, comprising:

Programme Expenditure

(a) £20,000,000 for the Mortgage Rescue Scheme to help vulnerable families at risk of repossession to stay in their homes;

Administration Expenditure

(b) £1,000,000 for Central Administration in respect of the Enhanced Local Government Accrued Reporting project.

(ii) a reduction of £17,500,000, from the Departmental Unallocated Provision, to partly offset increased Fire pensions costs that resulted from backdating the revised commutation rate.

(iii) a transfer in of £3,673,000 from other government departments, comprising:

Programme Expenditure

(a) £2,854,000 from the Home Office in respect of their contribution to the Migration Impact Fund;

Administration Expenditure

(b) £819,000 from the Cabinet Office for the work of Parliamentary Counsel.

Items (iv) and (v) below have a net nil effect on the Departmental Expenditure Limit:

(iv) a net decrease in receipts of £1,549,000 comprising offsetting:

decreases in provision of:

(a) £10,000,000 for Central Administration following surrender of the Ashdown House lease.

offset by increases in provision of:

(b) £3,580,000 for the Ordnance Survey Trading Fund as a result of changes in the targeted rate of return and value of net assets employed;

(c) £1,800,000 for Central Administration (Other Current) for staff on loan to the Homes and Communities Agency;

(d) £1,768,000 for the Government Offices for work being undertaken on behalf of sponsor departments;

(e) £1,200,000 for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Agency as a result of a change in the target rate of return and value of net assets employed;

(f) £103,000 for Fire Control Rooms for the recovery of accommodation costs for the maintenance of the newly built Regional Control Centres from the relevant Fire Authorities.

(v) a net transfer of £26,419,000 from non-voted to voted provision comprising:

from voted to non-voted provision

Programme Expenditure

(a) £7,117,000 to the Homes and Communities Agency from Growth Areas, New Growth Points and Eco-towns in respect of:

(i) Eco-towns, to make funding awards to the four Eco-town authorities (£6,617,000);

(ii) the Advisory Team on Large Applications (ATLAS) funding (£500,000);

(b) £3,225,000 to Thames Gateway Thurrock Urban Development Corporation from FireLink (£1,508,000) and Fire Control Rooms (£1,717,000) for fixed assets' depreciation and interest costs.

(c) a transfer of £105,493,000 from various voted programmes to the Departmental Unallocated Provision.

from non-voted to voted provision

(d) a transfer of £142,254,000 from the Departmental Unallocated Provision comprising:

(i) European Regional Development Fund (£111,000,000)

(ii) Community Empowerment (£10,000,000) in respect of anti-social behaviour

(iii) Community Policy (£7,500,000) in respect of Connecting Communities

(iv) Renewing Neighbourhoods (£2,632,000) in respect of Town Centre funding

(v) Area Based Grant (£2,241,000)

(vi) Cumbria Floods Recovery (£1,000,000)

(vii) Regeneration Strategy (£441,000)

(viii) Migration Impact Fund (£400,000)

(ix) Housing Management (£200,000)

(x) Ordnance Survey Trading Fund (£3,580,000)

(xi) Residential Property Tribunal Service (£3,000,000)

(xii) Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Agency (£260,000)

The change in the administration budget arises from a draw down of End of Year Flexibility of £1,000,000—see above section (i) and a transfer of £891,000 from the Cabinet Office—see above section (iii)).

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from

(vi) a reduction of £35.000,000 comprising

(a) £4,000,000 (part of £44,000,000) in respect of Support for Mortgage Interest, as agreed in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report. The balance of this (£40,000,000) will be effected by HM Treasury reducing the Department's End of Year Flexibility stock in the Public Expenditure Provisional Outturn 2009-10 White Paper; and

(b) £31,000,000 to offset increased prudential borrowing cover for the Local Authority New Build programme as agreed at the 2009 Budget and extended in “Building Britain's Future.”

Items (vii) and (viii) below have a net nil effect on the Departmental Expenditure Limit:

(vii) an increase in receipts of £15,937,000 offsetting increases in provision of: £10,000,000 for Capital Pooled Housing Receipts; £5,000,000 for Support for the Voluntary and Community Sector in respect of the Community Builders project and £937,000 for Central Administration for the purchase of carbon reduction efficient lighting systems and reimbursement by reclaim to Department of Energy and Climate Change.

(viii) a net transfer of £15,277,000 from voted to non-voted provision comprising

from voted to non-voted provision

(a) £15,500,000 from Growth Areas, New Growth Points and Eco-Towns to the Homes and Communities Agency to enable it to make funding awards to the four Eco-town authorities.

(b) a transfer of £25,057,000 to the Departmental Unallocated Provision comprising Support for Voluntary & Community Sector Sustainability (£12,784,000); Capital Pooled Housing Receipts (£10,000,000); Fire and Rescue Service Improvement Programme (£2,139,000); and Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (£134,000).

from non-voted to voted provision

(c) transfers from the Departmental Unallocated Provision of £25,280,000 comprising:

(i) Fire Control Rooms (£24,963,000). The additional funding is required due to the delay in the transfer of the Regional Control Centre leases for the West Midlands and East of England;

(ii) Fire and Rescue Service Improvement Programme (£315,000) for replacement of assets lost and damaged in the fire at the Fire Service College and

(iii) European Regional Development Fund (£2,000) for token subhead to reinstate central and local authority spending from the European Regional Development Fund.

(2) The Department for Communities and Local Government's Local Government DEL will be increased by £30,000,000 from £25,761,145,000 to £25,791,145,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

(i) a transfer of £300,000 from voted to non-voted comprising a transfer from Improvement, Transformation and Efficiency to the Standards Board for England to meet restructuring costs.

(ii) a switch of £32,000,000 from Resource to Capital for the Local Government Public Service Agreement Performance Fund to meet commitments.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:

(i) a draw down of End Year Flexibility of £30,000,000 to meet commitments for the Local Government Public Service Agreement Performance Fund.

(ii) a switch of £32,000,000 to Capital from Resource for the Local Government Public Service Agreement Performance Fund to meet commitments.

Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £78,600,000 from £2,060,368,000 to £2,138,968,000. Within the DEL change the impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:

Departmental Expenditure Limits

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

A claim on the Reserve of £23,500,000 for provisions associated with the decommissioning costs of the Olympic Stadium; an addition of £352,000 non-cash, to cover costs associated with a change in accounting policy as a consequence on implementing International Finance Reporting Standards (IFRS), less a switch of funding from resource to capital of £6,426,000.

The capital element of the DEL has increased by £61,426,000 as a result of:

The drawdown of £30,000,000 End Year Flexibility (EYF) to meet agreed spending plans; the drawdown of £25,000,000 EYF to cover access to reserves by our Non-Departmental Public Bodies; and, an additional £6,426,000 arising from the resource to capital switch detailed above.

The “Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2010-11” will be laid before the House on 23 February 2010 as HC 304. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each service in the armed forces during financial year 2010-11.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits will be increased by £284,565,000 (voted and non-voted) from £39,596,111,000 to £39,880,676,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

The changes to the resource and capital elements of the DEL arise from:

an increase of £100,000,000 direct resource near-cash relief in RfRl, as agreed with Treasury;

resource transfers into RfRl from the Cabinet Office being their contribution to MOD security costs of £6,000,000, transfers from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of £6,695,000 and £1,965,000 respectively for the Counter Narcotics Ground Force, a transfer of £211,000 from the Cabinet Office being their contribution to the Parliamentary Counsel cost, a transfer of £1,002,000 from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office being their contribution to the Information Assurance Technical Programme; and a transfer of £1,832,000 from the Department for International Development being their contribution to the Global Pool (RfR2);

a net decrease in the cash release of provisions of £17,324,000 charged to RDEL (with a corresponding increase in the provision charge scored in AME) to reflect the latest forecast of out-turn;

a further increase in Fiscal Capital Resource of £5,000,000 to reflect Treasury relief for lower capital receipts in Northern Ireland than originally forecasted;

a net resource increase of £13,430,000 in non-cash depreciation and cost of capital costs to reflect the latest forecast cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan;

to reallocate the net resource impact of £35,000,000 for employee benefits under IFRS trigger point 3 from AME to resource DEL, reflecting the revised control framework for this item;

to reflect the revised, and reduced, resource impact assessment of disclosing three PFI contracts as finance leases under IAS 17, being a credit of £21,000,000;

to reflect the revised resource impact of a reduced service charge relating to Annington Homes of £18,000,000;

to reflect the non-cash resource impact, in the amount of £26,000,000, of implementing IFRS 17 on three PFI off balance sheet contracts now reassessed as finance leases;

to reflect the IFRS reduced near-cash service charge of £178,000,000 impact of disclosing IFRIC 12 PFI assets on MOD’s balance sheet;

to increase non-budget grants in aid (non-voted) for the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Association of £4,199,000 in the Central TLB and £4,943,000 in Land TLB;

£210,000 for the Marine and Sea Cadets Society by reducing resource DEL current costs and increasing non-budget grants in aid with no overall impact on resource;

to increase non-budget funding by £10,991,000 from within resource DEL to reflect the latest forecast of out-turn for the Navy Command, Land Forces and Central TLBs;

to revise sub-head provisions to reflect resource and capital revisions in allocations between holders to match required defence outputs, with no overall impact on DEL;

To request a net increase in capital DEL of £160,695,000 to reflect the latest forecast cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The changes to resource DEL and capital DEL will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £935,052,000.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Energy and Climate Change Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will decrease by £2,283,000 from £3,102,677,000 to £3,100,394,000 and the Administration Budget will be increased by £9,047,000 from £93,512,000 to £102,559,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

Resource DEL

The increase in the Resource element of the DEL of £114,377,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of Resource DEL of £31,215,000 and an increase of £145,592,000 in the non-voted element of Resource DEL.

Voted Resource DEL

The £31,215,000 decrease in the voted element of Resource DEL arises from:

The take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £22,800,000.

A transfer of £343,000 from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel Office costs.

An increase to DEL of £211,000 following the adoption of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19 for accrued employee benefits.

An increase of £40,748,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority operating appropriations-in-aid.

A transfer to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £12,500,000 for cost pressures on Common Agricultural Policy disallowance.

An increase of £821,000 in operating appropriations-in-aid for the Committee on Climate Change.

A transfer to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £500,000 for the National Skills Academy for Power.

Non-voted Resource DEL

The £145,592,000 increase in non-voted Resource DEL arises from:

A transfer from Capital to Resource DEL for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of £126,823,000.

An increase of £40,748,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority DEL offsetting the increase in appropriations-in-aid.

An increase of £821,000 in Committee on Climate Change DEL offsetting the increase in appropriations-in-aid.

The take up in voted Resource DEL of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £22,800,000.

Capital DEL

The decrease in the Capital element of the DEL of £116,660,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Capital DEL of £10,864,000 and a decrease of £127,524,000 in the non-voted element of Capital DEL.

Voted Capital DEL

The £10,864,000 increase in the voted element of Capital DEL arises from:

An increase from central funds of £50,000,000 for the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure ('Marguerite').

An increase of £39,401,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority non-operating appropriations-in-aid formerly scored as Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts.

A transfer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £265,000 for the Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Programme.

Non-voted Capital DEL

The £127,524,000 decrease in the non-voted element of Capital DEL arises from:

A transfer from Capital to Resource DEL for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of £126,823,000.

An increase of £40,102,000 in Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts for the repayment of Offshore Wind Capital Grants.

A decrease of £39,401,000 in Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, now scored as non-operating appropriations-in-aid.

Administration budget

The increase of £9,047,000 in the Administration Budget arises from:

A transfer from Programme DEL of £7,500,000 for DECC transition costs.

A transfer from Programme DEL of £1,000,000 for consumer levies administration costs.

A transfer of £343,000 from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel Office costs.

An increase to Administration DEL of £204,000 following the adoption of IAS19 for accrued employee benefits.

I have arranged for copies of DEFRA’s new Evidence Investment Strategy (EIS) which provides an agenda to prioritise and manage DEFRA’s investment in evidence from 2010 to 2013 and beyond to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. It highlights the need to focus efforts on the interlinked challenges of climate change, protecting ecosystems and developing a sustainable food supply. The strategy will ensure that DEFRA has access to the best evidence when developing and implementing policies. The strategy is available at: http://www.defra. gov.uk/evidence/science/how/strategy.htm

DEFRA’s Chief Scientific Adviser led a detailed review of DEFRA’s evidence activities and worked in collaboration with teams across DEFRA and the evidence landscape (including the executive agencies, non departmental public bodies and key external stakeholders) to develop the strategy. The EIS will build on the progress made by DEFRA’s first evidence strategy, Our approach to Evidence and Innovation for 2005-08, encouraging better use of evidence for policy-making.

The strategy contains a number of recommendations including the importance of working with others, both internally and through partnerships with the research councils and other Government Departments, and developing skills, expertise and capabilities which will improve DEFRA’s gathering and use of evidence.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £41,608,000 (1.32 per cent.) from £3,149,133,000 to £3,190,741,000. The administration budget will be increased by £200,000 (0.07 per cent.) from £304,296,000 to £304,496,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL of £11,873,000 arises from: (i) a transfer of £30,000,000 programme from resource to capital for the Environment Agency; (ii) a £30,000,000 increase to programme following an agreement with HM Treasury to bring forward part of next year’s ring-fenced disallowance provision to cover a Rural Payments Agency (RPA) disallowance issue that has materialised this year; (iii) a transfer of £827,000 programme to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy responsibility; (iv) a transfer of £12,500,000 programme from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, returning funding DEFRA previously provided for the Carbon Capture and Storage Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) studies; and (v) a transfer of £200,000 administration from the Cabinet Office for the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

There has also been a transfer within the resource element of the DEL of £355,481,000 from voted to non-voted. This relates to increases in income and expenditure for the EU funded schemes. This change is DEL neutral, but the expenditure is classed as voted, whereas the income is classed as non-voted consolidated fund extra receipts.

There has been a transfer of the remaining £26,000,000 Departmental Unallocated Provision from non-voted to voted to cover in part an RPA disallowance issue that has materialised this year. The remainder of the transfers within resource DEL, between voted and non-voted, primarily relate to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Department’s Non Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted).

The change in the capital element of the DEL of £29,735,000 arises from: (i) a transfer of £30,000,000 from resource to capital for the Environment Agency; and (ii) a transfer of £265,000 to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for anaerobic digestion of manure and food waste demonstration projects.

There has also been a transfer within the capital element of the DEL of £8,040,000 from voted to non-voted relating to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Department’s Non Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted).

The latest report on the implementation of the Sino-British joint declaration on Hong Kong was published today. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House. A copy of the report is also available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk. The report covers the period from 1 July to 31 December 2009. I commend the report to the House.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £94,354,000 from £2,246,893,000 to £2,341,247,000. The administration budget will be increased by £29,444,000 from £426,845,000 to £456,289,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

Request for Resources 1

Administration

I. Take-up of £5,700,000 administration costs in respect of restructuring.

II. A claim on the Reserve of £6,000,000 administration costs in respect of modernisation of the FCO.

III. A transfer of £11,000 administration from the Cabinet Office in respect of charging for legal services by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.

IV. A transfer of £1,002,000 administration to MOD in respect of the FCO’s contribution to the information assurance technical programme.

V. A transfer of £16,000,000 capital to administration in respect of exchange rate pressures. This amount includes £3,000,000 transferred from Capital EYF.

VI. A transfer of £2,735,000 other current AME to administration DEL in respect of FCO staff costs for accrued annual leave.

Programme

I. A claim on the Reserve of £44,464,000 current grants in respect of the International Subscriptions cost-sharing agreement.

II. A claim on the Reserve of £25,060,000 other current in respect of Consular Premiums.

III. A transfer of £5,500,000 other current from DFID in respect of the Returns and Reintegration Fund.

IV. A transfer of £77,000 other current from DFID in respect of the Iraqi LE staff assistance scheme.

V. A transfer of £10,000 other current from DFID in respect of the Low Carbon High Growth Strategic Programme Fund.

VI. A transfer of £6,695,000 other current to MOD in respect of counter-narcotics work in Afghanistan.

VII. A transfer of £1,965,000 other current to MOD in respect of counter-narcotics work in Afghanistan.

VIII. A transfer of £500,000 other current to the Security and Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.

IX. A transfer of £2,000,000 from RfRl to RfR2 for FCO’s contribution to the Helmand uplift for Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention.

Capital

I. Take up of £3,000,000 Capital EYF in respect of a transfer to administration costs.

II. A transfer of £ 16,000,000 capital to administration in respect of exchange rate pressures.

Request for Resources 2

Programme

I. A benefit to HMT Reserve of £14,000,000 in respect of Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention.

II. A transfer of £14,700,000 from DFID in respect of discretionary peacekeeping funds.

III. A transfer of £11,259,000 from DFID in respect of Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention.

IV. A transfer of £2,000,000 from RfRl to RfR2 for FCO’s contribution to the Helmand uplift for Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention.

I would like to update the House on recent developments in the political and humanitarian situations in Sri Lanka.

Since the end of the fighting last May between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam there has been a unique opportunity for the Government to work with all communities in Sri Lanka to achieve lasting peace through genuine national reconciliation. The UK has continued to make the case that this can only come about through a fully inclusive political process to address the underlying causes of the conflict.

Elections

Following the presidential election of 26 January the Prime Minister wrote to President Rajapakse and I have spoken with Foreign Minister Bogollogama. Together with others, such as the Secretaries-General of the UN and the Commonwealth and the EU High Representative, we have urged President Rajapakse to use his new mandate to make real progress on national reconciliation. The President has made some positive comments about the need to focus on the concerns of Tamils and to discuss the devolution of powers. Setting out his plans for political reform would be a welcome next step.

Election monitors and the Election Commissioner were united in declaring the result of the election valid. But they voiced concerns about aspects of the election campaign, including incidences of violence and allegations of electoral malpractice. We have been encouraging the Government to address these concerns by conducting thorough investigations into any allegations and to encourage an atmosphere of calm by reaching out to those who did not support the President. There have, however, been worrying reports of a clampdown on those who did not support President Rajapakse. The arrest of his principal challenger in the election, Sarath Fonseka, has done nothing to ease tensions. The Government needs to ensure that all detainees, including Fonseka, are treated strictly in accordance with Sri Lankan law.

The next opportunity for Sri Lankans to elect their political representatives will be the Parliamentary elections that are expected to take place on 8 April. The Prime Minister has encouraged the President to ensure that measures are in place to remove the scope for allegations of malpractice. I have underlined to Foreign Minister Bogollogama the importance of making it possible for all Sri Lankans to vote. While we welcomed the high national turnout in the presidential election of 70 per cent., this dropped to less than 30 per cent. in the north and east. An election in which all communities can select their representatives of choice could advance the prospects for genuine reconciliation.

We will continue to engage with the Government and other political parties in Sri Lanka to encourage a process of political reform. In recognition of the potentially positive contribution they could make to that process, we also continue to engage with the Tamil, Muslim and Sinhalese communities based in the UK. This includes the activities of the right hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Des Browne) MP, the Prime Minister’s special envoy for Sri Lanka. I will be addressing the forthcoming London conference of the global Tamil Forum to encourage a forward-looking, constructive approach.

Accountability

The EU has made clear its view that a credible process to address alleged violations of international humanitarian law by both sides during the conflict could also contribute to the process of reconciliation. The US State Department report on the conflict in Sri Lanka and the statement by Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, underline the need for a credible and independent investigation. We continue to make this clear to the Sri Lankan Government, most recently when I spoke to Foreign Minister Bogollogama earlier this month. We await with interest the findings of the committee set up by President Rajapakse to look into the State Department report.

Human Rights and GSP+

A third way in which the GoSL could encourage genuine reconciliation would be through greater promotion and protection of human rights, including media freedoms, and by tackling the culture of impunity. I have reinforced to Foreign Minister Bogollogama the importance of producing and implementing a human rights national action plan, as was agreed at the UN Human Rights Council periodic review of Sri Lanka in 2008.

On 19 October the European Commission published its report into Sri Lanka’s compliance with three of the conventions linked to Sri Lanka being a beneficiary of the GSP+ scheme. The report was clear about Sri Lanka’s failings in its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the convention on the rights of the child. The report reinforces our concerns about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and we share the Commission’s assessment.

On 15 February the UK and other member states supported the Commission’s formal recommendation to withdraw GSP+ benefits from Sri Lanka. This will come into effect on 15 August, six months following the date of the decision. We continue to urge the Government to engage constructively with the European Commission and to take all necessary steps to address the serious concerns highlighted in the Commission’s report.

Humanitarian Situation

The UK’s most immediate priority since the end of the conflict has been to work for an improvement in the humanitarian situation. By the end of the fighting there were over 280,000 internally displaced people in camps in the north of Sri Lanka. We have been advocating an improvement in conditions inside the camps and for IDPs to be able to return to their home areas as soon as it is safe to do so. Since September 2008, the UK, through the Department for International Development, has also allocated £12.5 million to the humanitarian response.

Conditions in the camps have improved and there has been progress in the return of IDPs. UN official figures estimate that as of 15 January around 187,500 people have been released from the camps, of which 158,500 have been able to return to their home areas, while 29,000 vulnerable people have been housed with host families or in institutions. It is important that vulnerable people have been housed with host families or in institutions. It is important that IDPs continue to be able to return to their home areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

The Government’s announcement on 1 December that all IDPs still in the camps would be granted freedom of movement was a positive step. However, some restrictions remain in place and we will continue to encourage the Government to ease those.

We will continue to work with international partners and with the Sri Lankan Government to encourage progress on reconciliation, accountability and human rights as a basis for the lasting peace all Sri Lankans want and deserve.

I am publishing today the “Consultation on Services for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in England”.

Since 2005 the Department, the National Health Service and other key stakeholders have been working together to identify the best ways to improve care and outcomes for those people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and to reduce the overall prevalence of the condition. Following this work we have developed a set of recommendations for the NHS, further action for the Department and we are now consulting with stakeholders. This document represents the final consultation stage before we publish the final strategy.

We estimate that over three million people in England live with this condition. One person dies in England of COPD every 20 minutes—a loss of about 25,000 lives every year. COPD is also the second most common cause of emergency admission and the fifth largest cause for readmission to hospital. It is also one of the most costly, in terms of acute hospital care.

It has therefore become clear that we need to change our approach to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of the condition. As we have developed the strategy we have had extensive engagement with people with COPD and their carers

The strategy offers a real opportunity to make a difference to people with COPD and their carers. Successful implementation will require ongoing commitment and ambition and the engagement and involvement of all stakeholders.

The strategy does not define how each aspect of care should be delivered. We think services need to be sensitively planned and appropriately delivered in response to the needs of each local community. However, the strategy is designed to support local service plans within the NHS, and to complement other related national and local initiatives. This will include the clinical guidelines developed by NICE and other broader health promotion initiatives such as the national tobacco control programme. With better co-ordinated and integrated services, we can provide care that better meets the complex needs of people with COPD and meets their expectations.

Because of the magnitude of the burden of asthma, we have given separate attention to that condition within this strategy, highlighting where there are synergies in the approach to the care of these conditions and where there are differences. It also highlights some aspects of good asthma services.

“Consultation on Services for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in England” has been placed in the Library and copies are available for hon. Members from the Vote Office.

The consultation will run from 23 February to 5 April 2010.

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:

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.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the Home Office’s Departmental expenditure limits for 2009-10 will be increased by £135,354,000 from £10,242,220,000 to £10,377,574,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £276,293,000 from £675,540,000 to £399,247,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The informal meeting of EU Development Ministers, organised by the Spanish presidency, took place in Segovia, Spain, on 17 and 18 February. I represented the UK.

The items covered were as follows:

The Millennium Development Goals Review Summit

This session focused on EU preparations for the MDGs summit in New York in September 2010. The new Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, and the presidency underlined the importance of the summit to galvanising support for poverty reduction before the 2015 MDG target date. The UK, alongside the Commission, a number of other member states and civil society representatives, argued that the EU should demonstrate global leadership through a comprehensive package that would include commitments to those goals most at risk, particularly maternal and child health, food security and education. The Commission welcomed the clear steer from Ministers and will reflect this in its proposals planned to be put to the May and June Foreign Affairs Councils. The overall EU position will then go to the June European Council for agreement by leaders.

Financing for Development

I underlined the importance of honouring our EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments. While alternative financing mechanisms, including from the private sector, are likely to form an increasingly significant part of meeting the global development and climate challenges, ODA will remain the core contribution and our pledges must be met. I shared the UK’s experience of increasing ODA to a position where we will meet the 0.7 per cent. GNI target by 2013 and there was considerable interest in our draft legislation to make this commitment a legal obligation. Several member states highlighted the challenge of meeting the targets in the current economic environment, though all member states reaffirmed the importance of the commitment. The Commission and presidency will work further on suggestions for enhancing the accountability of member states to meet their pledges including an annual review of progress by Heads of Government and delivery plans to 0.7 per cent. for member states.

By special invitation, Norway presented on its work on combating tax evasion and tax havens. In response to the presentation and a Commission discussion paper, Ministers noted the importance of mobilising domestic resources in developing partner countries as a key step in reducing dependency on aid and harnessing finance for poverty reduction. In this context, economic growth, support for improving partner countries’ tax systems, tackling illegal financial flows and corruption and addressing tax havens where noted as particularly important. The French led a call for the presidency to ensure that innovative proposals on taxation and financing were discussed by both Development and Finance Ministers given the shared interest. The Commission will draft a paper for Ministers at the May Foreign Affairs Council on enhancing work on tackling tax evasion in developing countries.

More effective EU development assistance

Alongside the quantity of aid, we discussed improving the quality of that aid. The Commission presented work on the improving the complementarity and co-ordination of EU aid.

Transatlantic relations

The new Administrator of the United States’ Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Shah, presented his priorities to the group. These were: a strong focus on the MDGs, particularly how technology can be deployed in support of development; maternal health; food security; and education. Dr. Shah emphasised his desire to build an effective and practical partnership with the EU on development issues, something already in evidence and underlined by the response to the Haiti earthquake. EU Ministers welcomed his appointment and pledged to take forward this important relationship on a range of issues, not least the 2010 MDG summit.

Haiti

Ministers discussed the situation in Haiti, both in terms of immediate response and ensuring better co-ordination for the reconstruction. Edmund Mullet, UN Special Representative to Haiti, Kristalina Georgieva, the new EU Humanitarian Commissioner and Dr. Shah provided details of their own efforts and their assessment of need. I joined my EU colleagues in recognising the tireless efforts of UN staff, Commission and other aid workers in Haiti

I argued for a thorough review of the humanitarian system over the last five years, learning lessons from Haiti and other disasters and drawing up recommendations to improve future responses. This proposal gained support from a number of Ministers and this will help to build the growing consensus behind the review.

I also held a series of useful bilateral meetings discussing for example reform of the humanitarian system, Haiti, the MDGs and aid financing with, amongst others, Dirk Neibel, the German Development Minister, Dr. Shah of USAID and Commissioner Piebalgs.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be reduced by £33,098,000 from £6,757,774,000 to £6,726,607,000.

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The net change in the Resource element of DEL arises from:

Additions

£280,000 transferred from the Department of Health in respect of International Health Links Funding Scheme.

Reductions

£77,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of payments to locally engaged staff in Iraq.

£5,500,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the Returns and Reintegration Fund.

£25,959,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the Conflict Prevention Pool.

£1,832,000 transferred to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the Conflict Prevention Pool.

£10,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the Low Carbon High Growth Strategic Programme Fund.

There is no net change in the Capital element of DEL.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) and The National Archives (TNA) Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased as follows:

Total DEL for MoJ (RfRl, 2 & 3) is increased by £101,298,000 from £9,828,762,000 to £9,930,060,000 and the administration budget has increased by £23,282,000 from £435,920,000 to £459,202,000.

Total DEL for the NICS has increased by £17,000,000 from £147,556,000 to £164,556,000.

Total DEL for the TNA has increased by £1,000 from £44,151,000 to £44,152,000.

Within the Total DEL change for MoJ (RfRl, 2 & 3), the impact on resource and capital is as set out in the following table:

1) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for MoJ arises from:

Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit

The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:

Movements in Voted Expenditure

Request for Resources 1

i. An increase in voted expenditure of £7,000,000 as a result of drawdown of End Year Flexibility (EYF) funding relating to the workforce modernisation programme.

ii. An increase in voted expenditure of £14,792,000 as a result of a budget transfer from the Home Office in relation to accommodation costs.

iii. An increase in voted expenditure of £13,088,000 as a result of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

iv. An increase in voted expenditure of £34,000,000 as a result of drawdown of reserve claim from HM Treasury relating to prison capacity programme.

v. An increase in voted expenditure of £1,166,000 to the transfer of funding in relation to the Parliamentary Council Office from the Cabinet Office

vi. An increase in voted expenditure of £1,000,000 in relation to non-cash funding from the Supreme Court.

vii. An increase in voted expenditure of £273,000 in relation to mail and messenger services received from the Home Office.

viii. An increase in voted expenditure of £86,000 in relation to funding for Estate Agents Appeals Panel and the creation of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunals from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS).

ix. A decrease in voted expenditure of £568,000 in relation to healthcare services for additional prison places transferred to the Department of Health (DoH).

x. A decrease in voted expenditure of £2,624,000 in relation to education services for additional prison places transferred to the DBIS.

xi. A decrease in voted expenditure of £500,000 in relation to costs associated with Corporate Manslaughter Act transferred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

xii. A decrease in voted expenditure of £470,000 in relation to near cash transferred to Supreme Court.

Request for Resources 2

xiii. An increase in near cash resource funding of £1,200,000 in relation to drawdown of EYF.

xiv. An increase in near cash resource funding of £28,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.

Request for Resource 3

xv. An increase in near cash resource funding of £230,000 in relation to transfer of costs relating to the Parliamentary Counsel Office from the Cabinet Office.

xvi. An increase in near cash resource funding of £116,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.

Movements in Non-Voted Expenditure

Request for Resources 1

i. An increase in non-voted expenditure of £220,000 as result of the adoption of IFRS.

ii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £61,400,000 relating to increased spend of the Legal Services Commission.

iii. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by a increase in voted expenditure of £3,501,000 relating to increase in the attributable income receivable by the Legal Services Board.

iv. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £6,124,000 relating to increase in the attributable income receivable by the Office of Legal Complaints.

v. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £14,704,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

vi. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £4,650,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Youth Justice Board.

vii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £35,000 relating to increased spend of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit

The change in the capital element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:

Request for Resources 1

Movements in Voted Expenditure

i. An increase of £33,000,000 in Capital DEL in respect of the Prison Capacity Programme.

ii. An increase of £79,000 in Capital DEL as a result of the implementation of IFRS.

Movements in Non-Voted Expenditure

i. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £12,900,000 relating to increased spend of the Legal Services Commission.

ii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £3,450,000 relating to increase in the attributable income receivable by the Office of Legal Complaints.

iii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £500,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

iv. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £47,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Parole Board.

v. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £524,000 relating to increased spend of the National Probation Service Local Area Boards.

Administration Costs

The movement in the administration cost limit is as a result of the following changes.

Request for Resources 1

i. An increase in voted expenditure of £7,000,000 as a result of drawdown of EYF funding from HM Treasury relating to the workforce modernisation funding.

ii. An increase in voted expenditure of £14,792,000 as a result of a budget transfer from the Home Office in relation to accommodation costs.

iii. An increase in voted expenditure of £241,000 as result of the adoption of IFRS.

Request for Resources 2

iv. An increase in near cash resource funding of £1,200,000 in relation to drawdown of EYF.

v. An increase in near cash resource funding of £28,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.

Request for Resource 3

vi. An increase in near cash resource funding of £230,000 in relation to transfer of costs relating to the Parliamentary Counsel Office from the Cabinet Office.

vii. An increase in near cash resource funding of £116,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.

2) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for the Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) arises from:

Within the Total DEL change for Northern Ireland Court Service, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit

Movements in Non Voted Expenditure

i. This arises from the take up of a DEL Reserve claim of £17,000,000 to reflect the increase in the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission Baseline to cover the projected shortfall in legal aid expenditure.

Movements in Administration Expenditure

i. The change in the administration budget arises from a £2,000,000 increase in civil court fee income. This will be offset against additional related costs to dispose of civil court business. The appropriations-in-aid are classified as administrative income and so the additional fee income will reduce the administration cost limit by £2,000,000.

3) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for The National Archives (TNA) arises from:

Within the Total DEL change for The National Archives, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

Movements in Voted Expenditure

Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit

i. An increase in near cash resource funding of £4,695,000 and associated increase in A in A of £4,694,000 to reflect higher than expected levels of activity and income from the 1911 Census information, Digital Continuity and the Civil Pages Project.

ii. A decrease of £2,136,000 in resource provision representing the additional spend on improvements to facilities at our Kew building including data storage facilities and air conditioning units.

Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit

i. An increase in Capital funding of £2,136,000 representing the additional spend on improvements to facilities at Kew, including data storage facilities and air conditioning. This is offset by the decrease in resource funding referred to above.

Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office will be taking a 2009-10 spring supplementary estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO’s total DEL by £161,881,000 from £1,205,742,000 to £1,367,623,000.

The change in Total DEL of £161,881,000 relates to the drawdown of end year flexibility (EYF) of £100,335,000 (all resource), increase in PSNI provisions of £88,000,000, resource budget transfers with other Government Departments totalling £847,000 and funding of £1,000,000 from HM Treasury for the impact of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) on property, plant and equipment. This has been offset by a change in non-cash costs of £28,301,000.

The EYF drawdown is required to supplement CSR07 baselines in Central Administration, Political Directorate, Public Prosecution Service, Criminal Justice Directorate, Policing-Non Severance, Northern Ireland Prison Service, Compensation Agency and Policing and Security Directorate.

The administration budget will decrease by £2,247,000 from £73,926,000 to £71,679,000. This is due to the reclassification of £2,610,000 from administration to programme for the Northern Ireland Prison Service and resource budget transfers of £315,000 from the Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland for accommodation costs, £98,000 from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel charges and £50,000 to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland for healthcare costs.

The Northern Ireland Executive DEL will increase by £740,207,000 from £9,283,643,000 to £10,023,850,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

The increase in the Northern Ireland Executive DEL takes account of the following changes:

The take up of end year flexibility of £135,000,000 (£35,000,000 near cash and £100,000,000 capital);

Additions of £23,827,000 (-£49,092,000 near cash, £20,337,000 non cash and £52,582,000 capital) following IFRS changes;

A budget reclassification of £497,200,000 (near cash) in respect of NHS pensions;

An addition of £131,045,000 (non cash) in respect of provisions for equal pay; and

Budget cover transfers to other Government Departments of £25,599,000 broken down as follows:

i. Transfer of £827,000 from DEFRA for BSE-OTM;

ii. Transfer of £275,000 from DCSF for the NSPCC Expansion Grant;

iii. Transfers of £749,000 to the Northern Ireland Office for accommodation and other central services;

iv. Transfer of £379,000 to HMRC in respect of the Aggregates Levy; and

v. Transfer of £25,573,000 to Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in respect of industrial support.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office will be increased by £1,200,000 and takes account of the following routine adjustment:

- a take-up of near cash End Year Flexibility of £1,200,000.

The increase will be added to the planned total of public expenditure spending commitments in the current financial year.

The Scotland DEL will be increased by £18,005,000 from £29,552,282,000 to £29,570,287,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:

The increase in the Scotland DEL takes account of the following adjustments to the Scottish Government provision:

International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) classification changes of £17,006,000.

The DEL increase also includes the following changes:

a transfer of £196,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions in respect of the School Gates Project,

a transfer of £803,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families for the NSPCC Expansion Grant.

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:

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.

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:

Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £4,520,000)

Voted: total net increase of £5,020,000

RfRl

(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

RfRl

(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.

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:

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.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Equalities Office Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £12,000 from £80,182,000 to £80,194,000 and the administration budget will increase from £9,605,000 to £9,617,000.

Within the Departmental Expenditure Limit change, the impact on resource and capital is as set out in the following table:

Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit

The change in the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from an increase in relation to the recording of International Financial Reporting Standards for accrued employee benefits. The increase arises from the change in staff numbers between 2008-9 and 2009-10 and planned increased amounts of annual leave carried over by staff into 2010-11.

There has been an increase in appropriation in aid for operating activities and this is offset by increased expenditure. This reflects the activities of the Women's National Commission which has been making its services available to other government departments and agencies in line with the review of the Women's National Commission.

Administration Costs Limit

This increases by £12,000 due to adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards for accrued employee benefits.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £318,266,000 to £9,123,522,000 and the Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit will remain unchanged at £284,517,000. The Administration budget will increase by £38,170,000 to £6,242,507,000.

Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit

The change in the resource element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:

Request for Resources 1

i. An increase in Appropriations in Aid of £9,000 not offset by an increase in expenditure.

Request for Resources 2

ii. A reserve claim of £108,050,000 from the dual-key funding package announced in the 2008 Pre Budget Report.

iii. A reserve claim of £86,000,000 (£12,000,000 Administration and £74,000,000 Other Current) from the "six month offer” funding package made available to the department following the Employment Summit in January 2009.

iv. A reserve claim of £6,000,000 (£1,000,000 Administration and £5,000,000 Other Current) to support expenditure on the Pathways under 25.

v. Budget transfers of £ 196,000 to the Scottish Government, £395,000 to the Welsh Assembly and £431,000 to the Department for Children, Schools and Families to assist with Jobcentre support in schools for unemployed parents.

vi. A budget transfer of £6,381,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in relation to Backing Young Britain. This increases the number of internships that are available to non-graduates.

vii. A budget transfer of £12,500,000 to the Department for Children, Schools and Families in relation to the white paper “Building Britain's Recovery: Achieving Full Employment”. This increases the number of apprenticeships that are available for 16 and 17 year olds.

viii. Budget transfers to the Department for Children, Schools and Families of £1,500,000 (Other Current) for the Co-ordinated Support for Separating Parents Child Poverty Pilot and £110,000 (Administration) for the Child Poverty Support Unit.

ix. A budget transfer of £262,000 to the Department for Children Schools and Families in relation to Joint Birth Registration work.

Request for Resources 3

x. A reserve claim of £25,000,000 from the department's Modernisation Fund.

Request for Resources 5

xi. A reserve claim of £115,000,000 from the department's Modernisation Fund.

Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets

xii. An increase in voted funding of £29,184,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £29,184,000 as a result of using the Departmental Unallocated Provision to support expenditure by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.

xiii. An increase in voted funding of £100,000,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £100,000,000 as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the 2008 Pre Budget Report package.

xiv. An increase in voted funding of £571,000,000 (£456,551,000 Administration and £114,449,000 Other Current) offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £571,000,000 (Administration) as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were announced in the 2009 Budget.

xv. An increase in voted funding of £21,000,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £21,000,000 as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which relate to the Welfare Reform White Paper.

xvi. An increase in voted funding of £1,305,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £1,305,000 relating to decreased utilisation of the Financial Assistance Scheme provision.

xvii. A decrease in non-voted funding of £1,143,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £1,143,000 relating to decreased expenditure by Working Ventures (UK) Limited.

xviii. An increase in non-voted funding of £3,988,000 offset by a decrease in voted funding of £3,988,000 relating to increased expenditure by the Independent Living Fund.

xix. A decrease in non-voted funding of £30,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £30,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Advisory Service.

xx. An increase in non-voted funding of £51,000 offset by a decrease in voted funding of £51,000 relating to increased expenditure by The Pensions Ombudsman.

xxi. A decrease in non-voted funding of £3,208,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £3,208,000 relating to decreased expenditure by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.

xxii. A decrease in non-voted funding of £356,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £356,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.

Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit

The net nil movement in the capital element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:

Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets

xxiii. An increase in non-voted capital funding of £517,000 offset by a decrease in voted capital funding of £517,000 relating to increased expenditure by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.

xxiv. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £96,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £96,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.

Administration Costs

The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from the changes to the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit as noted in items i, iii, viii, iv, ix, x, xi and xiv above.