My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Ivan Lewis) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Subject to the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department of Health's element of the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be reduced by £5,513,000 from £87,176,137,000 to £87,170,624,000 and the administration cost limit will be increased by £12,259,000 from £227,319,000 to £239,578,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL remains unchanged at £144,847,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will reduced by £5,513,000 from £87,320,984,000 to £87,315,471,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table.
Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total Department of Health £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Resource DEL 632.421 -638.121 81,762.746 92.623 81,855.369 Of which: Administration budget 12.259 239.578 239.578 Near-cash in Resource DEL 534.070 -539.770 77, 787.041 463.833 78, 250.874 Capital DEL -238.937 239.124 1,834.178 3,481.077 5,315.255 Total Department of Health DEL 393.484 -398.997 83,596.924 3,573.700 87,170.624 Depreciation** -195.622 -1.649 -1,011.755 -37.428 -1,049.183 Total Department of Health spending (after adjustment) 197.862 -400.646 82,585.169 3,536.272 86,121.441 Food Standards Agency Resources 0 0 143.900 0 143.900 Of which: Administration budget 0 0 52.316 0 52.316 Near-cash in Resource DEL 0 0 140.677 0.060 140.737 Capital 0 0 0.947 0 0.947 Total Food Standards Agency DEL 0 144.847 0 144.847 Depreciation* 0 0 -2.004 0 -2.004 Total Food Standards Agency spending (after adjustment) 0 0 142.843 0 142.843 * The total of “administration budget” and “Near-cash in resource DEL” figures may well be greater that the total resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping. **Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since the capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
The Department of Health DEL has reduced by £5,513,000 made up of transfers with the Department for Education and Skills of £5,669,000 for pension indexation costs and the National Assembly for Wales of £2,441,000 for cross border patient flows, dental sift budget and high security psychiatric services. These reductions are partially offset by an increase from the Scottish Executive of £1,600,000 for a contribution towards the healthy start programme and £997,000 additional funding from the Invest to save budget.
The Department of Health's administration cost limit has increased by £12,259,000 from programme budgets to reflect the re-timing of expenditure between years for the department's change programme.
There is no change to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL.