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Department for Children, Schools and Families: DEL

Volume 696: debated on Thursday 15 November 2007

Today my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Mr Ed Balls) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be decreased by £14,106,193,000 from £64,665,498,000 to £50,559,305,000, the administration cost budget will be decreased by £45,221,000 from £237,698,000 to £192,477,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate estimate and DEL, will be increased by £16,790,000 from £205,000,000 to £221,790,000; the administration cost budget will be increased by £485,000 from £28,470,000 to £28,955,000.

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

ResourcesCapital***

Change

New DEL

Of which:

Change

New DEL

Of which:

Voted

Non-voted

Voted

Non- voted

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

RfR 1

-12,934,650

43,318,471

42,329,619

988,852

-1,166,643

5,296,255

3,835,171

1,461,084

RfR 2

-4,900

1,223,054

1,223,054

0

0

531,425

531,425

0

RfR 3

0

190,100

190,100

0

0

0

0

0

DCSF Total

-12,939,550

44,731,625

43,742,773

988,852

-1,166,643

5,827,680

4,366,596

1,461,084

OFSTED

16,409

220,809

220,809

0

381

981

981

0

Sub Total

-12,923,141

44,952,434

43,963,582

988,852

-1,166,262

5,828,661

4,367,577

1,461,084

**Of which Admin Budget

-44,736

221,432

221,432

0

0

0

0

0

Near-cash in RDEL

-11,498,273

44,965,105

43,941,361

1,023,744

0

0

0

0

Depreciation*

24,200

-11,099

-9,943

-1,156

0

0

0

0

Total

-12,898,941

44,941,335

43,953,639

987,696

-1,166,262

5,828,661

4,367,577

1,461,084

*Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, in the table above, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

** The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.

*** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

Within the administration cost budget changes, the impact is set out in the following table:

DfESOriginalChangeRevised

£'000

£'000

£'000

DfES (RfRI)

237,698

-45,221

192,477

OFSTED

28,470

485

28,955

Total

266,168

-44,736

221,43

Department for Children, Schools and Families Resource DEL

The decrease in the resource element of the DEL of £12,939,550,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of the resource DEL of £3,950,322,000 and a decrease of £16,889,872,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL mainly in the department's non-departmental public bodies.

Voted Resource DEL

The £3,950,322,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:

RfR1

Following the machinery of government changes, a net movement of £4,297,101,000 from non-voted resource DEL to fund departmental programmes through the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), a transfer of £25,600,000 from the Home Office for the respect programmes.

A movement from RfR2, £2,400,000 in respect of early years in maintained schools.

A movement of £373,089,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the machinery of government change.

A drawdown from central funds of £4,661,000 to match departmental non-cash DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.

A transfer from the Cabinet Office £549,000 administration for the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

A transfer to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of £2,000,000 for museums and galleries.

RfR2

A movement of £2,400,000 to RfR1 in respect of early years in maintained schools.

A movement of £2,500,000 to non-voted resource DEL in respect of the National College for Schools Leadership.

Non-voted resource DEL

The £16,889,872,000 decrease in non-voted resource DEL arises from:

Following the machinery of government changes, a net movement of £17,247,858,000 to DIUS.

A transfer of £15,924,000 to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) to take on the role of the former Adult Learning Inspectorate.

A movement of £373,089,000 from voted resource DEL to support the machinery of government change.

A movement of £2,500,000 from RfR2 for the National College for Schools Leadership.

Giving up to central funds £1,679,000 to match departmental non-cash DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.

Capital DEL

The decrease in the capital element of the DEL of £1,166,643,000 arises from a £458,447,000 increase in the voted element of capital DEL and a decrease of £1,625,090,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.

Voted Capital DEL

The £458,477,000 decrease in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:

RfR1

Following the machinery of government changes, an increase in voted DEL of £456,700 as part of the exercise to move provision to DIUS.

Technical adjustment to move £1,234,000 to non-voted to match departmental capital DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.

A technical adjustment to move £2,981,000 from non-voted capital DEL to match agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.

Non-voted Capital DEL

The £1,625,090,000 decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:

A net movement of £1,622,962,000 to DIUS following the machinery of government changes

A transfer of £381,000 to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) to take on the role of the former Adult Learning Inspectorate.

Technical adjustment to move £1,234,000 from voted to match departmental capital DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.

A technical adjustment to move £2,981,000 to voted capital DEL to match agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.

Administration Cost Budget

Following the machinery of government changes, a transfer of £43,450,000 to DIUS.

Following the machinery of government changes, a transfer of £1,400,000 from the Home Office for the respect programme.

Reclassification of £3,720,000 from administration costs to programme expenditure for the academy programme.

A transfer of £549,000 from the Cabinet Office for the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

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

Voted Resource DEL

Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £485,000 from the Ministry of Justice for the inspection of the Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service.

A transfer of £15,924,000 from DCSF for inspection services relating to work-based learning and training and adult community learning.

Voted Capital DEL

A transfer of £381,000 from DCSF for to meet IT and accommodation costs associated with inspection services relating to work-based learning and training and adult community learning.

Administration Cost Budget

Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £485,000 from the Ministry of Justice for the inspection of the Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service.