My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Statement.

As a consequence of budgetary transfers associated with the winter supplementary estimates, the Department for International Development total departmental expenditure limit will be reduced by £4,995,000 from £5,259,352,000 to £5,254,357,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resource and capital is set out in the following table:

^* 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.

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

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

Additions

£10,000 transferred from the Cabinet Office in respect of DfID’s use of the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

Reductions

£1,000,000 transferred to the Home Office, as a contribution to funds for migration projects;

a transfer of Global Conflict Prevention Pool to Foreign and Commonwealth office of £3,000,000 for quick-impact projects in Helmand province, Afghanistan;

a transfer to Department for Culture, Media and Sport for £1,000,000 in relation to the London 2012 international sport development initiative;

a transfer to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £5,000, which relates to a shortfall from a previous transfer made relating to Montreal protocol; and

a reduction of £73,000,000 arising from a reclassification of debt relief payments from current grants to capital grants.

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

Additions

an increase of £73,000,000 arising from a reclassification of debt relief payments from current grants to capital grants.