Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate, the Attorney General’s DEL will be increased by £16,110,000 from £756,976,000 to £773,086,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £3,450,000 from £119,643,000 to £123,093,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Voted Non- Voted Voted Non- Voted Total Resource 5,530 9,200 754,871 9,200 764,071 Of which Administration Budget 3,450 123,093 123,093 Near Cash in RDEL 4,780 9,200 740,878 10,913 751,791 Capital 2,100 19,000 19,000 Depreciation* -720 -9,985 -9,985 Total Del 6,910 9,200 763,886 10,913 773,086
* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) element of the Attorney-General’s DEL will be increased by £10,080,000 from £648,696,000 to £658,776,000. There is no change in the administration budget.
The change in the CPS’s DEL arises from:
£8,000,000 allocation to the departmental unallocated provision for counterterrorism.
An increase to DEL due to a budgetary transfer of £3,000,000 from the Ministry of Justice from the victims surcharge programme to continue to improve services to prosecution witnesses in court.
A decrease of £655,000 programme resources due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover from the Crown Prosecution Service to the Ministry of Justice to support Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) projects.
A decrease of £265,000 programme resources due to the reallocation of resource DEL budgetary cover from the Crown Prosecution Service to the Ministry of Justice to support the Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) Progress project.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) element of the Attorney-General’s DEL will be increased by £300,000 from £54,814,000 to £55,114,000. The administration budget remains unchanged.
The changes in the SFO’s DEL arise from:
The take up of £300,000 capital end-year flexibility to meet the cost of additional capital spend.
The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office’s (RCPO) element of the Attorney-General’s DEL will be increased by £3,700,000 from £36,409,000 to £40,109,000. The administration budget which will be increased by £2,500,000 from £17,936,000 to £20,436,000.
The changes in RCPO’s DEL arise from:
A drawdown of £2,400,000 near-cash administration resources from the EYF entitlement for 2007-08 in order to fund increased activity on asset recovery.
A drawdown of £600,000 non-cash administration resources from the EYF entitlement for 2007-08 in order to depreciate refurbishment and IT establishment costs.
A reduction of £317,000 in administration spending to facilitate a reallocation of resource DEL to the Treasury Solicitor's Department to fund administration of the Attorney-General's Office. The transfer of budgetary cover was announced in the Winter Supplementary Written Statement and previously taken up by the Treasury Solicitor's Department in their Winter Supplementary Estimate.
An increase in forecast programme receipts of £2,142,000 not fully offset by spending of £1,642,000.
An increase in forecast administration receipts of £1,349,000 fully offset by spending of £1,349,000.
The take-up of £800,000 from the capital EYF entitlement for 2007-08, in order to cover the establishment costs for the RCPO IT project and the capitalisation of the majority of refurbishment costs.
An increase of £1,000,000 in capital spending, to cover establishment costs for the RCPO IT project and the capitalisation of the majority of refurbishment costs. This is to be funded by a reallocation of capital DEL from the Treasury Solicitor's Department.
The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (TSol) element of the Attorney General’s DEL will be increased by £2,030,000 from £17,057,000 to £19,087,000. The administration budget which will increase by £950,000 from £12,769,000 to £13,719,000.
The change in TSol’s DEL arises from:
Take up £800,000 of administration costs resource end-year flexibility (EYF) (near-cash) to meet the cost of policy support to the Attorney-General’s office and accommodation. In budgetary terms, RDEL EYF entitlement transferred from the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office.
The take up of £150,000 administration costs resource EYF (non-cash) to meet the cost of policy support to the Attorney-General’s office and accommodation.
An increase of £120,000 in depreciation costs.
An increase of £1,200,000 for resource EYF transferred from RCPO.