Departmental Expenditure Limit (2010-11)

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan)
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Welsh Assembly Government’s total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £108,565,000 from £15,178,509,000 to £15,287,074,000.

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

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|                 |Change |New DEL   |
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|Resource DEL     |27,203 |13,884,529|
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|Capital DEL      |81,362 |1,754,860 |
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|Less depreciation|-      |-352,315  |
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|TOTAL DEL        |108,565|15,287,074|
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The change in the resource DEL element arises from:

The take up of DEL end-year flexibility (EYF) of £102,547,000;

A transfer of £208,000 from the Ministry of Justice in respect of health care at Cardiff Prison;

A reduction of £113,541,000 which represents WAG’s share of the £6 billion cuts announced in May 2010;

A reduction of £5,850,000 following a transfer of provision to capital DEL;

A reduction of £6,161,000 in respect of rate relief; and

A claim on the reserve of £50,000,000 in respect of impairments within the student loans ring fence.

The change in the capital DEL element arises from:

The take up of DEL end-year flexibility (EYF) of £124,519,000;

A reduction of £49,007,000 which represents WAG’s share of the £6 billion cuts announced in May 2010; and

An increase of £5,850,000 following a transfer of provision from resource DEL.

As a result of these changes, the grant paid by the Wales Office to the Welsh Consolidated Fund increases by £141,066,000 from £13,314,503,000 to £13,455,569,000.

In addition the Wales Office budget will increase by £1,936,000 as a result of:

The take up of £1,300,000 resource DEL EYF; and

A switch of £636,000 from capital DEL to resource DEL.

Wales Office spending is contained within single  Ministry of Justice departmental expenditure limit and administration costs limit.