(iv) net transfers from other government departments of £4,469,000.

These transfers are as follows:

(i) £1,188,000 from the Home Office for the Partnership Development Fund,

(ii) £436,000 from the Home Office for cover administration costs of the Crime Reduction Unit

(iii) £360,000 from the Home Office for Active Community Match Funding— Programme Grant

(iv) £159,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions for New Deal training inspections

(v) £1,335,000 from DTI for the Broadband Fund

(vi) £34,000 from the Home Office for the Golden Jubilee Awards

(vii) £557,000 from the Department for Education and Skills for Access Bursaries

(viii) £400,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry for the Manufacturing Advisory Service

The Wales Office administration costs limit will be increased by £500,000 from £2,330,000 to £2,830,000.

The increase in DEL will be offset by transfers from other Departments, from the reserve or take up of end-year flexibility and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from

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(i) utilisation of £5,892,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Small Business Service Invest to Save Local Competitiveness project;

(ii) utilisation of £11,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for Rover Task Force, of which £520,000 is to be transferred to the Department for Education and Skills for MG Rover training;

(iii) utilisation of £40,000 from the Capital Modernisation Fund in respect of the Evidence Based Policy Fund project;

(iv) of £40,000 from non-Voted Regional Development Agency expenditure to record increased voted Departmental expenditure on the Evidence Based Policy Fund project;

(v) transfer of £105,000 from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in relation to the Farm Business Advice Scheme;

(vi) transfer of £156,000 to British Trade International in respect of Japan Electronics Business Association and Pacific Rim Electronics Business Association;

(vii) utilisation of £15,000,000 from the Departmental Unallocated Provision for the Partnership Fund (Partnership at Work with the TUC & CBI);

(viii) transfer of £400,000 to the National Assembly for Wales for Manufacturing Advice Service for Regional Centre for Manufacturing Excellence in Wales;

(ix) transfer of £116,000 from the Department for Education and Science for the Marine Skills Database Project;

(x) an increase of £22,133,000 in non Voted Regional Development Agency expenditure offset by an increase in voted appropriations in aid of an equivalent amount to reflect additional receipts from several other government departments (mainly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister);

(xi) utilisation of £5,700,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for University Innovation Centres;

(xii) utilisation of £4,600,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for additional funding to Ofcom;

(xiii) transfer of £30,000 to the Home Office for Crimes Against Business;

(xiv) transfer of £30,000 to the Department for Education and Science for Support for Enterprising Communities;

(xv) transfer of £2,538,000 to the Scottish Executive for innovative schemes to extend broadband networks;

(xvi) transfer of £1,335,000 to the National Assembly for Wales for innovative schemes to extend broadband networks;

(xvii) utilisation of £14,400,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for ISERBS;

(xviii) transfer of £ 100,000 in relation to Invest UK DTI Funded Overseas the FCO;

(xix) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for development of "Oracle Hi";

(xx) transfer of £225,000 to the Scottish Executive in connection with Stop Now Orders (New Burdens);

(xxi) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase the department's subscription to the International Atomic Energy Agency;

(xxii) utilisation of £ 1,100,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund increased expenditure on the Partnership Training Fund manufacturing package;

(xxiii) utilisation of £1,300,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund increased expenditure on the National Minimum Wage;

(xxiv) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund increased expenditure on duty to consider flexible working;

(xxv) utilisation of £900,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for legal costs;

(xxvi) utilisation of £348,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement transferred from the Department for Education and Science for the Work-life Balance Invest to Save project;

(xxvii) utilisation of £8,700,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to make an agreed programme to administration virement in support of ACAS, the Insolvency Service, coal health claims and the Office of Civil Nuclear Security);

(xxviii) utilisation of £1,500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to make an agreed programme to administration virement in support of the establishment of the Liabilities Management Authority;

(xxix) utilisation of £4,500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in support of the establishment of the Liabilities Management Authority;

(xxx) utilisation of £256,000 in administration costs in respect of the Evidence Based Policy Capital Modernisation Fund Project;

(xxxi) utilisation of £548,000 of Invest to Save funding for Claims Handling in the Redundancy Payments Scheme (CHIRPS);

(xxxii) transfer of £3,230,000 in administration costs, £200,000 in programme and £7,005,000 in non Voted expenditure from the Cabinet Office to reflect Machinery of Government transfers in respect of Women and Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission;

(xxxiii) utilisation of £300,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund National Weights and Measures Laboratory market development;

(xxxiv) transfer of £3,319,000 from capital to administration in connection with British Trade International to fund IT development under the ELGAR PFI contract;

(xxxv) utilisation of £6,700,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase non Voted Coal Authority expenditure for minewater liabilities;

(xxxvi) utilisation of £5,800,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Competition Commission;

(xxxvii) utilisation of £300,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase non voted expenditure of SITPRO;

(xxxviii) removal from DEL of £5,000 in voted recoveries of coal health claim overpayments.

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(i) utilisation of £25,000 from the Departmental Unallocated Provision to increase Grant to the Royal Society for the foot and mouth enquiry;

(ii) utilisation of £9,076,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for Knowledge Transfer;

(iii) transfer of £75,000 to the Department of Health for Human Genetic Research;

(iv) utilisation of £1,023,000 from the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for increased non voted expenditure by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;

(v) utilisation of £8,000,000 from the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to make an agreed capital to resource virement for non voted expenditure by the Medical Research Council;

(vi) utilisation of £712,000 from the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase non Voted expenditure by the Medical Research Council;

(vii) utilisation of £4,450,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase non Voted expenditure by the Natural Environment Research Council;

(viii) utilisation of £5,352,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase non Voted expenditure by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council;

(ix) utilisation of £83,000 of the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to increase non-voted expenditure of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

2. There is also an increase in non-Voted expenditure on liabilities of £27,700,000 (£20,100,000 on the Coal Operating Subsidy, £2,000,000 on Enemy Property Claims, £2,900,000 on coal redundancy packages and £2,700,000 on compensation to trawlermen), and the removal from DEL of £357,400 of non voted expenditure on coal health liabilities and £399,895,000 of CFER receipts related to coal pension fund surpluses.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from

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(i) utilisation of £1,400,000 capital from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for Rover Task Force;

(ii) utilisation of £3,250,000 from the Capital Modernisation Fund project for business.gov;

(iii) utilisation of £4,300,000 capital from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for University Innovation Centres;

(iv) utilisation of £ 10,100,000 from the unused balance of the Department's capital end-year flexibility entitlement to offset a shortfall in launch aid receipts;

(v) utilisation of £48,500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's capital end-year flexibility entitlement for the Rolls Royce Trent 600 and 900 projects;

(vi) provision of £48,500,000 from the reserve for the Rolls Royce Trent 600 and 900 projects;

(vii) utilisation of £2,700,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund increased expenditure on Parental Leave;

(viii) utilisation of £700,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Employment Tribunals Service;

(ix) utilisation of £233,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Employment Tribunals Service Capital Modernisation Fund project;

(x) utilisation of £10,000 capital from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement transferred from the Department for Education and Science for the Work-life Balance Invest to Save project;

(xi) transfer of £3,319,000 from capital to administration in connection with British Trade International to fund IT development under the ELGAR PFI contract;

(xii) virement of £5,000,000 from non Voted Regional Development Agency expenditure to departmental capital for accommodation;

(xiii) transfer of £15,000 from the Departmental Unallocated Provision (capital) to fund a grant to the UK Science Parks Association;

(xiv) utilisation of £8,500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Competition Commission.

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(i) utilisation of £1,458,000 from the unused balance of the Department's resource end-year flexibility entitlement to make a virement to capital to fund increased non voted expenditure by the Natural Environment Research Council;

(ii) utilisation of £4,358,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund increased non voted expenditure by the Natural Environment Research Council;

The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from the partial take up of £713,000 end year flexibility, of which £472,000 is required for additional consultancy, £91,000 for legal costs and £150,000 for an extension to the twinning with Poland programme under the EU's PHARE initiative. The increase will be offset by a corresponding increase in appropriations in aid.

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

(i) the take up of end year flexibility of £77,000 in respect of the ring-fenced Invest to Save Budget approved by Parliament.

(ii) the provision of a decrease of £717k in gross resources and (ii) Appropriations in Aid, resulting from a reduction in expected income from Competition Act notifications and recovered legal fees, the departure of minor occupiers from the building, and the end to the provision of common services to other departments. In addition, the reflection of changes in accounting policy on EC receipts to bring OFT in line with other government departments.

The increases in the above Estimates will be offset by transfers or charges to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of Public expenditure.

(iii) utilisation of £790,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to fund increased non voted expenditure by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council;

(iv) utilisation of £87,399,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Joint Infrastructure Fund. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Telecommunications DEL will be increased by £1,000 from -£222,000 to -£221,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £563,000 from £18,015,000 to £18,578,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Fair Trading resource DEL will be increased by £77,000 from £48,168,000 to £48,245,000, and the administration costs limits will be increased by £77,000 from £48,985,000 to £49,062,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table: under section 14 of the Energy Act 1976 and planning permission for the station has been deemed to be granted subject to 50 conditions agreed with the New Forest District Council and the Hampshire County Council.

Guidance on Full Local Transport Plans(planned for 2004) will cover this point.

In the meantime, local highway authorities should use the new guidance, being published tomorrow, to plan effective improvements to their rights of way network in line with their new duty. Under the provisions of section 60 to 62 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, local highway authorities are required by law to prepare the first rights of way improvement plans within five years. We suggest that local highway authorities prepare them earlier than this if possible. Indeed, it is encouraging to know that many authorities have already started on the planning process. This work will make a positive difference and will be every bit as valid after rights of way improvement planning is incorporated into the local transport planning process

A copy of the commencement order and statutory guidance have been placed in the House of Commons Library. Further information can be found on the Department's website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/index.htm. A copy of the summary of the responses to the consultation exercise earlier this year is also on the website.

My noble Friend Lord Hunt, my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education, Department for Education and Skills (Mrs Hodge), Ms Jane Hutt, Minister for Health and Social Services at the National Assembly for Wales and I have agreed the terms of reference. Prominent among the issues that led to the announcement of the review was that primary care trusts (PCTs) in their effort to deliver improved local patient care also focussed on education and research. The terms of reference directly tackle this concern and are, in the light of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, to:

review the role of PCTs in ensuring the right balance is struck between care for NHS patients, learning and research;

consider the responsibilities of PCTs in supporting research and learning across all health care professions in the NHS and identify those responsibilities that are proving difficult to achieve;

report to Ministers by December 2003, including any recommendations for action that may be required to enable PCTs to discharge their responsibilities more effectively; and

advise how the findings might inform the process of implementing local health boards in Wales and the Welsh Assembly's strategy on continuing professional development.

In line with commitments already given by my noble Friend Lord Hunt, the review will:

be carried out jointly by the Department of Health, Department for Education and Skills and the National Assembly for Wales;

be overseen by Ministers from each Department;

cover the full range of healthcare professions, including but not limited to doctors;

The change in the resource element of the DEL for the Department of Health arises from: the take up of end year flexibility £404,844,000 for health authority and central allocations as set out in Table 6 of the public expenditure 2001–02 provisional outturn White Paper Cm 5574 published in July 2002; a change in the level of National Health Service trust depreciation £184,000,000; a net transfer from the Home Office of £3,900,000 comprising £1,824,000 for match funded social care projects, £938,000 community projects relating to assessment and treatment of people with severe personality disorder, £673,000 for a contribution towards the Victoria Climbie Inquiry, £450,000 for Broadmoor hospital pilot ward, £30,000 for a survey of smoking, drinking and drug use in young people, offset by £15,000 for a grant to Mediation UK to recruit volunteer service managers; from the Scottish Executive £385,000 for a contribution towards the Nursing Midwives Council; from the Office for National

report by December 2003, and

provide an opportunity to consult widely, including with experts

in the fields of health, education, and research.

The review will be overseen, on Ministers' behalf, by the newly formed strategic learning and research advisory group for health and social care which has been set up specifically to improve and oversee joint working at the interface between the health and social care and education sectors at central government level, and which the Permanent Secretaries of the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills jointly chair.

The increase in the FSA DEL is the result of take-up of end year flexibility of £16,950,000 (of which £2,816,000 is administration costs). The FSA manages it resource spend over the three year Government spending review period. This end year flexibility is needed to address future FSA and meat hygiene services funding pressures that have already been identified.

As a result of these changes the gross administration cost limit for the FSA has increased by £2,816,000 to £55,119,000.

The increases will be offset by inter-departmental transfers and take up of end year flexibility and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

The council placed an emphasis on paying benefit quickly and the achievement of this compromised the aims of getting payments right first time and deterring fraud. From its sample, the report finds that 100 per cent of Rent Rebate and Council Tax Benefit, and 84 per cent of Rent Allowance claims were processed within 14 days of all information being available. The council had no backlogs of work to hinder the claims processing times. However, the council failed to routinely verify information and evidence in support of claims. Security was not an integral part of the administration of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. Caerphilly County Borough Council had not implemented the Verification Framework and had no plans to do so. From its sample, the report finds that the quality of verification was poor compared to the Verification Framework benchmark and that the gateway to the benefits system was weak.

The report finds that the council effectively administered renewal claims and ensured continuity of benefit payments to claimants. However, over 1,000 claims were not renewed in 2000/01 and the council took limited action to establish the reasons.

The council dealt with changes of circumstances promptly, pursued overpayments of benefit vigorously and had an effective rate of recovery. The council made use of legal action and debt collection agencies to recover debt where other recovery options had failed.

The council investigated benefit fraud and had completed successful prosecutions. However, there was some scope for improvement in working with other organisations and in the quality and speed of investigations.

Management reporting and risk analysis also needed improvement, as the lack of reliable management information and risk analysis impacted on the council's ability to effectively manage its benefit service and counter fraud activity.

In 2000/01, Caerphilly County Borough Council administered approximately* £39.5 million in housing benefits.

My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State is now considering the report and will be asking the council for its proposals in response to the findings and recommendations of the BFI.

Halcrow have now produced their first annual report on these powers: Assessing the Extent of Street Works and Monitoring the Effectiveness of Section 74 in Reducing Disruption. The report consists of two volumes; Volume 1 is the main report and Volume 2 contains accompanying tables and charts. Copies of each have been placed in the libraries of both Houses today.