Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Cabinet Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be decreased by £11,159,000 from £250,017,000 to £238,858,000 and the gross administration costs limits will be decreased by £2,102,000 from £219,130,000 to £217,028,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from reductions due to machinery of Government transfer of shareholder executive to the Department for Trade and Industry of £2,585,000, transfer of £10,057,000 to the Ministry of Defence for funding of the national met programme, end year flexibility drawn of £1,000,000 to fund the "go in, stay in, tune in" public information campaign and net transfers from other government departments of £483,000.

There is no change to the capital element of the DEL.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the H M Customs and Excise departmental expenditure limit will be increased by £75,736,000 from £1,331,872,000 to £1,407,608,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £34,476,000 from £1,184,015,000 to £1,218,491,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

administration costs increases resulting from the take up of £41,914,000 end year flexibility entitlement (EYF) as set out in the public expenditure outturn White Paper (CM6293). This is partially offset by a transfer of £1,645,000 to HM Treasury to meet the costs of the transfer of policy work and virement from administration costs to programme expenditure of £5,793,000; and

programme expenditure changes relating to: the draw down of £25,000,000 to cover additional costs of lorry road user charging, which formed a part of spending review 2004; an award from the efficiency challenge fund of £300,000; transfers from the Home Office to meet additional costs of anti-terrorism work of £2,336,000, funding from the recovered assets incentivisation fund of £4,161,000 to meet operational and legal costs and £40,000 towards the CIDA project. Further there is a transfer to the Home Office of £140,000 in support of two specific projects and electro mechanical services.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw-down of capital EYF amounting to £3,680,000 and a transfer from the Home Office of £90,000 to support anti-terrorism work.

Supplementary Estimates

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, HM Treasury DEL will be increased by £17,115,000 from £225,574,000 to £242,689,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £5,618,000 from £146,891,000 to £152,509,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

Voted

an increase in total Treasury administrative costs of £5,618,000 resulting from:

a partial draw down of end year flexibility (eyf) of £98,000 for administration of the Invest to Save Budget (ISB);

a transfer from the Evidence Based Policy Fund (EBPF) of £35,000 for a research project on regional inequalities in the United Kingdom;

a transfer of £5,485,000 from the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise to fund the switch of taxation policy responsibility to HM Treasury as recommended by the O'Donnell review;

an increase in A in A of £200,000 and a matching £200,000 expenditure for secondments.

a partial draw down of programme eyf of £139,000 for the ISB team;

a draw down of £300,000 EBPF programme and its subsequent transfer to the Office for National Statistics for a project on the measurement of public sector output as recommended by the Atkinson review. This transfer is DEL neutral for HM Treasury;

a transfer to Home Office of £30,000 programme spend for the GRECO project, which assesses national anti-corruption arrangements;

an increase in A in A programme of £5,900,000 and a matching £5,900,000 increase in spend for the Office of Paymaster General to bring the estimate in line with forecasts;

a DEL neutral virement of £316,000 between sections in HM Treasury's RfR 1;

an increase in A in A programme of £229,000 and a matching £229,000 increase in spend for the Coinage RfR 2, following the sale of scrap metal;

Non-voted

a partial draw down of programme eyf of £3,810,000 for an increase in Bank of England agency payments, to cover restructuring costs of gilt administration;

a partial draw down of programme eyf of £232,000 for resettlement payments to Members of the European Parliament;

an increase in OGC programme spend of £7,800,000, funded by the Efficiency Challenge Fund, as agreed in the 2004 spending review, to be drawn down for use via the Estimates as initiatives are identified and agreed with HM Treasury.

An increase in DEL CFERs of £454,000.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Inland Revenue departmental expenditure limit will be increased by £152,750,000 from £3,205,460,000 to £3,358,210,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £86,282,000 from £2,989,475,000 to £3,075,757,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from the draw down of £90,121,000 administration costs EYF; take up award from the efficiency challenge fund of £20,700,000 programme costs. Additionally, the change relates to minor inter-departmental PES transfers, to HM Treasury reducing administration costs by £3,840,000; and from the Home Office increasing programme costs by £782,000.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of capital EYF and other resource EYF, totalling £44,496,000 as set out in the "Public Expenditure Outturn" White Paper (CM6293), and an increase of £490,000 to VGA net costs for impairment.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office for National Statistics DEL will decrease by £422,000 from £178,426,000 to £178,004,000 and the administration costs limit will decrease by £417,000 from £153,677,000 to £153,260,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from a transfer of £917,000 in total to other government departments in relation to work to develop the neighbourhood statistics programme. The transfers comprise £518,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, £195,000 to the Department of Health, £126,000 to the Department for Education and Skills, £44,000 to the Department of Constitutional Affairs and £34,000 to the Department for Transport. This is partially offset by a transfer in to ONS of £500,000 from other government departments. These transfers comprise £300,000 from HM Treasury to fund work on the Atkinson Review of Government Output and Productivity and £200,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs in respect of registration services' gender recognition project.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from a transfer of £5,000 to the Department of Health in relation to work to develop the neighbourhood statistics programme.

The Government's consultation paper on broadcasting courts is published today, and copies have been placed in the Library.

In the paper, the Government considers the question of broadcasting courts with an open mind. We are making no recommendations to change the existing law—our purpose is to open the debate on this subject and to gauge stakeholder and public opinion prior to developing policy.

Although no proposals are being made, throughout the paper the Government maintains the position that nothing must be done that would harm the process of justice in any way. In particular, no changes will be made that might place added pressure on vulnerable participants in court proceedings, such as victims and witnesses.

In addition to the usual consultation with stakeholders, the Government wishes to encourage responses to the paper from the general public. To this end, an electronic copy of the consultation paper will be available on the DCA website, alongside an interactive copy of the questionnaire which can be completed on-line. There will also be a discussion forum, accessible via a link from the DCA website, on which interested parties will be able to share their views.

Magistrates Courts

On Thursday 11 November, my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State made a statement in respect of supporting magistrates to provide justice.

The problems dealt with every day in the magistrates courts are at the very top of the public agenda. We rely on them to be the frontline in terms of the dealing with crime, youth justice, and many family issues.

Magistrates courts should be more:

connected to their communities;

respected for what they do and their orders obeyed with the public having confidence in them; and

effective at what they do—dispensing local justice.

To realise this, my Department is working in partnership with the magistracy, the district judges and those working in magistrates courts to identify what can be done to achieve this and that will supplement the substantial changes already taking place in the magistrates courts.

As part of this programme of work, "supporting magistrates to provide justice", tomorrow, my Department is writing to every single lay magistrate in England and Wales inviting them to complete a questionnaire to give me their ideas and suggestions.

The questionnaire will also be made available to the professional judiciary, all those who work in the magistrates courts and all organisations within the Criminal Justice System.

Further detail on the scope and objectives of this work, as well as electronic versions of the questionnaire, can be found on the internet at www.dca.gov.uk/magistrates.htm

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport DEL will be increased by £171,751,000 from £1,444,030,000 to £1,615,781,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £5,342,000 from £45,912,000 to £51,254,000.

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

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from increased expenditure offset by increased appropriations in aid of £3,150,000 to the Royal Parks Agency.

Take up of end-year flexibility £85,033,000 in respect of: listed places of worship (£26,000); culture online (£2,160,000); museums, libraries and archives council (£1,000,000); public lending right (£92,000); strategic commissioning (£256,000); DCMS/Wolfson improvement fund (£104,000); school sports co-ordinator project (£3,000,000); English Heritage (£123,000); the royal household (£200,000); non-cash requirements (£13,015,000); tourism (£75,000); and to fund other on-going projects within NDPBs (£64,836,000), specifically: Imperial War Museum—£2,800,000; National Gallery—£3,450,000; National Museums Liverpool—£2,468,000; Tate Gallery—£13,500,000; British Library—£8,880,000; Arts Council—£14,018,000; Sport England—£7,920,000; UK Sports Council—£4,250,000; English Heritage—£3,000,000; UK Film Council—£4,550,000.

Transfers from other Government Departments of £1,000,000 from DfES in respect of strategic commissioning: museums and galleries education programme and £4,000,000 from DfT in respect of Wembley development costs.

Transfers to other Government Departments of £3,000,000 to DfES in respect of school sport co-ordinators programme; £23,000 to DfES in respect of staff costs of PESSCL; £770,000 to MoD for grant to the Met Office.

A reserve claim of £1,250,000 to cover the costs of the sale of the TOTE.

The increase in the Department's administration costs limit arises from take up of end-year flexibility of £5,865,000 in respect of: broadcasting reviews (500,000); cash management bonus 2002–03 and 2003–04 (£63,000 and £55,000 respectively); to meet ongoing commitments (£5,247,000).

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from take up of end-year flexibility of £130,796,000 in respect of capital modernisation fund projects (£68,803,000); ERDF (£27,630,000); and to fund ongoing projects within the Department's NDPB's (£34,363,000), specifically from 2002–03 EYF entitlement: museums, galleries and libraries—£30,385,000; arts—£89,000; historic buildings monuments and sites—£439,000; sport—£207,000; from 2003–04 EYF entitlement National Museum of Science and Industry—£800,000; Tate Gallery—£963,000; Sir John Soanes Museum—£200,000; Sport England—£1,000,000; English Heritage—£280,000.

Transfers to DWP of £20,800,000 in respect of repayment of ERDF/ESF loan from 2003–04 under the PES pool arrangement to increase European development fund expenditure borne on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Estimate.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Ministry of Defence departmental expenditure limits will be increased by £476,763,000 from £29,868,175,000 to £30,344,938,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

A transfer from Capital DEL to Resource DEL of £350,000,000 as agreed in SR 04.

Transfers totalling £14,750,000 from the Cabinet Office (£10,057,000), the Scottish Executive (£1,112,000), the Welsh Assembly (£611,000), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (£770,000) and the Department of Trade and Industry (£2,200,000) as their share of the National Meteorological Programme and Weather Warning Service costs under a pan Government agreement.

A transfer of £13,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions as a contribution to the Veteran Agency's helpline.

An increase in Resource Appropriations in Aid of £16,300,000 from receipt of a special dividend from the Hydrographic Office.

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

the take up of end year flexibility of £168,000,000 CDEL;

to reflect the balance sheet capitalisation of £335,000,000 for MOD main building, Whitehall, following a PFI refurbishment;

a transfer from Capital DEL to Resource DEL of £350,000,000 as agreed in SR04;

to recognise a Capital DEL reduction of £41 million in RfR1, for the advanced purchase of programmed equipment as UORs, under RfR2 in 2003–04.

The changes to CDEL and RDEL will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £141,763,000.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's departmental expenditure Llmits for 2004–05 will change as follows:

(1) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Main Programmes DEL will be increased by £87,881,000 from £7,041,948,000 to £7,129,829,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £26,889,000 from £327,916,000 to £354,805,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

(i) take_up_of_end-year_flexibility_of_£121,441,000 comprising:

(a) £35,743,000 for housing programme expenditure;

(b) £1,340,000 for ordnance survey expenditure;

(c) £3,000,000 for e-planning;

(d) £331,000 from invest to save budget for fire services;

(e) £41,163,000 for fire services programme expenditure including transitional funding;

(f) £1,950,000 for Fire Service College;

(g) £4,500,000 for regional policy (regional assemblies);

(h) £896,000 for research expenditure;

(i) £7,987,000 (administration costs) for Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency;

(j) £3,000,000 for central administration provision;

(k) £21,020,000 non-voted for regional development agencies;

(l) £511,000 non-voted for the housing corporation.

(ii) a_net_transfer_of_£_47,786,000_to_other_Government_Departments, comprising:

Programme Expenditure

(a) £109,000 from the Scottish Executive for Housing;

(b) £130,000 from Home Office for Special Grants Programme;

(c) £10,000,000 from Department of Trade and Industry to non voted for English Partnerships;

(d) £3,000,000 from Department for Education and Skills to non voted for Housing Corporation;

Administration Costs (Central ODPM)

(e) £80,000 from the Department for Transport for the Equality and Diversity Unit;

(f) £39,000 from the Home Office for anti social behaviour;

(g) £518,000 from the Office of National Statistics;

Administration Costs (Government Offices)

(h) £19,451,000 from the Home Office to the Government Offices for work on Crime Reduction Unit, Active Community Unit, Street Crime, Community Cohesion, Drugs Prevention Advisory Service, Communities Policy, Business Crime Advisors, Criminal Justice intervention Programme, Youth Crime, Restriction on Bail, Local Delivery Managers and core funding;

(i) £3,999,000 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Government Offices for work on Core Agenda;

(j) £600,000 from Department for Education and Skills to the Government Offices for work on Core Agenda;

(k) £58,000 from Department of Work and Pensions to Government Offices for additional work on the European Social Fund;

Programme Expenditure

(l) £77,169,000 to Department of Trade and Industry for non cash expenditure of Regional Development Agencies;

(m) £1,500,000 to Department for Education and Skills from Neighbourhood Renewal;

(n) £258,000 to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs in support of the Liveability Toolkit;

Administration Costs (Central ODPM)

(o) £6,507,000 to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to cover the baseline budget for the rent on Ashdown House;

(p) £48,000 to the Department for Transport for Counselling and Support Services;

(q) £45,000 to the Highway Agency for Counselling and Support Services;

(r) £30,000 to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for Counselling and Support services;

(s) £3,000 to the Vehicle Certification Agency for Counselling and Support Services;

(t) £210,000 to the Department of Constitutional Affairs for Accounting Services;

(iii) A_net_increase_in_receipts_of_£528,000 after offsetting

(a) increases in provision of £300,000 for Housing, £100,000 for Building Regulations, £200,000 for Planning, £736,000 for Fire Services, £1,333,000 for Civil Resilience, £550,000 for Research, £126,000 for administration costs, £100,000 to non voted for Housing Corporation; and

(b) decreases in provision of £1,287,000 for Fire Service College, £510,000 voted and £1,120,000 non voted for the Ordnance Survey programme expenditure.

(iv) A_transfer_of_£2,510,000_to_Request_for_Resources_2 to fund Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) Inspection.

(v) A_transfer_of_£68,426,000_from_capital_to_resource_investment within non voted for the Housing Corporation

(vi) A_transfer_of_£5,000,000_from_resource_investment_to_capital within non voted for English Partnerships

(vii) A net transfer of £8,673,000 from non-voted to voted provision comprising:

(a) A transfer of £12,600,000 to Housing programmes from non voted for the Housing Corporation

(b) A transfer of £3,577,000 from voted to non voted within the Other Growth Areas (£400,000 in respect of SEEDA and £3,177,000 for English Partnerships);

(c) A transfer of £350,000 from Planning to non voted for English Partnerships;

(viii) As a result of the changes to Request for Resources 1, The_Office_of_the_Deputy_Prime_Minister's_administration_provision has been increased by £28,889,000 from £329,043,000 to £ 357,932,000.

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

(ix) take_up_of_end_year_flexibility_of_£18,253,000 comprising of

(a) £5,440,000 for the Housing programme expenditure;

(b) £2,200,000 for E—Planning;

(c) £50,000 drawn down of Invest to Save Budget for Fire services;

(d) £240,000 for expenditure by the Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency;

(e) £6,678,000 ODPM (C) Capital for Strategic IT;

(f) £915,000 for Government Offices;

(g) £1,030,000 non voted for Departmental Unallocated Provision;

(h) £1,700,000 non- voted for the Housing Corporation.

(x) A_transfer_of_£68,426,000_from_capital_to_resource_investment within non-voted for the housing corporation.

(xi) A_transfer_of_£1,517,000_to_the_Department_for_Transport for Capital Strategic IT

(xii) A_transfer_of_£5,000,000_to_capital_from_resource_investment within non-voted for English Partnerships

(xiii) Within the capital element of the DEL there is a net transfer of £71,612,000 from non-voted to voted provision comprising of; £59,968,000 from non voted for Local Authority Supported Capital Expenditure to Other Housing and Homelessness; £5,000,000 from non voted for English Partnerships to voted for Coalfields Enterprise Fund; £5,456,000 from voted to non voted within Other Growth Area and £12,100,000 from non-voted Housing Corporation to Other Housing and Homelessness

(2) The_Office_of_the_Deputy_Prime_Minister's_Local_Government_DEL will be increased by £83,059,000 from £43,684,096,000 to £43,767,155,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

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

(i) Take_up_of_End_Year_Flexibility_of_£30,974,000 comprising:

(a) £4,241,000 for Valuation Services;

(b) £5,303,000 for Best Value Intervention Costs;

(c) £8,132,000 for Local Government Research and Publicity (including £530,000 draw down from the Invest to Save Budget);

(d) £75,000 for Local Governance;

(e) £12,722,000 for Other Grants and Payments;

(f) £501,000 non voted for the Standards Board

(ii) A_transfer_of_£2,510,000_from_Request_for_Resources_1 to fund Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) Inspection.

(iii) A_transfer_of_£100,000_from_voted_resource_consumption_DEL_to_non-_voted_capital_DEL for the Standards Board.

(iv) A_transfer_of_£3,900,000 to the Department of Constitutional Affairs.

(v) Increase_in_provision_of_£6,000,000 for the Efficiency Challenge Fund.

(vi) A_transfer_from_Other_Government_Departments of £125,000.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from

(a) Take_up_of_End_Year_Flexibility_of_£47,000,000 for Local Government on Line;

(b) Take_up_of_End_Year_Flexibility_of_£350,000 for Valuation Tribunal Service;

(c) A_transfer_of_£100,000_from_voted_resource_consumption_DEL_to_non-_voted_capital_DEL for the Standards Board.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be increased by £40,704,000 from £3,137,743,000 to £3,178,447,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £18,078,000 from £339,494,000 to £357,572,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from (i) a take up of end-year flexibility of £119,098,000 programme resources and £15,396,000 administration resources as set out in the public expenditure 2003–04 provisional outturn paper (Cm 6293); (ii) take up of £6,189,000 administration resources from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for accommodation costs relating to Ashdown House; (iii) re-classification of £25,456,000 of Environment Agency's non-voted capital as non-voted resource, to reflect the correct accounting treatment of these funds; (iv) take up of £4,400,000 of programme resources from the efficiency challenge fund as set out in the spending review for 2004; (v) take up of £258,000 of programme resources from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for the Cleaner, Safer, Greener Communities programme; (vi) a transfer of £3,999,000 administration resources to ODPM for Government Offices running costs; (vii) take up of £350,000 programme resources from DTI for the Cereal Industry Forum; (viii) take up £193,000 administration resources and £520,000 programme resources from ODPM, Home Office, Department for Transport, and the Scottish Executive, for the Government Decontamination and Recovery Scheme; (ix) take up of £49,000 administration resources from the Department for Transport for the Coast Protection Act; (x) take up of £125,000 administration resources each from Department for Transport and ODPM for Ashdown House telephony charges; (xi) transfer of £3,000,000 programme resources to the National Forestry Commission to fund increased applications and proportion of contracts being implemented under the Woodland Grants scheme; (xii) transfer of £400,000 programme resources to the National Forestry Commission to enable access to its estates under the Countryside Rights of Way Act; (xiii) transfer of £3,600,000 programme resources to the Department for Constitutional Affairs for implementation of the Obstructions to Rights of Way section of the Countryside Rights of Way Act; (xiv) surrender £95,000,000 of non-voted DEL for annual payments for the Environment Agency pension scheme, as under resource accounting a provision has been opened for the full liability of the scheme.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from: (i) reclassification of £25,456,000 of Environment Agency's non-voted capital as non-voted resource, to reflect the correct accounting treatment of these funds.

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

Supplementary Estimates

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increased by £8,743,000 from £78,391,000 to £87,134,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from the take up of £5,481,000 end of year flexibility to meet woodland grant scheme and VAT commitments and also a transfer of £3,400,000 from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Of this £3,000,000 will fund woodland grants and the remaining £400,000 is to fund the dedication of the freehold element of the public estate for public access.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the take up of £114,000 end of year flexibility that will be used for the purchase of office machinery and equipment.

): Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £266,923,000 from £1,616,521,000 to £1,883,444,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £4,665,000 from £788,341,000 to £793,006,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

* 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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from

RfR1

I. Draw down of the £9,600,000 from the Efficiency Challenge Fund.

II. Reserve claim of £6,800,000 for funds to implement changes recommended by the review of FCO security and £4,000,000 for enhanced security for British Council premises and staff overseas.

III. Reserve claim of £6,139,000 for the Afghanistan Delivery Plan.

IV. Take up of full entitlement to End Year Flexibility (EYF) of £45,429,000 for administration relating to the 2003–04 underspends.

V. A PES transfer from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of £300,000 for the return to the FCO of admin resource transferred in 2003–04.

VI. A PES transfer from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of £136,000 in respect of "netting off" procedures introduced in April 2003.

VII. A PES transfer from the Home Office of £2,000,000 in respect of the Afghanistan Delivery Plan.

VIII. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £19,000 for planned programme activity.

IX. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £500,000 in respect of the Good Governance Project.

X. A PES transfer of £100,000 to the Department of Trade (DfT) in respect of the "Hamilton Project".

RfR2

XI. Draw down of £95,000,000 and £73,000,000 being the balance of FCO peacekeeping main estimate provision.

XII. A PES transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £2,514,000 for planned programme activity.

XIII. A PES transfer to the Cabinet Office of £500,000 for the countries at risk of instability (CRI) pilot.

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

I. Reserve claim of £14,500,000 for funds to implement changes recommended by the review of FCO security.

II. Take up of full entitlement to end year flexibility (EYF) of £13,652,000 relating to the 2003–04 underspends.

Butler Review

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister told the House in his statements on 14 July, Official Report, column 143 and 20 July, Official Report, column 195, that the Government fully accept the conclusions of Lord Butler's review of intelligence on weapons of mass destruction. A detailed programme of work is now underway to take forward work dealing with those conclusions.

As part of this work, Sir David Omand, the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, has established a committee of senior officials that will meet regularly to oversee the various strands of work under-way to implement the recommendations of the Butler review.

In addition, a dedicated study team led by a senior FCO official is considering Lord Butler's specific recommendations relating to the role, size and shape of the central assessments staff and wider analytical support the intelligence community receives. The study team will present its final report in the new year.

The Intelligence and Security Committee is being kept informed of the progress of this work.

Subject to the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department of Health's element of the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £757,138,000 from £71,541,721,000 to £72,298,859,000 and the administration cost limit will be increased by £7,194,000 from £250,776,000 to £257,970,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL will be increased by £12,803,000 from £139,675,000 to £152,478,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will increase by £769,941,000 from £71,681,396,000 to £72,451,337,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table.

£ million

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

The change in the DEL arises from the take up of end year flexibility £826,367,000 (£7,014,000 administration costs) for capital, revenue and administration budgets as set out in table 6 of the Public Expenditure 2003–04 Provisional Outturn White Paper Cm 6293 published in July 2004. A transfer to the Department for Education and Skills of £29,945,000 (£15,000 administration costs) mainly for pay and pension indexation, contributions to the healthy schools programme and a project to widen access to health care professions. A net transfer to the Home Office of £25,537,000 mainly for the substance misuse planning grant, offset by funding for prison healthcare and a contribution to the work of the national oversight group and drug action teams. A net transfer to the Scottish Executive of £2,777,000 for out of area treatments and health publicity material, offset by a contribution for the high security infectious disease unit. A transfer to the National Assembly for Wales of £11,160,000 for out of area treatments and health publicity material. A transfer from the Office of National Statistics of £200,000 (£195,000 administration costs) for a contribution to the data development work of the neighbourhood statistics programme. A transfer to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of £10,000 for older people's services.

The administration cost limit has increased by £7,194,000 from £250,776,000 to £257,970,000 as detailed above.

The changes to the Food Standards Agency resource element of the departmental expenditure limit arise from a claim for end year flexibility of £12,803,000 (£9,444,000 programme and £3,359,000 administration costs) to fund on-going FSA activity including a publicity campaign to raise salt awareness with consumers and the transfer of £2,700,000 from the FSA to the Meat Hygiene Service, an executive agency of the FSA.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) administration cost limit has increased by £3,359,000 from £50,335,000 to £53,694,000 as a result of incorporating administration cost EYF.

Medicines Act Advisory Committees

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner) made the following written ministerial statement on 11 November 2004.

Following a public consultation earlier this year on proposals to restructure the advisory committees laid down in the Medicines Act 1968, I am pleased to inform the House of the new structure that the Government have decided to put in place. I am also informing the House of proposals to revise the code of practice on interests that will be applied to them.

In summary, the new advisory committee structure will comprise:

a new commission that amalgamates the responsibilities of the present medicines commission and the committee on safety of medicines and will advise Ministers direct on regulatory matters associated with medicines for human use;

a number of Section 4 committees which will be able to advise Ministers direct on issues for which they are responsible;

sub-committees and expert advisory groups (EAGs);

a list of experts on whom the commission and the other committees and groups can call for advice;

lay/patient representatives on each of the committees, sub-committees and groups.

The new structure will closely align the advisory bodies established under the Medicines Act with the structures being established in the European medicines regulatory system. This will allow the Department's medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) to continue to play a highly effective role in that system. There will be greater public and patient involvement in the regulatory process that will strengthen the agency's ability to take account of the public interest. As patients become increasingly knowledgeable about healthcare we want to ensure that there is a means to enable them to advise on the safety and efficacy of their medicines.

Today a public consultation is being launched on proposals to revise the code of practice on interests that applies to chairmen and members of the advisory bodies established under the 1968 Medicines Act. This is part of a wider programme of restructuring the advisory bodies that advise Ministers on matters relating to the Act, the exercise of powers under it and otherwise relating to human and veterinary medicines.

These proposals will also provide the means to comply with new EU legislation dealing with the financial and other interests of experts concerned with the authorisation and surveillance of medicinal products. Indeed our proposals go further than the requirements set out in the EU legislation.

The proposals cover the financial and non-financial interests of the chairmen and members of the new commission, the Section 4 Committees established under the Medicines Act (except the British Pharmacopoeia Commission), the sub committees and expert advisory committee and any experts co-opted onto the committees. We are also proposing that chairmen and members must declare interests of immediate family of which they are aware, and any other matter that may affect, or may reasonably be perceived as affecting, their impartiality.

A wide range of bodies, representing patients, industry and healthcare professionals is being consulted. I am placing a copy of the consultation document—LX316—in the Library, together with today's press release announcing these new measures. The consultation document can also be obtained from the MHRA website.

The Government are committed to ensuring that the MHRA operates in a transparent and open way. Because medicines form such an essential component of effective healthcare delivery, we are also committed to ensuring that patients and the public have an effective role to play in the regulatory process.

Plans of changes to the departmental expenditure limit and administrative cost limit for 2004–05.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office's departmental expenditure limits for 2004–05 will be increased by £425,962,000 from £12,907,509,000 to £13,333,471,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £123,687,000 from £3,496,679,000 to £3,620,366,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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.

(a)

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

End Year Flexibility totalling £243,278,000 comprising:

Administration costs, £142,552,000:

£58,251,000 to section A; £2,536,000 to section F; £2,862,000 to section G; £78,903,000 to section I being carry forward of 2003–04 DEL underspending into 2004–05 under the DEL EYF scheme.

Programme costs, £100,726,000:

£36,760,000 to section A; £9,488,000 to section B; £20,099,000 to section D; £8,196,000 to section F; £14,535,000 to section G; £9,861,000 to section H; £1,500,000 to section I; £287,000 to section M being carry forward of 2003–04 DEL underspending into 2004–05 under the DEL EYF scheme.

Invest to Save fund totalling £2,091,000 comprising:

£285,000 to section A for the Inner London Detox Centre; £350,000 section E for providing seamless access to treatment for drug mis-using offenders; £85,000 to section L for the south west prisons family support service; £891,000 to section M to fund the Peterborough Migration and Asylum Service project and £480,000 to the Youth Justice Board for family group conferencing and youth inclusion and support panels.

Transfers from Other Government Departments totalling £42,230,000 comprising:

£3,120,000 from the Department for Education and Skills comprising £1,002,000 to section E for substance misuse training for personal advisors as contribution to the pooled budget for the Young Peoples Substance Misuse Partnership Grant;

£1,500,000 to section K for education funding in the contracted prison estate; £618,000 to section L to fund education and training of offenders and delivery of targets in Wales; £38,940,000 from the Department of Health to section E as a contribution to the pooled budget for the Young People's substance misuse partnership grant. £140,000 from HM Custom & Excise to section P for special projects and electro mechanical services.

£30,000 from HM Treasury to section F as contribution to group of states against corruption (GRECO).

Transfer to other Government Department totalling £193,297,000 comprising

£285,000 from section D to the Assets Recovery Agency to implement a communications strategy for maximising transfer of skills.

£89,170,000 to the Crown Prosecution Service comprising £1,129,000 from section B for 12 regional ASB Prosecutors to tackle anti-social behaviour; £6,591,000 from section D to maintain a Receiver's Panel to contribute to Regional Asset Recovery Tribunals and contribution to costs of Proceed of Crime Act and; £81,450,000 administration costs from the Criminal Justice System reserve.

£48,758,000 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs comprising £18,000 from section B for JSB—county court and juveniles; £337,000 from Section D for the centralisation of enforcement in centres' of excellence and £23,580,000 admin and £24,823,000 programme costs from the Criminal Justice System reserve.

£100,000 from section D to DEFRA as contribution to the Government Decontamination and Recovery Service Project.

£1,570,000 to the Department for Education and Skills comprising £1,500,000 from section G for funding Positive Activities for Young People and £70,000 admin costs from the DUP.

£13,403,000 to the Department of Health comprising £1,979,000 from section E for Arrest Referral Grant payments to Drug Action Teams to continue the development of heroin pilots; £10,400,000 from section K for prison healthcare payments and £1,024,000 from section I for Women's Services Primrose project; Sex Offenders Treatment Research community project; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme at Ashworth Hospital.

£2,000,000 to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office comprising £1,000,000 from section D and £1,000,000 from section E as contributions to the Afghanistan Drugs plan.

£6,537,000 from section D to HM Customs & Excise for Project Cyclamen; regional asset recovery teams; cash forfeiture litigation team and the CIDA project.

£782,000 from section D to the Inland Revenue for the Money Laundering team in London and four regional asset recovery teams.

£1,033,000 to the National Assembly for Wales comprising of £315,000 from section A for operation Tarian; £654,000 from section B for Crime Reduction team and Business Crime Reduction advisor in NAW; £64,000 from section G for CCU pathfinder grant programmes.

£19,596,000 to ODPM comprising £244,000 from section A for local delivery managers funding; £9,697,000 from section B for the following activity in Government Offices: RCU tariffs for Crime: Reduction teams; Business Crime Reduction advisors; street crime work; Youth Crime Task Force (London) £6,579,000 from section E for: the former Drug Prevention Advisory service following integration in Government Offices in the Regions; capacity building in Criminal Justice Intervention Programme in the Regions; £2,356,000 from section G for: CCU pathfinder grant programmes; cross Government funding to DTA; capacity building framework and partnership work and £720,000 from the DUP for part of the core funding agreed in SR02 contribution for Government office network.

£10,033,000 from section A to the Scottish Executive for Airwave police communication systems £30,000 from section D to the Cabinet Office as contribution towards the funding of serious crime project.

Del Reserve Claims totalling £62,500,000 comprising:

£50,000,000 to section A for additional police funding and £12,500,000 to section O from the Efficiency Challenge Fund.

Classification changes totalling £45,000,000:

Re-classification of £45,000,000 Criminal Justice System reserve funding from capital to administration costs.

(b)

End Year Flexibility totalling £156,425,000 comprising:

£13,343,000 to section A; £653,000 to section B; £38,099,000 to section D; £608,000 to section F; £90,987,000 to section I; £8,789,000 to section K; £3,946,000 to section M being carry forward of 2003–04 DEL underspending into 2004–05 under the DEL EYF scheme.

Invest to Save funds totalling £360,000 comprising

£300,000 to section A for the Inner London Detox Centre; £18,000 to section E for seamless access to treatment for drug mis-using offenders; £4,000 to section L for the south-west prisons family support service; £38,000 to the Youth Justice Board for family group conferencing and youth inclusion and support panels.

Transfer to other government departments totalling £11,610,000 comprising

£90,000 from section D to HM Custom & Excise for Project Cyclamen.

£5,000,000 from section I to the Department for Education and Skills for prison education.

£6,520,000 from the Criminal Justice System reserve to the Department for Constitutional Affairs as part of the capital reserve settlement.

Del Reserve Claims totalling £100,000,000

£100,000,000 to section M reflecting the revised settlement for the single Asylum fund.

Classification changes totalling £45,000,000

Re-classification of £45,000,000 Criminal Justice System reserve funding from capital to administration costs.

Subject to parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2004–05 winter supplementary estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £29,789,000 from £1,206,401,000 to £1,236,190,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

The change in the resource element of the DEL by £3,981,000 arises from the draw-down of £3,996,000 end year flexibility and the surrender of a PES transfer of £15,000 administration to security and intelligence agencies, to contribute towards administrative funding.

The extra resource costs cover a range of areas within the Department such as prisons, the Bloody Sunday inquiry, forensic science, central administration and the police service.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw-down of £25,808,000 end year flexibility.

The extra capital costs cover a range of areas within the Department such as central administration, criminal justice and prisons.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Security and Intelligence Agencies' departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £37,811,000 from £1,274,329,000 to £1,312,140,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £18,787,000 from £584,730,000 to £603,517,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the table:

£'000

* 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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:

1. The take up of end of year flexibility of £22, 672,000.

2. A transfer of £3,033,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for conflict prevention.

3. A transfer of £30,000 from the Home Office for funding a Serious Crime project.

4. A transfer of £15,000 from the Northern Ireland Office to contribute towards administrative funding.

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

1. The take up of end of year flexibility of £12,061,000.

2. A further increase in capital of £5,000. This is offset by an increase in non-operating appropriations in aid of £5,000.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the Scotland departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £428,550,000 from £21,575,971,000 to £22,004,521,000.

The DEL increase takes account of the following routine adjustments to the Scottish Executive provision: the take-up of end-year flexibility (EYF) by the Scottish Executive amounting to £500,000,000.

The DEL increase also includes the following transfers between the Scottish Executive and other Government Departments, amounting to a net decrease of £71,450,000. These are:

a transfer of £10,033,000 from the Home Office;

net transfers of £2,777,000 from the Department of Health;

a transfer of £1,059,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions;

a transfer of £100,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs;

net transfers of £83,948,000 to HM Treasury;

a transfer of £ 1,112,000 to the Ministry of Defence;

a transfer of £250,000 to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and

a transfer of £109,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

The increases will be offset by interdepartmental transfers as detailed above or charged to the DEL reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department of Trade and Industry's DEL will be increased by £527,542,000 from £4,966,261,000 to £5,493,803,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £7,958,000 from £428,847,000 to £436,805,000.

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

£000s

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL (all RfR1) arises from:

(i) utilisation of £10,210,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the Rover Task Force;

(ii) utilisation of £500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the roll out of Consumer Direct;

(iii) utilisation of £500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of emergency planning related to security of energy supply;

(iv) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of business links support to start-up businesses;

(v) utilisation of £75,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of modernisation of the Post Office Network;

(vi) utilisation of £5,800,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of launch/delivery and evidence gathering for business support products;

(vii) utilisation of £700,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of establishment of the Single Equality Body;

(viii) utilisation of £3,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for external financial and legal advisers in relation to British Energy;

(ix) utilisation of £1,800,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of UNITAS Release 2;

(x) utilisation of £4,000,000 resource and £2,000,000 capital grants from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of University Innovation Centres;

(xi) utilisation of £5,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the manufacturing package;

(xii) utilisation of £20,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of capital grants for investment aid to the Coal Industry;

(xiii) utilisation of £900,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of R&D related to offshore wind farms and strategic environment assessment;

(xiv) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of the financial reporting council;

(xv) utilisation of £268,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's end-year flexibility entitlement;

(xvi) utilisation of £962,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's Departmental unallocated provision;

(xvii) a transfer of £17,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the senior salaries pay review body;

(xviii) a transfer of £450,000 from the Department for Education and Skills in respect of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship;

(xix) a transfer of £350,000 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs in respect of the Civil Partnership Bill;

(xx) a transfer of £2,200,000 to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the National Meteorological Programme and Severe Weather Warning Service;

(xxi) utilisation of £10,800,000 from the Efficiency Challenge Fund in respect of the accommodation strategy and the Pay and Workforce Strategy;

(xxii) utilisation of £6,500,000 from the Performance and Innovation Fund in respect of renewable energy;

(xxiii) reclassification of £2,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Regional Development Agencies in relation to the Pan Government Agreement for Supply of Ordnance Survey Data;

(xxiv) reclassification of £11,000,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure, to reflect funding of Enterprise Fund capital grants via Regional Development Agencies;

(xxv) reclassification of £271,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure, to reflect the funding of Smart and Enterprise Grant Teams and Business link regional teams co-location costs, via Regional Development Agencies;

(xxvi) reclassification of £638,000 from voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure, to reflect the delivery of Enterprise Fund grants in the regions;

(xxvii) an increase of £1,010,000 in the non-voted expenditure of Postwatch accompanied by an equivalent increase in voted receipts;

(xxviii) a classification change of £17,683,000 in respect of the National Measurement System Private Finance Initiative.

Also within the change to resource DEL (all RfRl), the changes to administration costs limit are:

(i) utilisation of £1,310,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in relation to the accommodation strategy;

(ii) utilisation of £2,530,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of UK Trade and Investment administration;

(iii) utilisation of £452,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in relation to the Insolvency Service Invest to save project;

(iv) a transfer of £2,585,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of a Machinery of Government change for the Shareholder Executive;

(v) a transfer of £17,000 from the Department for Constitutional Affairs for the Senior Salaries Pay Review Body;

(vi) a transfer of £436,000 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in relation to "Netting off" procedures and UK Trade and Investment E-business;

(vii) implementation of an agreed virement from programme to administration of £1,500,000 in respect of the Liabilities Management Authority.

Non-voted

There is also utilisation of £185,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of payments in relation to British Energy liabilities, an increase of £77,169,000 to reflect the transfer of non-voted, non-cash RDA budgets from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, utilisation of £300,000 from the unused balance of the Department's End-Year Flexibility entitlement for non-voted expenditure of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and utilisation of £2,400,000 resource and £69,642,000 capital grants from the unused balance of the Department's End-Year Flexibility entitlement for non-voted expenditure of the Regional Development Agencies.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Main Estimate

There is also a transfer of £22,000,000 to the Department for Work and Pensions in relation to European Regional Development Fund expenditure, in repayment of the Department's overspend on this activity in 2003–04 that was funded by the Department for Work and Pensions.

The change in the capital element of the DEL (all RfR1) arises from:

(i) utilisation of £444,000 from the unused balance of the Department's End-Year Flexibility entitlement for Rover Task Force;

(ii) utilisation of £1,600,000 from the unused balance of the Department's End-Year Flexibility entitlement for implementation of the Parental Leave Regulations;

(iii) utilisation of £15,500,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for support for the National Measurement System;

(iv) utilisation of £300,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for the Insolvency Service;

(v) utilisation of £16,600,000 of capital from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement in respect of accommodation, electronic filing and e-purchasing.

(vi) utilisation of £424,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's end-year flexibility entitlement;

(vii) utilisation of £25,000 from the unused balance of Ofcom's Departmental unallocated provision;

(viii) utilisation of £3,500,000 from the Performance and Innovation Fund in respect of renewable energy.

Non-voted

There is also utilisation of £2,640,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement for non-voted expenditure by Regional Development Agencies.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, UK Trade & Investment's Resource DEL will be increased by £1,800,000 from £97,287,000 to £99,087,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from;

i) utilisation of £2,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's end-year flexibility entitlement to meet increased requirement for resources particularly in the regions and on inward investment.

ii) a transfer of resources to the Department of Transport of £200,000 in respect of the travel costs for the special representative for International Trade and Investment.

Supplementary Estimates

The Postal Services Commission capital DEL will by increased by £135,000 from £150,000 to £285,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 change in the capital element of the DEL arises from draw-down of end-year flexibility of £135,000 to fund investment of IT.

There is no change to the resource element of the DEL.

Supplementary Estimates

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Net Cash Requirement will be increased by 5,771,000 from £1,785,000 to £7,556,000. The administration costs limits and DEL will remain unchanged. The impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 increased net cash requirement arises from a cash payout in July 2004 to surrender an onerous building lease contract. There is no change in the administration cost or DEL because the financial impact in the form of a provision was taken in a previous financial year.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport DEL for 2004–05 will be increased by £192,077,000 from £10,751,785,000 to £10,943,862,000 and the administration costs limits will be decreased by £12,843,000 from £228,327,000 to £215,484,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£'000

*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 £247,422,000 increase in the voted resource element of the DEL arises from: (i)

take up of £106,311,000 end year flexibility, comprising: (a)

£74,609,000 for the London and Continental Railways maintenance depot at temple Mills; (b)

£4,500,000 for Rail Accident Investigation Branch costs; (c)

£10,328,000 for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; (d)

£11,500,000 for the Highways Agency Dartford Crossing Maintenance Fund; (e)

£2,500,000 for services purchased by the central department from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency; (f)

£356,000 for the Mobility and Inclusion Unit in respect of the Forum of Mobility Centre's e-business systems; and (g)

£2,518,000 for subsequent transfer to Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the provision of improved public transport facilities for Wembley National Stadium.

(ii) a net transfer of £3,887,000 to other Government Departments, comprising: (a)

£4,000,000 to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of Wembley National Stadium (including the £2,518,000 funded from end year flexibility); (b)

£344,000 to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in respect of ports and telephony services (administration costs) (£174,000) and programme costs in respect of government decontamination and recovery services (£170,000); partly offset by (c)

£200,000 from UK Trade and Investment in respect of travel costs for the Special Representative of International Trade and Investment; (d)

£100,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the Hamilton project; (e)

£77,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions (Health and Safety Executive) in respect of central administration costs; (f)

a net transfer of £46,000 from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in respect of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for counselling and support services (£30,000); the Highways Agency (administration costs) (£45,000); Vehicle Certification Agency programme costs (£3,000); partly offset by a net transfer in respect of central administration costs (£32,000); and (g)

£34,000 from the Office of National Statistics in respect of central administration costs. (iii)

a net transfer from non-voted resource provision of £1,177,000 comprising: (a)

a reclassification of £2,750,000 to voted Central Administration from the non voted Departmental Unallocated Provision; (b)

a reclassification of £1,273,000 to voted Highways Agency administration from the non voted Departmental Unallocated Provision; partly offset by (c)

£1,546,000 transfer from Central Administration to non voted provision for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency trading fund; and (d)

£1,300,000 transfer to non voted provision for the British Transport Police Authority. (iv)

a net transfer from non-voted capital provision of £143,821,000 comprising: (a)

£133,821,000 to fund the maintenance depot at Temple Mills, Northern Ticket Hall Kings Cross and St Pancras works; and (b)

£10,000,000 for the extension of the National Cycle network in schools. (v)

£12,793,000 reclassification of front line staff (administration costs to programme) for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (£10,263,000), Air Accident Investigation Branch (£2,184,000) and Radioactive Materials Transport (£346,000). (vi)

With the agreement of HM Treasury, the expenditure of the Vehicle Certification Agency has been reclassified as programme. This is in line with the recommendations made by Sir Peter Gershon in his Efficiency Review that the application of administration costs limits should not result in cuts to outputs of front-line services undertaken by civil servants. The Department for Transport therefore no longer has a net administration costs limit.

Within the non-voted resource element of the DEL, there has been an increase of £65,757,000 comprising: (i)

take up of £70,289,000 end year flexibility, comprising: (a)

£66,000,000 for the Strategic Rail Authority; and (b)

£4,289,000 for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency trading fund; (ii)

a net transfer of £1,177,000 to voted resource; and (iii)

a net transfer of £3,355,000 to non voted capital comprising: (a)

£3,925,000 for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency trading fund: partially offset by (b)

£570,000 to fund Cycle Parking at Railways project.

As a result of the above changes to the resource element of the DEL there has been a net decrease of £12,843,000 in the gross administration costs limit, from £228,327,000 to £215,484,000.

The increase of £11,216,000 in the voted capital element of the DEL arises from: (i)

a take up of £10,299,000 end year flexibility comprising: (a)

£7,999,000 in respect of Home Zones' Challenge Fund project; and (b)

£2,300,000 for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in respect of the Portland Helicopter Hangar; (ii)

a transfer of £1,517,000 from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Central Administration; partially offset by (iii)

a transfer of £600,000 to non voted capital provision for the British Transport Police Authority;

The net decrease of £137,513,000 in the non-voted capital element of the DEL arises from: (a)

Take up of £2,353,000 end year flexibility for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency trading fund; (b)

A transfer of £600,000 from voted capital; (c)

A transfer of £143,821,000 to voted resource; and (d)

A net transfer of £3,355,000 from non voted resource.

The increases will be offset by inter-departmental transfers or charged to the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

The Department has agreed with London & Continental Railways to bring forward the construction of a Eurostar maintenance depot on existing railway lands at Temple Mills in east London. A depot at Temple Mills has always been envisaged as part of the final plan for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) and bringing it forward will provide for a much more efficient operation of the complete CTRL and the Eurostar trainsets. This decision will enable the new depot to be provided in time for commencement of Eurostar services on CTRL Section 2 in 2007.

Original plans envisaged Eurostar trains gaining access from St Pancras to the existing North Pole International depot via the North London Line, but further investigation indicated that this would require costly and disruptive infrastructure works and significantly reduce capacity on what is already a congested line. Implementing the Temple Mills depot straightaway therefore provides a more cost-effective overall solution.

The Department has agreed in principle with London & Continental Railways to provide the funding for the depot as a Government change to the CTRL development agreement at a total cost not exceeding £402 million including land acquisition and relocation costs, subject to agreement of the detailed financial and contractual conditions.

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £274,207,000 from £8,222,834,000 to £8,497,041,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £92,659,000 from £5,903,307,000 to £5,995,966,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£000

*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 change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: RfR2

i. an increase in provision due to additional spending of £542,000 (administration costs) by the Rent Service (take up of End Year Flexibility);

ii. an increase in provision due to additional spending of £87,000,000 (administration costs) by Working Age (take up of End Year Flexibility);

iii. an increase in provision due to additional spending of £10,000,000 (other current) on Employment Programmes (take up of End Year Flexibility);

iv. an increase in provision due to additional spending of £48,000,000 (grants) on Housing and Council Tax Benefit administration grants (take up of End Year Flexibility);

v. an increase in provision due to additional spending of £5,798,000 (administration costs) by the Health and Safety Executive (take up of End Year Flexibility);

vi. an increase in provision of £23,000,000 (other current) as a result of a transfer from the Department for Education and Skills for Basic Skills programmes;

vii. an increase in provision of £9,200,000 (grants) as a result of a transfer from the Welsh Assembly for expenditure on Administration Subsidy;

viii. a decrease in provision of £28,000 (other current) as a result of a transfer to the Department for Constitutional Affairs for Work Based Learning for Adults in Wales;

ix. a decrease in provision of £5,659,000 (other current) as a result of transfers to the Department for Education and Skills (£4,416,000), the Scottish Executive (£1,059,000), and the Welsh Assembly (£184,000) for Sure Start;

x. a decrease in provision of £87,000 (other current) as a result of a transfer to the Department for Education and Skills for evaluation of the Neighbourhood Nursery Initiative;

xi. a decrease in provision of £77,000 (administration costs) as a result of a transfer to the Department for Transport due to a transfer of posts in relation to the Carriage of Dangerous Goods;

xii. a transfer of provision of £50,000,000 from resource in Section B to capital in Section A in connection with the roll-out of Job Centre Plus;

RfR3

xiii. a decrease in provision of £50,000 (administration costs) as a result of a transfer to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for a Local Government Association Best Practice Planning Event;

RfR4

xiv. a decrease in provision of £13,000 (administration costs) as a result of a transfer of funding to the Ministry of Defence for the Veterans' Agency Helpline;

RfR6

xv. an increase in provision of £50,000,000 (other current) due to the setting up of an Efficiency Challenge Fund as provided for in the 2004 Spending Review;

xvi. an increase in provision of £20,800,000 (grants) in Section C with a corresponding increase in appropriations in aid in Section F due to a transfer from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in connection with European Social Fund expenditure;

xvii. an increase in provision of £22,000,000 (grants) in Section C with a corresponding increase in appropriations in aid in Section F due to a transfer from the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with European Social Fund expenditure;

xviii. a reduction in provision of £58,000 (administration costs) due to a transfer to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in respect of Government Office work for the European Social Fund.

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

RfR2

xix. an increase in provision of £463,000 due to additional spending by the Rent Service (take up of End Year Flexibility);

xx. a transfer of provision of £50,000,000 from resource (other current) in Section B to capital in Section A in connection with the roll-out of Job Centre Plus.

Administration Costs

The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from those items noted above as affecting administration costs plus the following items which are neutral in terms of overall resource DEL but which impact the Administration Cost limit:

xxi. a transfer of £295,000 from administration to other current in respect of the Health and Safety Executive;

xxii. a transfer of £70,000 from administration to other current (non-voted) for the Centre for Policy on Ageing;

xxiii. a transfer of £ 118,000 from administration to other current (non-voted) for the Disability Rights Commission.

Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP)

Additionally there are the following draw downs from the DUP which are neutral in overall DEL terms:

xxiv. £2,400,000 into RfR3 for additional costs associated with the Financial Assistance Scheme and the Pension Credit Marketing Campaign;

xxv. £12,143,000 into RfR6 for expenditure associated with the Joint International Unit;

xxvi. £49,088,000 to meet increased expenditure in RfR6 on the Estates budget.