Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Cabinet Office DEL will be increased by £1,735,000 from £224,409,000 to £226,144,000. There is no movement in the administration costs limits. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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*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 drawdown of EYF of £550,000 and a transfer of £1,185,000 from various Government Departments to fund protective security measures relating to State and Government assets in central London.

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

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2005–06 will change as follows:

(1) The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Main Programmes DEL will be increased by £231,906,000 from £9,236,594,000 to £9,468,500,000 and the administration costs limit will also be increased by £48,107,000 from £287,251,000 to £335,358,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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*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_£60,885,000 comprising:

Programme Expenditure

(a) £1,230,000 for Housing programmes;

(b) £1,000,000 for Coalfields Regeneration Trust;

(c) £556,000 from the Invest to Save Budget (£264,000 for Fire Services and £292,000 for the European Structural Funds);

(d) £4,390,000 for the Northern Way programme;

(e) £726,000 for non-voted English Partnerships/Urban Regeneration Agencies (URA);

(f) £7,112,000 for non-voted Housing Corporation;

(g) £21,020,000 for non-voted Regional Development Agencies.

Administration Costs

(h) £24,000,000 for Central Administration;

(i) £851,000 for Other Current to cover expenditure on Boundary Commissions.

II. A_net_transfer_of_£16,790,000_from_Request_for_Resources_(RFR)_2 comprising of a transfer of £18,200,000 from RFR2 to RFR1 (£18,000,000 to non- voted Housing Corporation and £200,000 to Homelessness) and a transfer of £1,410,000 from RFR1 to RFR2 (£10,000 to Local Government Research and Publicity for the Central and Local Government Information partnerships and £1,400,000 to Best Value Inspection).

III. Increase_in_provision_of_£1,881,000_for_the_Invest_to_Save_Budget comprising of £850,000 for Liveability Performance and £1,031,000 for Private Housing Renewal.

IV. A_net_transfer_of_£5,423,000_from_other_government_departments, comprising:

From Other government departments

Programme Expenditure

(a) £850,000 from the Home Office to Homelessness for Public Service Priority programme.

Administration Costs (Central ODPM)

(b) £4,400,000 from Department for Transport to cover Accruing Superannuation Liability Charges.

Administration Costs (Government Offices)

(c) £5,362,000 from Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs for additional core funding, Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) funding, Countryside Agency, Rights of Way Casework and SR2002 funding.

(d) £16,225,000 from Home Office to cover work on Crime Reduction Unit, Active Community Unit, Community Cohesion, Drugs Prevention Advisory Service, Communities Policy, Criminal Justice Intervention programme.

To Other government Departments

Programme Expenditure

(e) £21,020,000 transfer of non-cash costs from the Regional Development Agencies to the Department for Trade and Industry.

Administration Costs (Government Offices)

(f) £394,000 to the Department for Trade and Industry (Dti) for the core agenda.

V. An_increase_in_receipts_of_£55,373,000 offsetting increases in provision of £907,000 for Emergency Fire Service; £200,000 for Fire Services; £309,000 for Housing Mobility Grant; £10,609,000 for administration costs; £12,706,000 for Government Offices; £22,000,000 for non voted English Partnerships and £8,642,000 for non voted Housing Corporation.

VI. A_transfer_of_£365,315,000_from_resource_investment_to_capital comprising £284,000,000 for Housing Market Renewal Fund, £5,805,000 for the Growth Areas; £37,500,000 for the Liveability Fund and £38,010,000 for Homelessness.

VII. A transfer of £1,000,000 from capital to resource investment for non voted Housing Corporation.

VIII. A_net_transfer_of_£3,531,000_from_non_voted_to_voted_provision comprising:

(a) A transfer of £36,479,000 from the voted Housing programmes to non voted programmes of £1,571,000 for West Northamptonshire Urban Development Corporation (UDC); £1,291,000 for English Partnerships URA (£791,000 from Growth Areas and £500,000 from Planning and Publicity), £9,215,000 to South East of England Development Agencies–SEEDA (£9,000,000 from Thames Gateway and £215,000 from Growth Areas); £16,000,000 to East of England Development Agencies (EEDA); £3,300,000 to Thames Gateway (Thurrock); £3,194,000 to Thames Gateway (London UDC); £195,000 to Other Growth Areas; £1,713,000 to Housing Corporation ( £713,000 from Thames Gateway and £1,000,000 from the Regional Housing Pot programme);

(b) A transfer of £1,000,000 from non voted English Partnerships to Coalfields Regeneration Trust;

(c) a transfer of £39,010,000 from non voted Housing Corporation to Homelessness programmes.

IX. As a result of the changes to Request for Resources 1, The_Office_of_the_Deputy_Prime_Minister's_administration_provision will be increased by £48,958,000 from £288,366,000 to £337,324,000.

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

X. Take_up_of_end_year_flexibility_of_£177,927,000 comprising:

Programme Expenditure

(a) £7,989,000 for Disabled Facilities Grant;

(b) £500,000 for the Northern Way programme;

(c) £4,000,000 for the European Regional Development Fund;

(d) £165,438,000 for non voted English Partnerships.

XI. An_increase_in_receipts_of_£4,450,000 offsetting increases in provision of £450,000 for non voted West Northamptonshire UDC and £4,000,000 for non Voted English Partnerships.

XII. A_transfer_of_£365,315,000_to_capital_from_resource_investment comprising £284,000,000 for the Housing Market Renewal Fund, £5,805,000 for the Growth Areas; £37,500,000 for the Liveability Fund and £38,010,000 for Homelessness.

XIII. A_transfer_of_£31,000,000_to_other_Government_Departments comprising of £1,000,000 to the Department for Education and Skills to provide GAP funding for Combined Universities and £30,000,000 to the Department for Culture Media and Sport as part of the Office contribution for 2005–06 towards the Olympics infrastructure costs.

XIV. A transfer of £1,000,000 from capital to resource investment for non voted Housing Corporation.

XV. Within the capital element of the DEL there is a net transfer of £41,629,000 from voted to non-voted provision comprising:

(a) A net transfer of £43,259,000 from voted Housing programmes to non voted programmes comprising of £141,000 for West Northamptonshire UDC; £7,616,000 for SEEDA (£5,416,000 from Growth Areas and £2,200,000 from Thames Gateway); £575,000 for EEDA; £16,427,000 for English Partnerships (£11,082,000 from

Growth Areas and £5,345,000 from Thames Gateway); £20,000,000 to non voted Thames Gateway ( £15,000,000 for Thurrock and £5,000,000 for London UDC); and a transfer of £1,500,000 from non voted Arms Length Management Organisations to the Regional Housing Pot programme;

(b) a transfer of £1,630,000 from non voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (£280,000 to European Regional Development Fund; £50,000 to Fire Services; £1,000,000 to provide Gap funding for Combined Universities and £300,000 for the National Register of Social Housing.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Local Government DEL will be increased by £56,288,000 from £46,621,883,000 to £46,678,171,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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*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_£34,589,000 comprising :

(a) £18,659,000 for Valuation Services;

(b) £3,617,000 for Best Value Intervention;

(c) £4,591,000 for Local Government on Line;

(d) £6,222,000 for Capacity Building programmes;

(e) £1,500,000 for the Efficiency Challenge Fund.

II. A_net_transfer_of_£16,790,000_to_Request_for_Resources_(RFR)_1 comprising of a transfer of £18,200,000 from RFR2 to RFR1 (£18,000,000 from the Local Government PSA Performance Fund and £200,000 from Capacity Buildings) and a transfer of £1,410,000 from RFR1 to RFR2 (£10,000 from Planning Land Use Statistics and £1,400,000 from Fire Services).

III. A_net_transfer_of_£1,996,000_from_voted_to_non_voted_programmes comprising of £4,000 to voted Local Governance for Greater London Authority preparation costs and £2,000,000 to non voted Standards Board.

IV. A_transfer_of_£110,000_from_resource_consumption_to_capital_for_non_voted_Standards_Board.

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

V. Take_up_of_End_Year_Flexibility_of_£38,489,000_for_Local_Government_on_Line.

VI. A_transfer_of_£110,000_to_capital_from_resource_consumption_for_non_voted_Standards_Board.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, National Savings and Investments DEL will be increased by £9,500,000 from £170,294,000 to £179,794,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £9,500,000 from £170,294,000 to, £179,794,000. Within DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are 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 end year flexibility being drawn down to support expenditure on major project commitments. Such projects include the work on the third party distribution channel and the pilot with Tesco; long-term savings project; internet development and others. Also some resource is essential to maintain the momentum generated through their advertising campaign, which is proving successful.

There is no change in the capital element of DEL.

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Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics DEL will increase by £3,944,000 from £166,980,000 to £170,924,000 and the administration budget will increase by £3,944,000 from £166,430,000 to £170,374,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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*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 EYF of £3,944,000.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue and Customs Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £150,199,000 from £4,883,772,000 to £5,033,971,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £47,720,000 from £4,475,568,000 to £4,523,288,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are 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 arises from:

Administration costs increases resulting from the take up of £50,000,000 end year flexibility entitlement (EYF) as set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (CM6639) published in July. This is partially offset by a transfer of £2,280,000 to the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office, as part of a machinery of government change; and

Programme expenditure changes resulting from: a transfer of £3,120,000 from the Home Office from their Recovered Assets Incentivisation Fund; a transfer of £863,000 from the Department for Education and Skills in respect of the Savings Gateway Project; and a partial offset relating to a transfer to the Home Office of £1,454,000 to fund some anti-terrorism work.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from the draw down of capital EYF, totalling £100,000,000, and a decrease of £50,000 to reflect a capital funding transfer to Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office as part of the machinery of Government change.

The Treasury has today published a feedback document on responses to the consultation on the regulation of investment trust companies launched in November 2004. That document sought views on whether there was a need to introduce additional regulation, and possible options for doing so.

The Treasury received over 120 responses to the consultation from investment trust companies, fund managers, trade associations, consumer representatives and individuals. The overwhelming response to the consultation was in support of continuing to rely on existing Financial Services Authority (FSA) rule making powers to deliver appropriate and effective regulation of investment trust companies.

In assessing the case for change, the Government has considered whether additional regulation of investment trust companies would produce better regulation taking account of the balance between costs and benefits. On balance, the Government have concluded that changes to the structure of regulation as it applies to investment trust companies would not result in better regulation.

It is important, however, that the current regime remains both robust and proportionate. The Government welcome the FSA's forthcoming review of the Listing Rules applicable to investment companies as an opportunity to ensure that this remains the case, in the context of the listing rules generally and wider regulatory developments. The Government also looks to the industry to continue its efforts to improve governance standards.

Copies of the feedback document are available from the Library of the House. The document can also be accessed on the Treasury website at: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk.

I propose to present the Pre-Budget Report to the House of Commons on Monday 5 December.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £90,973,000 from £1,539,296,000 to £1,630,269,000 and the administration cost limit will decrease by £298,000 from £49,268,000 to £48,970,000. Within the DEL change the impact on resource and capital are 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:

Drawdown of £9,657,000 End-Year flexibility of which £6,408,000 is Programme: (£1,250,000) UK Film council; (£1,000,000) Sport England; (£1,000,000) English Heritage; (£1,000,000) Culture Online; (£750,000) British library; (£600,000) Royal Parks for live 8; (£366,000) repayment of Contingencies Fund advance for the Gaming Board (£187,000) Audiovisual Eureka Film Support; (£90,000) Regional Cultural Consortiums; (£90,000) Research; and (£75,000) Sale of the Tote. The drawdown of £2,000,000 Non-Voted, non cash, EYF to meet depreciation requirements.

Transfers from other Government Departments of: £1,650,000 from Department for Education and Science (£1,620,000) for Strategic Commissioning and (£30,000) for Creativity Review; £93,000 for Ministry of Defence to Museums and Galleries for Royal Armouries; and £4,000,000 from Department for Transport in respect of Wembley Development costs. A Machinery of Government change transfer from the Department of Constitutional Affairs £48,000 for the Cenotaph ceremonies.

A transfer of £69,000 to Cabinet Office for Protecting the Centre of Government.

Grants from the Invest to Save budget allocation of £762,000, to Museums, Galleries and Libraries (£77,000) and to Sport (£685,000).

To record the Profit on the Sale of Assets £10,000.

An agreed Capital to Revenue Virement of £980,000 for the Royal Parks.

The administration cost limit has decreased by £298,000 from £49,268,000 to £48,970,000. This is as a result of transfers to programme budgets totalling £3,526,000, and a transfer to Cabinet Office of £69,000 detailed above, partially offset by the take up of Administration End Year Flexibility £3,249,000 and a Machinery of Government transfer of £48,000 from the Department of Constitutional Affairs as detailed above.

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

Take up of End-Year Flexibility of £44,822,000 of which £32,500,000 is in respect of Capital Modernisation Fund projects, (£12,000,000) for Listed Places of Worship, (£18,400,000) for the Community Club Development Programme, and (£2,100,000) for Picketts Lock.

The remaining £12,322,000 EYF taken up for the following: (£4,500,000) Culture Online; (£2,962,000) The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission; (£1,500,000 for the Community Club Development Programme; (£1,500,000) for Administration Capital expenditure; (£1,200,000) UK Film Council; (£460,000) for Licensing database; and (£200,000) for Sir John Soane's Museum.

A transfer of £30,000,000 from ODPM for Olympic-related regeneration projects.

An agreed Capital to Revenue Virement of £980,000 for the Royal Parks.

An agreed reserve claim of £20,000 for the initial costs of the Queen Mother's memorial.

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Babcock DynCorp, a joint venture of Babcock Infrastructure Services and DynCorp International, has been awarded the Regional Prime Contract covering the Ministry of Defence's estate in Eastern England. This follows the successful conclusion of discussions with Babcock DynCorp who were appointed as Preferred Bidder in July 2005.

The seven-year contract, worth in the region of £500 million, is the last in a series of five such regional arrangements to cover the estate and provide for capital works, property maintenance and facilities management services, throughout the Eastern region of England.

The Ministry of Defence has undertaken to make significant improvements in the overall condition of its estate by changing its organisational structures and introducing Prime Contracting methods.

Encouraging innovation and efficiency, Regional Prime Contracting is a key initiative that aims to provide a better quality of service and greater value for money through suitably incentivised contracts conforming to the principles of "Smart Acquisition".

The War Pensioners Report for 2004–05 has been published today and a copy has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Publication of the War Pensioners Report is an annual event dating back to before the Second World War. It is a joint document presented to Parliament by the Secretaries of State for Defence, Health, Scotland and Wales.

The War Pensioners Report for 2004–05 provides an account of the administration of the War Pensions Scheme and the services provided for war pensioners in 2004–05. The Report also provides a variety of data on degrees of disability, pensioner age profiles, rates of pensions etc; and outlines the activities of the War Pensions Committees and Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions throughout the year.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £109,105,000 from £30,944,726,000 to £31,053,831,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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* 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 £370,000,000;

transfers totalling £8,553,000 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (£4,745,000) and the Department for Transport (£3,808,000) as their share of the National Meteorological Programme and Weather Warning Service costs under a pan Government agreement;

a transfer of £145,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions as a contribution to the Veteran Agency's postage costs;

a transfer of £500,000 from the Department for International Development in respect of the Sub Sahara Global Conflict Prevention Pool;

a transfer of £93,000 to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of staff costs for the Leeds Armouries Museum Pattern Room;

the take up of end year flexibility of £28,281,000 Capital DEL and £71,719,000 Resource DEL;

an increase in Capital Appropriations in Aid of £45,886,000 from QinetiQ, resulting from the repayment of a loan to the MOD.

The changes to Capital and Resource, together with changes in internal budgetary re-allocations, will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £459,105,000.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL), (including the Office for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate) will be decreased by £661,000 from £30,766,423,000 to £30,765,762,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £1,059,000 from £275,359,000 to £276,418,000.

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, in the table above, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

Within the Administration Cost limits changes, the impact is set out in the following table:

Resource DEL

The decrease in the resource element of the DEL of £661,000 arises from a £145,038,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL and an increase of £144,377,000 in the non-voted element of the resource DEL mainly to the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.

Voted Resource DEL

The £145,038,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:

RFR 1

A £171,495,000 movement to non-voted, for the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority £500,000, the Investors in People UK £300,000, the Children's Commissioner £3,000,000, for the Training and Development Agency for Schools £4,000,000, and for Lifelong Learning programmes transferring to the Learning and Skills Council £163,695,000. A movement from non-voted of £1,034,000 for the General Teaching Council and £300,000 for a technical adjustment to Quality Review. A reduction of £35,000,000 of receipts for the Scientific Research Investment Fund. The take up of Invest to Save Budget of £1,480,000 for the Kid's Club. A movement to RFR2 voted for the Early Support programme £5,000,000 and for Local Authority Children's Centres £19,000,000. A movement from RFR2 voted £2,000,000 for Schools Foundation Stage and £300,000 for Training and Qualifications. A movement to RFR3 voted £1,000 for a token increase due to the reclassification of funding streams for the Children's Fund. A transfer to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of £1,650,000 for Strategic Commissioning and the Creativity Review. A transfer to the Department for International Development of £19,000 for UK Presidency gift donations. A transfer to the Department of Trade and Industry of £451,000 for the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship and review bodies membership fees. A transfer to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs of £863,000 for the Savings Gateway Pilots Project. A net transfer to the Home Office of £3,205,000 for Young peoples Substance Misuse, Offenders Education, Education in Contracted Prisons and Youth Volunteering Challenge. A transfer from the Department of Health of £2,989,000 for Academic General Practitioners, Protection of Vulnerable Adults and the Bichard Vetting and Barring Scheme. A transfer from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of £1,000,000 for Universities of Cornwall.

RFR2

A movement to RFR1 non-voted of £9,216,000 for the National College of School Leadership £7,000,000; the Training and Development Agency for Schools £2,000,000 and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority £216,000. The take up of Invest to Save Budget of £58,000 to support families. A movement from RFR1 voted for the Early Support programme £5,000,000 and for Local Authority Children's Centres £19,000,000. A movement to RFR1 voted of £2,000,000 for Schools Foundation Stage and £300,000 for Training and Qualifications.

RFR3

A movement from RFR1 of £1,000 for a token increase due to the re-classification of funding streams for the Children's Fund.

Administration Cost Limits

The £1,059,000 increase in the Administration Cost Limit arises from the transfer from the Department of Health for administrating the Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme.

Non-voted Resource DEL

The £144,377,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from the movement of £171,495,000 from RFR1 voted resource DEL; a reduction of £35,000,000 expenditure for the Scientific Research Investment Fund. A movement to RFR1 voted resource of £1,034,000 for the General Teaching Council and £300,000 for a technical adjustment to Quality Review. A movement from RFR2 voted resource of £9,216,000.

Capital DEL

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

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increased by £1,322,000 from £80,288,000 to £81,610,000. 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 take up of £2,496,000 end of year flexibility to meet Woodland Grant scheme payments and costs associated with efficiency initiatives and also a transfer of £838,000 from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to allow the Forestry Commission to administer the Farm Woodland Premium scheme. There is also increased expenditure for community woodlands of £1,100,000, offset by income received from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and increased income of £2,012,000 received from Office of Deputy Prime Minister to fund the purchase of Jeskyn's Farm (the expenditure of which is non budget and therefore not included in the above table).

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be increased by £12,238,000 from £3,018,963,000 to £3,031,201,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £25,000,000 from £317,064,000 to £342,064,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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*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 £25,000,000 administration resources from the reserve for Developing Defra (ii) take up of £834,000 programme resources from the Invest to Save Budget; (iii) transfer of £4,745,000 of programme resources to the Ministry of Defence due to transfer of responsibility for Met Office functions; (iv) transfer of £5,362,000 to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Government Offices funding; (v) transfer of £838,000 of programme resources to the Forestry Commission for the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme; (vi) profit of £2,651,000 on sale of a Rural Payments Agency (RPA) grain store.

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

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Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £16,047,000 from £1,813,483,000 to £1,829,530,000 and the administration budget will be decreased by £1,400,000 from £797,638,000 to £796,238,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

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*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:

Request for Resources 1

Administration

I. A transfer of £1,400,000 to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) for language training provided by the FCO. This will in future be invoiced to the SIA, resulting in an offsetting increase in both income and expenditure of £1,400,000 to reflect this;

Programme

II. Transfers from the Home Office of £1,000,000 for the funding of the Afghan Delivery Plan; and from the Department for International Development (DfID) of £7,985,000 for the transfer of the Small Grants Scheme to the FCO;

III. A transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) of £3,588,000 for revisions in Planned Programme Activity;

Request for Resources 2

Programme

IV. Transfer from DfID of £12,000,000 for Africa Peacekeeping activity and £150,000 from DfID for Caucasus Conflict Prevention projects;

V. A transfer of £100,000 to SIA for revisions in Planned Programme Activity.

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

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has recently undertaken an exercise to determine the fees to be charged for Biometric passports issued overseas. On 15 November 2005 Her Majesty in Council approved the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2005, which amends the Consular Fees Order 2005. The Government is today announcing Biometric passport fees to be charged under the amended Consular Fees Order 2005 with effect from 1 December 2005.

The fee for a standard 32 page Biometric passport will be set at £91.00, the fee for a 48 page Biometric passport will be set at £109.00, the fee for a Biometric passport for a child will be set at £59.00, and the fee for an amendment will be set at £75.50. These fees have been set following a stringent review with HM Treasury of costs.

The Biometric passport is being introduced as part of the ongoing efforts to combat passport and identity fraud. The issuing equipment will be rolled out to our passport issuing Posts between January 2006 and July 2006.

The Department has approved outline proposals for a major redevelopment programme at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire.

Broadmoor Hospital is part of West London Mental Health Trust and provides services under the provisions of the NHS Act 1977 for persons who require treatment under conditions of high security. It was recently criticised for the inadequacy of its physical infrastructure and facilities in a 2003 report by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (now known as the Healthcare Commission).

The redevelopment proposals contained a number of construction options to rectify these deficiencies and provide a safer and more effective clinical environment. The eventual costs have to be related to the revenue affordability of the scheme and on current estimates this means the cost of redevelopment is unlikely to exceed £190 million at today's prices.

The next step for the Broadmoor scheme will be to further explore the potential construction options over the next 12 to18 months and prepare an outline business case to select the preferred option and procurement strategy, at which point the scheme's capital budget will be set.

Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Health's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be reduced by £174,214,000 from £78,765,403,000 to £78,591,189,000 and the Administration Cost Limit will be reduced by £1,059,000 from £248,688,000 to £247,629,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL will be increased by £300,000 from £144,124,000 to £144,424,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will reduced by £173,914,000 from £78,909,527,000 to £78,735,613,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table.

*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 a reduction in the level of provisions by £200,000,000. A net transfers from the Home Office of £28,728,000 mainly for prison healthcare, pooled drug treatment budgets, hospital security and a contribution to change-up funding to promote volunteering, offset by the young persons substance misuse planning grant which is now administered by the Home Office. A transfer from the Scottish Executive of £47,000 for a contribution for the high security infectious disease unit and a transfer to the Department for Education and Skills of £2,989,000 (£1,059,000 administration costs) mainly for protection of vulnerable adults scheme and funding Bichard review recommendations.

The administration cost limit has been reduced by £1,059,000 from £248,688,000 to £247,629,000 as detailed above.

The change to the Food Standards Agency resource element of the DEL arose from a transfer of £300,000 programme funds from the Home Office in respect of research into the survivability of chemical biological agents in bottled water and packaged food. The Food Standards Agency's administration cost limit and capital element of the DEL remain unchanged.

I welcome the publication today of the Prison and Probation Ombudsman's (PPO) report into the death at Styal of Julie Walsh in 2003 and wish to make a statement about developments since 2003 and further planned work relating to women offenders. Much work has been done or is underway in respect of women offenders but it is timely to take stock and assess whether the right steps are being taken.

On 21 August 2003 Paul Goggins announced that he had commissioned the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman to investigate the circumstances and events surrounding the death at Styal of Julie Walsh on 12 August 2003 and to examine the death in the context of the series of six deaths at Styal since August 2002. On 21 January 2004 Paul Goggins made a statement in which he outlined the main general findings of the Ombudsman's report and the action the Prison Service was taking as a matter of urgency to prevent a recurrence. The Ombudsman's detailed and thorough report identified some serious inadequacies at Styal relating to regimes, facilities and procedures during the period covered by the six deaths. The Ombudsman suggested what lessons can be learned from these sad events to prevent a recurrence; reported on factors common to the deaths; and made a number of recommendations, which Paul Goggins accepted. The report will be published today, 17 November 2005, on the Ombudsman's website.

The first five deaths were thoroughly investigated by the Prison Service and were examined further by the PPO as part of his investigation into the death of Julie Walsh. Full public inquests took place between October 2003 and April 2005, the sixth inquest concluding on 26 April 2005. These were thorough and transparent investigations. There has been subsequent correspondence with the Cheshire Coroner about a number of concerns he identified in respect of three of the inquests.

Many important changes have been made at Styal in the intervening period including the opening of a first night centre to which women arriving from court are transferred within 30 minutes of arrival, the introduction of a methadone detoxification programme, the opening of a specialist unit known as "CALM" to provide a therapeutic environment for those women not able to access wider regime activities, transformation of the segregation unit into a Care, Separation and Reintegration Unit, staffed by selected prison officers and mental health nurses to support prisoners in crisis, and development of the Reeman Unit into a day care facility run by mental health nurses to support prisoners with long term mental health issues. Following a review, new suicide and self-harm prevention procedures are in place overseen by a dedicated Suicide Prevention Coordinator. ACCT (Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork), which provides individualised support and care for women at risk of self-harm has been introduced and staff at Styal folly trained in its use.

The Ombudsman's report raised some very serious issues and has made a valuable contribution to suicide prevention not just at Styal but also throughout the rest of the women's estate. From 1 April 2004 the Ombudsman has conducted investigations into all deaths in prison custody (and probation hostels and immigration centres). He has provided greater independent scrutiny and transparency and increased public confidence, and made it more likely that lessons are learned that reduce the likelihood of further deaths. The report has helped inform development of a suicide and self-harm prevention strategy specifically for women. Moreover, the increased knowledge and learning is being shared across other custodial institutions to help inform suicide prevention strategies across the board.

The Government believe that prison should be reserved for dangerous, serious and seriously persistent offenders and sentences should be as long as necessary for punishment and public protection, but no longer. Sentencing is a matter for the courts but sentencers should be adequately informed about the vulnerability of individual offenders and should balance the seriousness of the offence and the risk of harm offenders pose to others with the risk of harm to themselves. Section 166 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 gives sentencers the discretion to mitigate sentences by taking into account such information and allows sentencers to impose a community sentence, providing there are relevant mitigating factors, even where the offence would normally have justified a custodial sentence. The Criminal Justice Act 2003 also states that a court must not pass a custodial sentence on an offender unless it is of the opinion that the offence, or combination of offences, are serious enough to warrant such a sentence.

Sentencers must be well informed about the range of non-custodial sentences at their disposal. To ensure effective dialogue between sentencers and those who deliver sentences liaison takes place between local probation services and sentencers. Consultative fora involving sentencers, court staff and offender managers are being used to provide feedback to sentencers on the effectiveness of sentences; to enhance understanding of sentencing options available locally; and to provide feedback on sentencing decisions including information when someone they have sentenced to custody self harms, or commits or attempts suicide. Many sentencers welcome this feedback.

Work continues on The Women's Offending Reduction Programme (WORP) to co-ordinate and implement a comprehensive programme of work to address the complex range of factors that affect women's offending—including substance misuse, mental health problems, housing, child care issues, histories of abuse, poverty and education, training and employment. WORP seeks to identify ways in which the various departments, agencies and organisations that deal with these issues can work more effectively together to tackle the problem as a whole, rather than dealing with each in isolation. £9.15 million is to be spent on new approaches in two areas to demonstrate how women's offending can be tackled effectively in the community, including provision of one-stop centres for women serving sentences in the community and for those at risk of offending. We have also introduced a full range of tough, credible and effective sentences as alternatives to custody within a new sentencing framework in the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Work is in hand to improve the prison life experience of those women who need to be in prison, particularly relating to their health, mental health and substance abuse needs. We are also developing suicide prevention and self-harm strategies specifically for women; providing much better healthcare services in prison in partnership with the NHS; and improving clinical substance misuse services by providing effective detoxification services and drug treatment programmes for women prisoners.

We believe that all of these measures are helping to make a difference to the vulnerable women who come into contact with the Criminal Justice System. Nonetheless, the Government is not complacent and considers that it would be timely to take stock of the work being done. We therefore plan to look again at the measures in place to ensure that we are doing everything possible for these women, including looking at the pathways through the criminal justice system of "vulnerable" women with a multitude of risk factors. I will make a further announcement about this when the scope of the review has been determined.

The Privy Council has made an Order in Council, the Consular Fees (No. 2) Order 2005, which gives authority for a revision in passport fees. The revision will take effect on 1 December 2005. The fee for a standard 32 page passport will increase from £42 to £51 while the fee for a 48 page passport will increase from £54.50 to £62.50. The fee for a passport for a child will increase from £25 to £34. The fee for an adult using the guaranteed one week counter service for a standard 32 page passport will increase from £70 to £77.50, for a child from £60 to £70 and a 48 page jumbo from £71 to £87. The fee for an adult using the guaranteed same day service for a standard 32 page passport will increase from £89 to £96.50, for a child from £71 to £83 and for a 48 page passport from £95.50 to £104.50. The fee for a collective passport, for organised trips for schools and youth groups, will remain unchanged at £39.

These fees have been set following a stringent review with HM Treasury of costs to ensure that the fee for each type of passport service closely reflects the production costs accrued by that service and bears its share of the cost of consular protection services. This increase will deliver extensive improvements required in the ongoing efforts to combat passport and identity fraud.

Plans to change the Charity Commission's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and administration budget for 2005–06.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Charity Commission DEL will be increased by £1,365,000 from £31,242,000 to £32,607,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £1,660,000 from £30,493,000 to £32,153,000. 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 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:

expenditure of £555,000 on restructuring within the Commission in line with the recommendations of the Strategy Unit report 'Private Action—Public Benefit' and the Commission's Strategic Review;

one off accommodation costs of £855,000;

an increase in resource cost of £500,000 depreciation relating to increases in E-Business expenditure.

In addition the resource element reflects corrections to the Main Estimate submission in terms of a £157,000 increase in administrative expenditure and a £407,000 decrease in resource costs related to Efficiency Challenge Fund monies.

The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from a known peak in E-Business expenditure, reflecting controlled underspend in prior years.

The increases will be funded by the take up of the Commission's End Year Flexibility entitlement.

Plans of changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit ("DEL") and Administration Budget for 2005–06.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2005–06 will be increased by £75,695,000 from £13,570,091,000 to £13,645,786,000 and the Administration Budget will be increased by £5,855,000 from £698,671,000 to £704,526,000.

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

£000s

£'000

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

£000's

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be decreased by £8,962,000 from £4,481,044,000 to £4,472,082,000. The administration budget remains unchanged at £238,970,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

£000s

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

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

Voted

The take up of £4,865,000 of departmental unallocated provision within Request for Resources 1 to support development programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.

The take up of £5,000,000 of departmental unallocated provision within Request for Resources 1 to support programmes developing innovative approaches to development.

An increase of £2,000,000 within Request for Resources 1 in respect of additional resources provided to enable a donation to be made to the Disasters Emergency Committee equivalent to VAT charged on Tsunami appeal events.

A transfer of £19,000 from the Department for Education and Skills to Request for Resources 1 for charitable donations relating to the UK Presidencies of the G8 and European Union.

A reduction of £2,838,000 within Request for Resources 1 to adjust for the refund of VAT to the BandAid Charitable Trust being lower than the provision included in Main Estimates.

Non –voted

A reduction of £9,865,000 resulting from the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to Request for Resources 1 to support development programmes in sub-saharan Africa and programmes developing innovative approaches to development.

A reduction of £7,985,000 relating to the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a consequence of the transfer of policy responsibility for the Small Grants Scheme.

A reduction of £12,000,000 relating to the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of support for the African Union mission in Sudan (Darfur).

A reduction of £150,000 relating to the transfer of departmental unallocated provision to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of Global Conflict Prevention projects in the Caucasus.

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

Voted

A draw down of £11,800,000 of capital end-year flexibility as set out in the Public Expenditure 2004–05 Provisional Outturn White Paper (Cm 6639) within Request for Resources 1 for construction of new offices and security enhancements to regional offices, for investments in regional development banks and other international development agencies, and for investment in improvements to management information and financial systems.

A draw down of £200,000 of capital end-year flexibility within Request for Resources 2 for investment in information systems for the Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit.

The change in the adjustment for depreciation arises from the inclusion within Request for Resources 2 of an allowance for the depreciation of assets used for post conflict reconstruction.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Scotland Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £59,014,000 from £23,306,369,000 to £23,365,383,000.

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 £34,814,000; and

the take-up of 2005 Budget consequentials by the Scottish Executive amounting to £21,107,000.

The DEL increase also includes the following transfers between the Scottish Executive and other Government departments, amounting to a net increase of £3,093,000. These are:

a transfer of £3,750,000 from the Department for Transport;

net transfers of £600,000 to Department for Work and Pensions;

a transfer of £47,000 to the Department of Health; and

a transfer of £10,000 to the Home Office.

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.

The Department has, today, produced its Winter Supplementary 2005–06 Estimates Memorandum. Copies of the Memorandum have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Transport DEL for 2005–06 will be decreased by £21,457,000 from £11,745,372,000 to £11,723,915,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £22,446,000 from £242,112,000 to £264,558,000.

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.

Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £22,446,000)

Voted: total increase of £22,446,000.

RfR1

(i) a transfer of £19,203,000 from non voted programme resource to Central Administration arising from the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority;

(ii) a transfer of £7,643,000 from voted programme resource arising from the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority; partially offset by

(iii) a transfer of £4,400,000 to the Office of Deputy Prime Minister for their share of accruing superannuation liability charges.

Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £36,096,000)

Voted: total increase of £1,575,986,000

RfR 1

(i) a net transfer from non-voted resource provision of £1,583,379,000 comprising:

(a) a transfer of £1,554,693,000 arising from the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority and the transfers of responsibilities to the Department;

(b) £17,268,000 transfer to freight grants for functions transferred from the Strategic Rail Authority;

(c) £12,118,000 transfer from Departmental Unallocated Provision for Transport Direct (£7,000,000), Crossrail preparation costs, EU presidency costs and the study of the long term impact of transport decisions (£4,118,000) and transport security (1,000,000); partially offset by:

(d) £700,000 transfer from Roads and Local Transport to Departmental Unallocated Provision to decrease resource provision for consultancies and other services.

(ii) a transfer of £250,000 from the Department for Trade and Industry for the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.

(iii) a transfer of £7,643,000 to voted administration resource.

Non Voted: total decrease of £1,612,055,000.

RfR 1

(i) a net transfer of £1,583,379,000 to voted resource.

(ii) a transfer of £19,203,000 to voted administration resource; and

(iii) a net transfer of £9,473,000 to other government departments comprising:

(a) £4,000,000 to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the Wembley National Stadium project;

(b) £3,750,000 to the Scottish Executive for functions transferred from the Strategic Rail Authority;

(c) £2,000,000 to the Office of Rail Regulation for the transfer of functions from the Strategic Rail Authority;

(d) £63,000 to the Welsh Assembly for additional staff costs arising from the devolution of rail services to Wales; partially offset by

(e) £340,000 from the Home Office for the Libra Restart Project.

Capital Change (total decrease of £4,300,000)

Voted: total increase of £50,986,000

RfR1

(i) a net transfer from non-voted capital provision of £50,986,000 comprising:

(a) a reclassification of £54,286,000 from supported capital expenditure (revenue) to capital grants for local transport major schemes;

(b) a transfer of £700,000 to transport technology research from Departmental Unallocated Provision; partially offset by

(c) £4,000,000 transfer from Transport Direct to Departmental Unallocated Provision.

Non-Voted total decrease of £55,286,000

RfR1

(i) a net transfer of £50,986,000 to voted capital and

(ii) a net transfer of £4,300,000 to the Office of Rail Regulation for the transfer of functions from the Strategic Rail Authority.

The Wales Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £1,207,000 from £12,242,287,000 to £12,243,494,000. The increase is a result of:

(a) Net transfers from other Government Departments to the National Assembly for Wales of £643,000.

(b) A consequential of £564,000 for the Invest to save budget as part of the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

These transfers are as follows:

(i) £516,000 from the Home Office for the Community Safety Unit;

(ii) £64,000 from the Home Office for Social Cohesion;

(iii) £63,000 from the DFT for Rail Transport;

The increase in DEL will be offset by transfers from other Departments and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council report has today been laid before Parliament. After careful consideration, I have accepted the recommendations. Amending legislation will be laid before Parliament.

In brief the changes are as follows:

In the case of Prescribed Disease C24 prescription has been changed from:

to:

Copies of the report have been placed in the Library, and are available to hon. Members from the Vote Office.

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions DEL will be increased by £203,583,000 from £8,623,821,000 to £8,827,404,000 and the administration costs limits will be increased by £39,855,000 from £6,019,407,000 to £6,059,262,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:

Note:

1. 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 of £80,000,000 (other current) due to increased spending on employment programmes (take up of end of year flexibility);

ii. an increase in provision of £600,000 (grants) due to a transfer from the Scottish Executive for the costs of administration subsidy to Local Authorities;

iii. an increase in provision of £2,939,000 (grants) due to a successful bid from the Invest to Save budget;

RfR3

iv. an increase in provision of £5,000,000 (administration) for the costs of age-related payments as announced in the 2004 Pre-budget Report;

v. an increase in provision of £31,000 (grants) due to a successful bid from the Invest to Save budget;

RfR4

vi. a reduction in provision of £145,000 (administration) due to a transfer to the Ministry of Defence for the Veterans Agency postal budget;

RfR5

vii. an increase in provision of £20,000,000 (other current non-cash) due to an increase in the provision for Early Release (end of year flexibility);

viii. an increase in provision of £25,000,000 (administration) from the Reserve to meet the cost of higher Post Office Card Account volumes as agreed in the SR2002 Settlement;

ix. an increase in provision of £10,000,000 (administration) for measures to promote Financial Inclusion as agreed in the 2005 Budget Report;

Capital

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

RfR2

x. an increase in provision of £60,000,000 due to spending on Jobcentre Plus rollout (take up of End Year Flexibility);

RfR3

xi. an increase in provision of £158,000 due to a successful bid from the Invest to Save budget;

Administration Costs

The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from those items noted above as affecting administration costs.

Movements from Non-voted expenditure

Additionally there are the following drawdowns that are neutral in overall DEL terms:

Departmental Unallocated Provision

xii. £1,500,000 (resource) into RfR2 for the Working Age Client Group;

xiii. £25,000,000 (resource) into RfR3 for the Pensions Service;

xiv. £26,675,000 (resource) into RfR5 for Corporate Administration;

xv. £7,000,000 (capital) into RfR5 for Corporate Projects;

Welfare Modernisation Fund

xvi. £25,000,000 into RfR1 for Child Support Reform;

xvii. £30,000,000 into RfR2 for the Customer Management System;

xviii. £69,000,000 (resource) and £29,000,000 (capital) into RfR3 for the Pensions Transformation Project;

xix. £47,000,000 into RfR5 for expenditure on the Payment Modernisation Project, the Resource Management Project and the Debt Management Project;

Employment Development Fund

xx. £70,000,000 into RfR2 for Jobcentre Plus roll out.

Financial Assistance Scheme

xxi. £21,000,000 from RfR3 into non-voted.

£000s

Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Northern Ireland Court Service and National Archives: Public Records Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £112,824,000 from £3,673,082,000 to £3,785,906,000 and the administration costs limit will be increased by £13,847,000 from £476,234,000 to £490,081,000

Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are 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 Department for Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:

Resource_Change:_Admin_(total_increase_of_£18,331,000)

RfR1

Transfers from other Government departments:

(i) £3,550,000 resources from the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) Criminal Justice Service (CJS) ring fence to provide additional funding for the Effective Trial Management Programme (ETMP) information technology programme.

Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):

(ii) £1,225,000 increase of resources in relation to Local Government Elections.

(iii) £15,141,000 increase of resources in relation to Departmental underspends.

(iv) £150,000 increase of resources in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT).

Transfers to other Government departments:

(v) £248,000 to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to staff on secondment to Liverpool Community Justice Centre.

(vi) £150,000 to the Home Office in relation to Contribution to the Central Witness Bureau.

(vii) A Machinery of Government transfer of £48,000 to the Department for Culture, Media & Sports in relation to the Remembrance Sunday Ceremony.

Transfers between sections within the Estimates:

(viii) A reduction of £1,289,000 Public Guardianship Office administration resource to program in relation to internal re-allocation.

Resource_Change:_Programme_(total_increase_of_£47,894,000)

RfR1

Transfers from other Government departments:

(i) £23,780,000 resources from the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) ring fenced funding.

(ii) £215,000 resources from the Home Office in relation to support funding for Essex Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB).

Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):

(iii) £14,000 to Legal Services Commission: Administration in relation to Invest to Save Budget (ISB) funding for the Live and Interactive Project—ISB Ref: 297.

Transfers between sections within the Estimates:

(iv) An increase of £1,289,000 from Public Guardianship Office administration resource to program in relation to internal re-allocation.

Transfers to other Government departments:

(v) £2,000,000 to the Home Office in relation to Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB) funding.

(vi) £1,804,000 to Crown prosecution Service in relation to Effective Trial Management Programme (ETMP) Funding.

Enforcement Improvement Pilot:

(vii) £44,600,000 additional appropriations in aid to Her Majesty's Court Service in relation to the Enforcement Improvement Pilot Scheme (the appropriation in aid of fine receipts in order to reinvest in the enforcement process).

Other Costs

(viii) £71,000,000 non-voted resource DEL for Elections

The change in the resource element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL arises from:

Resource_Change:_Admin_(total_decrease_of_£4,484,000)

(i) To take up resource end year flexibility of £655,000 in respect of administration expenditure on the planned costs associated with the Integrated Court Operations System (ICOS), £250,000 implementation costs of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission and in respect of additional cash expenditure on publicly funded legal services by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.

(ii) A reduction of £5,389,000 administration resource to programme in relation to internal reallocation.

Resource_Change:_Programme_(total_increase_of_£17,389,000)

(iii) An increase of £5,389,000 from administration resource to programme in relation to internal reallocation.

(iv) To take up resource end year flexibility of £12,000,000 in respect of additional cash expenditure on publicly funded legal services by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission.

The change in the capital element of the Department for Constitutional Affairs DEL arises from:

Capital_Change_(total_increase_of_£33,694,000)

RfR1

Transfers from other Government departments:

(i) £3,480,000 capital from the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) Criminal Justice Service (CJS) ring fence to provide additional funding for the Effective Trial Management Programme (ETMP) information technology programme.

Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):

(i) £18,500,000 capital to Her Majesty's Court Service in relation to Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

(ii) £10,200,000 capital to Her Majesty's Court Service in relation to Greater London Magistrates Court Authority capital receipts.

(iii) £11,300,000 capital in relation to Core Capital Grants to Local Authorities.

(iv) £5,580,000 increase of capital in relation to the Criminal Justice Reserve.

(v) £1,330,000 increase of capital in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT).

(vi) £170,000 increase of capital in relation to the Capital Modernisation Fund.

(vii) £34,000 capital to Legal Services Commission: Administration in relation to Invest to Save Budget (ISB) funding for the Live and Interactive Project—ISB Ref: 297.

Transfers to other Government departments:

(i) £16,900,000 capital to the Home Office in relation to Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT) funding.

There is no change in the capital element of the Northern Ireland Court Service DEL.