Treasury written statement – made at on 21 November 2006.
John Healey
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £2,205,000 from £193,998,000 to £196,203,000, and the administration budget will be increased by £1,545,000 from £166,878,000 to £168,423,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| £'000 | |||||
| Change | New Del | Total | |||
| Voted | Non- voted | Voted | Non- Voted | ||
| Resource Del: | 1,418 | 777 | 161,846 | 6,777 | 168,623 |
| Of which: | |||||
| Administration budget* | 768 | 777 | 161,646 | 6,777 | 168,423 |
| Near cash in RDEL: | 1,418 | 777 | 139,081 | 7,218 | 146,299 |
| Capital** | 10 | - | 27,580 | - | 27,580 |
| Less Depreciation *** | - | - | -19,633 | - | -19,633 |
| Total | 1,428 | 777 | 169,793 | 6,777 | 176,570 |
| *The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL 'figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. | |||||
| **Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. | |||||
| ***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: Admin (total increase of £1,545,000)
Voted: total increase of £768,000.
(i) Take up of £250,000 from the Invest to Save Budget to fund the Quality Measurement Framework Project.
(ii) Transfer of £61,000 from GAD in respect of a Machinery of Government change to provide funding to the Occupational Pension Scheme Survey,
(iii) Transfer of £457,000 from Cabinet Office in respect of a Machinery of Government change for Civil Service Statistics.
Non-voted: total increase of £777,000
(i) £777,000 from the Invest to Save Budget to fund the Quality Measurement Project
Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £650,000)
Voted: total increase of £650,000.
(i) To reduce EC income by £650,000 from £1,000,000 to £350,000 to reflect latest forecast.
Capital Change (total increase of £10,000)
Voted: total increase of £10,000
(i) Transfer of £10,000 from GAD in respect of a Machinery of Government change for the Occupational Pension Scheme Survey.
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