Culture Media and Sport written statement – made at on 21 November 2006.
Tessa Jowell
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £93,217,000 from £1,714,786,000 to £1,808,003,000 and the administration cost limit will increase by £4,826,000 from £48,444,000 to £53,270,000. Within the DEL change the impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:
Departmental Expenditure Limits and Administration Budgets
| £'000 | |||||
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| Voted | Non- voted | Voted | Non- voted | Total | |
| Resource DEL | -5,836 | 18,216 | 177,959 | 1,370,237 | 1,548,196 |
| of which: | |||||
| Administration budget* | 4,826 | - | 53,270 | - | 53,270 |
| Near-cash in RDEL | -5,836 | 23,736 | 169,441 | 1,198,366 | 1,367,807 |
| Capital** | -73,810 | 154,647 | 26,465 | 1,331,072 | 357,537 |
| Less Depreciation*** | - | - | -5,942 | -91,788 | -97,730 |
| Total | -79,646 | 172,863 | 198,482 | 1,609,521 | 1,808,003 |
| * 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 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:
Take up of £12,400,000 End Year flexibility: (£100,000) Community radio (£2,000,000) British Library; (£500,000) National Museum of Science and Industry (£6,600,000) Arts Council of England; (£1,200,000) UK Film Council; and (£2,000,000) Gambling Commission.
Transfers from other Government Departments of: £2,130,000 from Department for Education and Skills for Strategic Commissioning; and £340,000 from Cabinet Office to cover baseline costs of the Parliamentary Council.
Transfers to other Government Departments of: £120,000 to DCLG for Minister for Women post; £66,000 to DCLG for contribution to severance costs of Government Office review staff and £7,700,000 to Home Office to cover the transfer of responsibility for policing the Royal Parks.
Grants from the Invest to Save budget allocation Resource £871,000 to Museums, Galleries and Libraries £1,413,000 to Arts Council of England, and £142,000 to English Heritage.
Agreed Reserve Claim of £1,000,000 for the Humanitarian Assistance Unit.
The administration cost limit has increased by £4,826,000 from £48,444,000 to £53,270,000. This is as a result of transfers to Cabinet Office and DCLG totalling £154,000 detailed above; an agreed drawdown of £2,300,000 non-cash Departmental Unallocated Provision for the Olympic Executive; take up of £1,700,000 End Year Flexibility; and transfers to and from programme costs totalling £672,000.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
Take up of End-Year Flexibility of £52,647,000: (£3,000,000) for Capital administration; (£280,000) for purchase of flagpoles; (£6,740,000) British Library; (£2,000,000) Imperial War Museum; (£9,485,000) British Museum; (£3,000,000) National Maritime Museum; (£2,557,000) National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside; (£3,531,000) National Museum of Science and Industry; (£200,000) Wallace Collection; (£200,000) Sir John Soane's Museum; (£18,400,000) Community Club Development Project; (£740,000) The Royal Household for Occupied Royal Palaces; (£1,200,000) English Heritage; (£1,304,000) Gambling Commission and (£10,000) National Lottery Commission.
A transfer of £24,300,000 from the DCLG for Olympic costs.
Grants from the Invest to Save budget capital allocation £2,662,000 to Museums, Galleries and Libraries, £281,000 to Arts Council of England, and £37,000 to English Heritage.
An agreed Reserve Claim of £1,000,000 Capital for the Queen Mother's Memorial.
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