Education and Skills written statement – made at on 21 November 2006.
Alan Johnson
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
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 £99,618,000 from £59,702,608,000 to £59,602,990,000. The administration cost budget will be increased by £331,000 from £272,230,000 to £272,561,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:
| DfES | Resources | Capital*** | ||||||
| Change | New DEL | Of which: Voted | Non-voted | Change | New DEL | Of which: Voted | Non-voted | |
| £'000 | '£'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| RfRl | -17,299 | 51,757,341 | 34,876,229 | 16,881,112 | 12,980 | 5,839,905 | 3,377,779 | 2,462,126 |
| RfR2 | -50,775 | 1,229,143 | 1,229,143 | 0 | 0 | 426,425 | 426,425 | 0 |
| RfR3 | -44,524 | 145,576 | 145,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OFSTED | 0 | 204,000 | 204,000 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 600 | 0 |
| Sub Total | -112,598 | 53,336,060 | 36,454,948 | 16,881,112 | 12,980 | 6,266,930 | 3,804,804 | 2,462,126 |
| ** Of which Admin Budget | 331 | 272,567 | 272,561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Near-cash in RDEL | -68,046 | 52,600,580 | 35,740,923 | 16,859,657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation* | 1715 | -37,399 | -11,675 | -25,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | -110,883 | 53,298,661 | 36,443,273 | 16,855,388 | 12,980 | 6,266,930 | 3,804,804 | 2,426,126 |
| *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. | ||||||||
| ** 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. | ||||||||
Within the Administration Cost budget changes, the impact is set out in the following table:
| DffiS | Original | Change | Revised |
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| DffiS (RfRl) | 243,760 | 331 | 244,091 |
| OFSTED | 28,470 | 0 | 28,470 |
| Total | 272,230 | 331 | 272,561 |
Resource DEL
The decrease in the resource element of the DEL of £112,598,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £408,984,000 and an increase of £296,386,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL mainly in the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
Voted Resource DEL
The £408,984,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
RFR1
A £361,672,000 virement to non-voted resource DEL, £81,234,000 to support schools and teachers, £271,213,000 to support further education and lifelong learning, £4,200,000 for student support, £5,025,000 to support children and families.
A movement of £43,275,000 from RFR2 to RFR1, £2,000,000 in respect of foundation stage strand of the primary national strategy, £40,800,000 to meet commitments in RFR1, £475,000 for Sure Start contributions to Directgov.
A movement of £44,524,000 from RFR3 to RFR1, £29,524,000 for local area agreements and £15,000,000 for repayment of Children's Fund advance from RFRl.
An increase of £9,014,000 in receipts, for the Higher Education Innovation Fund £8,714,000 and for Investors in People £300,000. A decrease of £46,000 in receipts for Business Fellows.
Transfers from the Cabinet Office £396,000 for the Parliamentary Counsel Office, from the Home Office £5,683,000 capacity funding for Prison Education, from the Department of Health £2,000,000 for the Education Intervention Programme.
Transfers to the Department of Trade and Industry £350,000 for the National Council of Graduate Entrepreneurship, to the Home Office £8,323,000 for Prison Education, £1,340,000 for the post-Bichard vetting scheme, to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport £2,130,000 for Museums and Galleries programme.
Transfers due to machinery of government changes to the Department of Constitutional Affairs £5,545,000 for Special Educational Needs Tribunals, to the National Assembly for Wales £19,935,000 for the Welsh element of Student Loans.
A £1,300,000 re-profile from 2006/07 to 2007/08 for the Youth Media Fund £500,000 and Youth Challenge Fund £800,000.
RFR2
A movement of £43,275,000 from RFR2 to RFR1, £2,000,000 in respect of foundation stage strand of the primary national strategy, £40,800,000 to meet commitments in RFR1, £475,000 for sure start contributions to Directgov.
A movement of £4,000,000 from RFR2 to non-voted £2,574,000 for National Professional Qualifications within Integrated Learning Centres, £1,426,000 for the National College for School Leadership.
A re-profile of £3,500,000 for Early Education Pilots from 2006/07 to 2007/08.
RFR3
A movement of £44,524,000 from RFR3 to RFR1, £29,524,000 for local area agreements, £15,000,000 for repayment of Children's Fund advance from RFR1.
Non-voted resource DEL
The £296,386,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from the movement of £361,672,000 from RFR1 voted resource DEL, £4,000,000 from RFR2 voted resource DEL.
An increase of £9,014,000 matching expenditure for the Higher Education Innovation Fund £8,714,000 and for Investors in People £300,000. A decrease of £46,000 for Business Fellows.
Transfer to the National Assembly for Wales £159,000 for Open University funding.
Transfers due to machinery of government changes to the National Assembly for Wales £78,095,000 for the Welsh element of Student Loans.
Capital DEL
The increase in the capital element of the DEL of £12,980,000 arises from a £288,065,000 increase in the voted element of capital DEL and a decrease of £275,085,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.
Voted Capital DEL
The £288,065,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
RFR1
An increase of £219,187,000 for Schools and teachers. An increase of £3,697,000 for capital grants to Local Authorities to support schools. An increase of £201,000 for capital grants to Local Authorities to support Children and Families.
An increase of £65,000,000 for Higher Education due to a reduction of receipts in respect of the Science and Research Innovation Fund.
Transfers due to machinery of government changes to the Department of Constitutional Affairs £20,000 for Special Educational Needs Tribunals.
Non-voted Capital DEL
The £275,085,000 decrease in the non-voted capital DEL arises from the movement of £223,085,000 to voted capital DEL.
A decrease in matching expenditure of £65,000,000 to support Higher Education Funding.
A transfer from the Department of Health £13,000,000 for the University College London.
Administration Cost Budget
A £331,000 increase in the administration cost budget arises from the transfer from the Cabinet Office of £396,000 for the Parliamentary Counsel Office. Transfers due to machinery of government changes to the Department for Constitutional Affairs £65,000 for Special Educational Needs Tribunals.
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