House of Lords written statement – made at on 21 November 2006.
Lord Rooker
Minister of State (Sustainable Farming and Food), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Sustainable Farming and Food), The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Peter Hain) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval, the Northern Ireland Office (NSO) will be taking a 2006-07 winter supplementary estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £30,843,000 from £1,206,618,000 to £1,237,461,000.
| Change | New DEL | ||||
| £'000 | Voted | Non-Voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total |
| Resource | 5,746 | 23,313 | 335,271 | 879,207 | 1,214,478 |
| Admin Budget | 166 | 0 | 86,756 | 5,000 | 91,756 |
| Near-cash | 10,305 | 12,281 | 275,087 | 741,584 | 1,016,671 |
| Capital | 0 | 13,377 | 38,454 | 46,851 | 85,305 |
| Depreciation | 3,720 | -15,313 | -18,462 | -43,860 | -62,322 |
| Total | 9,466 | 21,377 | 355,263 | 882,198 | 1,237,461 |
The change in the resource element of the DEL £30,843,000 relates to the drawdown of end year flexibility £42,270,000 of which £13,100,000 is near cash resource, £15,793,000 is non-cash and £13,377,000 is capital. The department is also receiving a resource budget transfer of £166,000 from the Cabinet Office. As DEL stated excludes depreciation, the change is adjusted by £11,593,000 to £30,843,000.
The cash drawdown is in relation to additional resource requirement for various business areas within the department such as the PSNI, the NI Prison Service, the Public Prosecution Service and the Youth Justice Agency. The non-cash element is required for NDPBs such as the PSNI, the NI Human Rights Commission, the Criminal Justice Inspectorate and the NI Policing Board.
The change in capital DEL by £13,377,000 is required for various business areas within the department such as the PSNI, the Police Ombudsman, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland and the Criminal Justice Inspectorate.
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