House of Lords written statement – made on 23rd November 2010.
Baroness Verma
Lords Spokesperson (Home Office) (Equalities and Women's Issues), Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Lords Spokesperson (Department for International Development)
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be reduced by £74,465,000 from £7,618,569,000 to £7,544,104,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| (£,000) | Change | New DEL | |||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
| Resource DEL | 6,642 | -81,372 | 5,023,211 | 985,628 | 6,008,839 |
| of which: | |||||
| Administration budget | - | - | 154,644 | 3,000 | 157,644 |
| Capital DEL* | 203,001 | -202,736 | 1,737,001 | -180,736 | 1,556,265 |
| Less Depreciation** | - | - | -21,000 | - | -21,000 |
| Total DEL | 209,643 | -284,108 | 6,739,212 | 804,892 | 7,544,104 |
* 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 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 DEL arises from:
Non-voted
Transfers out to other government departments -£74,730,000:
-£40,000,000 transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in respect of support for British Council Official Development Assistance (ODA).
-£16,467,000 transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in respect of the Conflict Prevention Pool.
-£16,033,000 transferred to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the Conflict Prevention Pool.
-£1,850,000 transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in respect of the papal visit.
-£200,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of police training in Tanzania.
-£180,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of visas for Chernobyl victims.
Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision -£6,642,000
Subtotal non-voted: -£81,372,000
Voted
Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision £6,642,000
Subtotal voted: £6,642,000
Total reductions in RDEL: -£74,730,000
The change in the Capital element of DEL arises from:
Non-voted
Transfers in from other government departments £265,000
£265,000 transferred from Foreign & Commonwealth Office in respect of the new Juba office build.
Income from Global Trade Liquidity loan to be paid into the Consolidated Fund (CFER) since it exceeds voted capital expenditure -£200,000,000
Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision -£3,001,000
Subtotal non-voted: -£202,736,000
Voted
IDA replenishment on resource side of the Estimate £200,000,000
Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision £3,001,000
Subtotal voted: £203,001,000
Total increases in CDEL: £265,000.
