Education written statement – made on 23 November 2010.
Michael Gove
The Secretary of State for Education
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Education (DfE) departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £580,339,000 from £57,318,757,000 to £57,899,096,000; the administration cost budget will increase by £1,500,000 from £180,503,000 to £182,003,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will remain at £190,196,000 with the administration cost budget remaining at £27,337,000. The Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation (OFQUAL) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will remain at £23,400,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
| DfE | Resources | Capital(2) | ||||||
| Change | New DEL | Of which: | Change | New DEL | Of which: | |||
| Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | |||||
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
| RfRI | 623,339 | 49,683,740 | 41,290,026 | 8,393,714 | -43,000 | 6,297,547 | 242,474 | 6,055,073 |
| RfR2 | 0 | 1,602,784 | 1,602,784 | 0 | 0 | 315,025 | 315,025 | 0 |
| DfE Total | 623,339 | 51,286,524 | 42,892,810 | 8,393,714 | -43,000 | 6,612,572 | 557,499 | 6,055,073 |
| OFSTED | 0 | 190,196 | 185,852 | 4,344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OFQUAL | 0 | 17,900 | 17,300 | 600 | 0 | 5,500 | 5,500 | 0 |
| Sub Total | 623,339 | 51,494,620 | 43,095,962 | 8,398,658 | -43,000 | 6,618,072 | 562,999 | 6,055,073 |
| Of which Admin Budget | 1,500 | 209,340 | 204,872 | 4,468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation1(1) | -1,500 | -17,137 | -14,107 | -3,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 621,839 | 51,477,483 | 43,081,855 | 8,395,628 | -43,000 | 6,618,072 | 562,999 | 6,055,073 |
| (1)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. (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. | ||||||||
Department for Education
Resource DEL
The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £623,339,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £9,089,000 and an increase of £632,428,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL, mainly in the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
Voted Resource DEL
The £9,089,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
RFR1
A transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions for £4,183,000 in respect of their agreed share of the costs associated with the Child Poverty Innovation fund.
A transfer from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £20,000,000 in respect of Higher Discretionary Support for 19 to 24 year olds.
A Machinery of Government transfer to the Ministry of Justice of £43,811,000 in respect of the Joint Youth Justice Unit. This was a joint project between the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice. Responsibility for this has been moved entirely to the Ministry of Justice.
A transfer to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of £1,850,000 to cover the Departments' contribution to the educational objective of the jointly funded Papal Visit.
A transfer from Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £1,990,000 in respect of National Vocational Qualifications income received by QCDA that fund UK Commission for Employment and Skills expenditure.
A transfer to the Department for Communities and Local Government of £1,980,000 for the Migration Impact Fund.
A transfer to the Scottish Government of £213,000 for Child Trust Funds top ups.
A switch of £33,000,000 from Capital Grants to Resource spending for Schools and Teachers to re-profile budgets affected as part of the Department's 2010 Emergency Budget savings of £670 million.
Take up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £606,000,000 to increase provision for Sixth Forms delivered through the Young People's Learning Agency.
A movement of £626,928,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
A movement of £4,500,000 from Non Voted spending to re-profile provision usage no longer required and relieve pressures on the depreciation budgets caused by the recent Clear Line of Sight adjustments.
Non-voted resource DEL
The £632,428,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from:
RFR1
A movement of £10,000,000 from non-voted Capital switched to resource to re-profile budgets affected as part of the Department's 2010 Emergency Budget savings of £670 million.
A movement of £626,928,000 from voted resource to support the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
A movement of £4,500,000 from non-voted resource DEL to support the Department's Administration expenditure.
Capital DEL
The decrease in the capital element of the DEL of £43,000,000 arises from a decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL.
Non-voted Capital DEL
The £43,000,000 decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:
A switch of £43,000,000 from non-voted capital into voted and non-voted resource to re-profile budgets affected as part of the Department's 2010 Emergency Budget savings of £670 million.
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
There has been no change in overall DEL limits within the winter supplementary.
Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation
There has been no change in overall DEL limits within the winter supplementary.
