Departmental Expenditure Limits

International Development written statement – made on 23 November 2010.

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Photo of Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell The Secretary of State for International Development

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:

Change New DEL £'000
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 (1) 203,001 -202,736 1,737,001 -180,736 1,556,265
Less Depreciation (2) - - -21,000 - -21,000
Total DEL 209,643 -284,108 6,739,212 804,892 7,544,104
(1) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and Accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.

(2) 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 and Commonwealth Office in respect of support for British Council Official Development Assistance (ODA).

-£16,467,000 transferred to the Foreign and 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 and 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 and 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