The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague)
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £95,878,000 from £2,127,148,000 to £2,223,026,000. The administration budget will be increased by £64,250,000 from £420,448,000 to £484,698,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
Voted | Non-voted | Voted | Non-voted | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Resource | 138,143 | -17,000 | 2,124,381 | 29,000 | 2,153,381 |
Of which: | |||||
Administration budget | 81,250 | -17,000 | 468,068 | 16,630 | 484,698 |
Capital1 | -25,265 | - | 168,695 | - | 168,695 |
Depreciation2 | - | - | -99,050 | - | -99,050 |
Total | 112,878 | -17,,000 | 2,194,026 | 29,000 | 2,223,026 |
1Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. 2Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. |
The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
Request for Resources 1
Administration
I. Take up of £15,000,000 Administration EYF in respect of modernisation of the core FCO.
II. A claim on the Reserve of £15,000,000 Administration costs in respect of Corporate Services modernisation.
III. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for Education in respect of the Papal visit.
IV. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for International Development in respect of the Papal visit.
V. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department of Energy and Climate Change in respect of the Papal visit.
VI. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in respect of the Papal visit.
VII. Transfer of £1,850,000 administration from the Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of the Papal visit.
VIII. Transfer of £180,000 administration from the Department for International Development in respect of the gratis visa operation in Chernobyl.
IX. Capital to Administration switch of £25,000,000 in respect of exchange rate pressures.
Programme
I. Transfer of £100,000 programme from the Department for International Development in respect of the Strategic and Bilateral fund work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
II. Transfer of £40,000,000 programme from the Department for International Development in respect of support for British Council Official Development Assistance (ODA).
III. Transfer of £200,000 programme from the Department of International Development in respect of Tanzania Police Training Project.
Capital
I. Capital to administration switch of £25,000,000 in respect of exchange rate pressures.
II. Capital transfer of £265,000 from FCO to DFID as a contribution towards building a new office in Juba, Sudan.
Request for Resources 2
Programme
I. Transfer of £16,467,000 grants from DFID in respect of conflict prevention and discretionary Peacekeeping funds.
II. Transfer of £54,000 grants to the Security Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.