Alistair Carmichael
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Supplementary Estimate 2014-15
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The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr Alistair Carmichael)
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the Scottish Government’s DEL net of depreciation and impairments will be increased by £598,482,000 from £28,708,902,000 to £29,307,384,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
£’000 | Changes | Revised DEL |
|---|---|---|
Resource DEL (RDEL) | 94,551 | 26,723,200 |
Of which: | ||
RDEL excluding depreciation | 2,351 | 25,810,715 |
Depreciation ring-fenced in RDEL | 92,200 | 730,937 |
Student loans ring-fenced in RDEL | 0 | 181,548 |
Capital DEL | 596,131 | 3,498,539 |
The increase in the Scotland DEL takes account of the following adjustments to the Scottish Government provision amounting to increases of £690,682,000:
Increase of Barnett consequentials—council tax freeze grant of £32,538,000 (Resource DEL);
Increase of £2,324,000 for autumn 2014 statement Barnett consequentials (Resource DEL);
Budget exchange transfers of £142,243,000 (Resource DEL), £42,200,000 (Resource DEL depreciation) and £34,805,000 (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Culture Media and Sport Energy and Climate Change of £70,830,000 in respect of Urban Broadband (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department of Energy and Climate Change of £15,101,000 in respect of the Energy agreement (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department of Energy and Climate Change of £2,495,000 in respect of Energy efficiency (Capital DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Transport of £1,121,000 for Dundee-London public service obligation (Resource DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions of £1,568,000 for fit for work (Resource DEL);
Transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions of £600,000 for single fraud investigation service (Resource DEL);
A transfer for cash management rebate of £379,000 (Resource DEL);
A transfer for the coastal communities fund of £4,083,000 (Resource DEL);
A transfer of non-cash costs for the higher and further education sector of £50,000,000 (Resource DEL depreciation);
A transfer for the Queensferry Crossing: re-payment of prepayment (Stage 2) of £24,000,000 (Capital DEL);
A transfer for the RDEL adjustment: VAT on legal services of £184,000 (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £847,000 in respect of the G8 policing costs (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £832,000 in respect of the Blue Lights charities (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £5,000,000 in respect of the Glasgow School of Art (Resource DEL);
A reserve claim of £2,900,000 in respect of the utilisation of Scottish cultural collections (Capital DEL);
A reserve claim of £300,000,000 in respect of the private finance deals coming on balance sheet (Capital DEL);
A switch of £189,000,000 from resource DEL to capital DEL (Resource DEL);
A switch of £189,000,000 from resource DEL (Capital DEL);
A transfer of £5,000,000 for the Shetland Isles (Capital DEL).
The overall effect of these changes is to increase the grant to the Scottish Consolidated Fund by £201,031,000.
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