Written Ministerial Statement by Joan Ruddock - Forestry Commission Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) Changes - 15 November 2007
The Minister for Climate change, Biodiversity, and Waste (Joan Ruddock)
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increasedby £10,104,000 from £82,288,000 to £92,392,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
|
Change |
New DEL |
£'000 |
|
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|
Voted |
Non-voted |
Voted |
Non-voted |
Total |
|
Resource DEL |
9,804 |
- |
90,369 |
2,653 |
93,022 |
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of which: |
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|
|
|
|
|
Administration budget* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Near-cash in RDEL |
7,304 |
- |
66,213 |
2,653 |
68,866 |
|
Capital** |
1,800 |
- |
2,640 |
-700 |
1,940 |
|
Less Depreciation† |
-1,500 |
- |
-2,570 |
- |
-2,570 |
|
Total |
10,104 |
- |
90,439 |
1,953 |
92,392 |
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|
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|
|
|
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*The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource |
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**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL |
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†Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital |
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The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from
a. A transfer of £7,994,000 from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to allow the Forestry Commission to administer the Farm Woodland Premium scheme.
b. The take up of £3,610,000 end of year flexibility to meet expenditure on payment of private woodland grants, costs associated with efficiency initiatives and increased forecasts on both cost of capital and depreciation charges.
c. A transfer from resource to capital DEL of £1,800,000.
The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from
a. A transfer from resource DEL of £1,800,000 to support capital investment of e-business systems.
Page published: 15 November 2007