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House of Commons Commission Twenty-Seventh Annual Report


Annex 2

House of Commons: Administration Accounts 2004/05
£000
2004/05
2003/04
Unaudited
Audited
Estimate
Outturn
Variance
Outturn
Notes
Staff costs 55,453 52,387
(a)
Other staff costs 2,247 2,032
(b)
Travel and subsistence 3,478 3,083
Accommodation related 31,469 30,314
(c)
Security 18,229 16,655
Information 13,245 13,331
(d)
Communications 7,182 6,675
(e)
Broadcasting 95104
Specialist support 4,072 2,698
Office equipment 3,217 4,411
Office supplies 2,609 1,421
Other supplies 3,343 0
(f)
Grants 1,2001,100
(g)
Gross administration costs 145,839 134,211
Operating income (8,728) (2,342)
(f)
Net administration costs 137,111 131,869
Capital charges and depreciation on fixed assets 46,841 45,065
(h)
Revaluation of fixed assets 3,344 976
(h)
Other technical accounting adjustments 359 307
Income transferred to Commission Reserve 392 0
Total resource expenditure 191,450188,047 3,403178,217
Acquisition of fixed assets 10,869 10,309
Changes in working capital (2,637) 1,844
(i)
Use of provision 5,280 3,059
(j)
Other technical accounting adjustments (57,898) (53,269)
(k)
Total cash expenditure147,550 143,6613,889 140,160

NOTES
(a) Includes wages and salaries, social security and pension costs.
(b) Staff related items such as training, recruitment and child care costs.
(c) Rental on leasehold buildings and accommodation services.
(d) Mainly printing and publications.
(e) Telecoms, van and courier services.
(f) From 2004/05 Refreshment Department cost of sales is included in other expenditure, unlike earlier years when it was netted off against the value of sales.
(g) Grant to History of Parliament Trust.
(h) The estate is professionally revalued every 5 years with values being indexed in the intervening years: minor fluctuations in the estimated value of the estate can have a significant impact on these figures.
(i) Cash flow impact of movements on stock, debtors and creditors. 2004/05 included the clearance of a shared service debtor worth £2.7 million that arose at the previous year end.
(j) Mainly draw down against the provision used to meet pension liabilities.
(k) These figures include the reversal of the capital charges and depreciation costs to arrive at the net cash outturn.






 
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