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an increase of £72,000 for special educational needs for dyslexia taken up from the invest to save budget;
a transfer from the Home Office of £604,000 for offender education;
transfers to Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (OFSTED) £393,000 for the childcare register and to the Home Office £947,000 for offender education.
A movement of £1,327,000 from non-voted departmental unallocated provision for central government grants;
a movement of £116,928,000 to RFR1, £82,325,000 in respect of nursery education extension funding, £50,000 in respect of early years national travellers programme, £1,500,000 in respect of child- contact centres, £2,500,000 in respect of early years foundation centres, £100,000 in respect of early years data collection pilot, £28,573,000 in respect of current grants. A movement of £1,880,000 to RFR1 non-budget section in respect of the National College for Schools Leadership.
A movement of £220,000 from RFR1 for repayment of children’s fund loan.
The increase of £206,000 in resource DEL arises from:
a transfer from the Department for Education and Skills £393,000 for the childcare register;
a decrease of £187,000 from profit on the sale of an asset.
The £117,204,000 increase in non-voted resource DEL arises from:
a £124,710,000 virement from RFR1 voted resource DEL, £25,523,000 to support schools and teachers, £25,193,000 to support higher education, £73,089,000 to support further education and lifelong learning, £905,000 to support children, young people and families;
a £29,951,000 virement to RFR1 voted resource DEL for other central services;
a movement of £1,880,000 from RFR2 voted resource DEL to support the National College for Schools Leadership;
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a transfer in of £5,669,000 from Department of Health for pension indexation;
the take-up of end-year flexibility of £16,500,000 for take-up of Adult Learning Inspectorate provisions £4,500,000 and for take-up of Qualifications and Curriculum Authority provisions £12,000,000;
a reclassification of £277,000 from non-voted resource DEL to non-voted capital DEL for the Office of the Children's Commissioner capital investment;
a movement of £1,327,000 to RFR2 central government grants from departmental unallocated provision.
The increase in the capital element of the DEL of £12,641,000 arises from a £4,472,000 decrease in the voted element of capital DEL and an increase of £17,113,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.
The £4,472,000 decrease in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:
the take-up of end-year flexibility of £7,964,000 for the Cybrarian capital modernisation fund £7,851,000 and the invest to save budget for Construction Industry Training Board £113,000;
a £16,836,000 virement to non-voted capital DEL £11,000,000 for support to higher education, £51,000 for the School Food Trust, £1,105,000 for support to the Sector Skills Development Agency, £4,680,000 from the departmental unallocated provision for central government grants;
transfer from the Department for Communities and Local Government of £5,000,000 for the combined universities of Cornwall;
the decrease of £600,000 in Ofsted capital for non-operating appropriation in aid in respect of the sale of an asset.
The £17,113,000 increase in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:
a £16,836,000 virement from voted capital DEL £11,000,000 for support to higher education, £51,000 for the School Food Trust, £1,105,000 for support to the Sector Skills Development Agency, £4,680,000 from the departmental unallocated provision for central government grants;
a reclassification of £277,000 from non-voted resource DEL to non-voted capital DEL for the Office for the Children's Commissioner capital investment.
The take-up of end-year flexibility of £5,500,000 to cover net pressure on departmental administration costs.
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Department for International Development: DEL
The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos): My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Hilary Benn) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for International Development departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £57,216,000 from £4,958,465,000 to £5,015,681,000; the administration budget will be increased by £30,000,012 from £235,000,000 to £265,012,000. The administration budget increase is for non-cash changes in accounting provisions; the cash budget for administration activities is unchanged.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
The net addition to the resource DEL is made up as follows.
Additions: draw down of £77,077,000 of resource provision from end-year flexibility entitlements set out in the public expenditure 2005-06 outturn White Paper, allocation of £343,000 from the Treasury Reserve for Band Aid VAT and £12,000 transferred from the Cabinet Office in respect of DfID’s use of the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Reductions: transfer of £5,341,000 from the Africa conflict pool and £13,875,000 from departmental unallocated provision (DUP) to FCO for support to the African Union mission in Sudan (AMIS) and quick impact projects in Afghanistan, and £1 million from DUP to Home Office for migration projects.
Department for Transport: Smoke Free Provision on Vessels
Lord Bassam of Brighton: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
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The Government announced last year that restrictions on smoking in enclosed workplaces, public places and vehicles would be introduced in England from 1 July 2007. These provisions are described in the Health Act 2006 which aims to act on medical and scientific advice. This will save thousands of lives over the next decade by reducing both exposure to hazardous second hand smoke and overall smoking rates.
The Health Act 2006 includes provisions designed to prohibit smoking in enclosed public places and vehicles, but does not cover vessels operating at sea or on inland waters. I now intend to introduce similar provisions to provide protection from second hand smoke for people on vessels operating in UK waters, both at sea and on inland waterways.
On 14 February, I launched a consultation paper asking for comments as to how smoke- free provisions should be implemented on sea-going and inland-waterways vessels. The provisions under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 will apply to all vessels operating in UK inland waters or within the 12-mile territorial waters, regardless of which country they are flagged with, provided they carry passengers or employees. I am also keen to see these provisions extended to Wales and Northern Ireland and for a consistent set of restrictions to be established in Scotland.
In line with the Health Act 2006, I am proposing that owners and operators of vessels may provide for residents and guests on merchant ships to be allowed
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I am also proposing that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency holds the responsibility for enforcement of these provisions with a scale of penalties similar to those laid down in the Health Act.
Copies of the consultation paper have been sent to a wide range of representatives in the shipping industry and they will have 12 weeks to respond to the consultation. Further copies of the consultation paper are available on the DfT website at www.dft.gov.uk. Copies have also been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Department for Work and Pensions: DEL
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions DEL will increase by £204,654,000 from £7,780,201,000 to £7,984,855,000 and the administration budget will increase by £225,465,000 from £5,827,134,000 to £6,052,599,000.
Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
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