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Written question asked by Oliver Letwin (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 December 2007. It was answered by James Plaskitt (Labour) on Thursday, 10 January 2008 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), if he will break down his Department's (a) main estimate and (b) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms.
Answer

Near-cash and non-cash are essentially used as departmental expenditure limit (DEL) budgetary control concepts and are not specifically identified with voted resources in estimates. However, we have been able to break down net total resources for each section in the Part II: Subhead detail table of our main [and winter supplementary] estimates in the following table.

£000
Main estimate 2007-08 Winter supplementary estimate 2007-08
Subhead Line Near-cash Non-cash Total Near-cash Non-cash Total
RfR1 DEL
A Administration 402,019 4,732 406,751 404,041 4,732 408,773
Total for RfR1 402,019 4,732 406,751 404,041 4,732 408,773
RfR2 DEL
A Administration 2,595,662 121,937 2,717,599 2,600,177 121,937 2,722,114
B Employment Programmes 771,555 622 772,177 771,761 622 772,383
C Health and Safety Executive 219,382 8,000 227,382 219,382 8,000 227,382
D Health and Safety Laboratory (2,274) 2,274 0 (2,274) 2,274 0
E Capital Grants 5,927 2,549 8,476 5,927 2,549 8,476
F The Rent Service Executive agency 30,600 4,902 35,502 30,600 4,902 35,502
G European Social Fund and European Globalisation Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0
H European Social Fund payments in advance of receipts 0 32,700 32,700 0 32,700 32,700
I Employment programmes 37,047 0 37,047 37,047 0 37,047
J Housing benefit and council tax benefit administration grants 680,200 0 680,200 680,200 0 680,200
K Capital grants to local authorities 2,895 0 2,895 2,895 0 2,895
L European Social Fund 0 0 0 0 0 0
M European Social Fund payments in advance of receipts 0 0 0 0 0 0
AME
N Severe disablement allowance 886,053 614 886,667 895,959 614 896,573
0 Industrial injury benefits 792,527 582 793,109 806,563 582 807,145
P Income support (under 60 years of age) 8,675,813 102,490 8,778,303 8,682,510 102,490 8,785,000
Q Jobseekers allowance (income based) 2,041,366 9,929 2,051,295 2,041,366 9,929 2,051,295
R Jobseekers allowance (contribution based) 0 0 0 0 0 0
S Job grant 45,064 0 45,064 47,936 0 47,936
T Employment allowances 84,297 0 84,297 84,297 0 84,297
U Housing and council tax benefit capital charge 0 3,277 3,277 0 3,277 3,277
V Housing benefit and council tax benefit subsidies 13,916,309 0 13,916,309 14,143,852 0 14,143,852
W Rent rebates 5,234,667 0 5,234,667 5,259,560 0 5,259,560
X Discretionary housing payments 20,000 0 20,000 20,000 0 20,000
Non-budget
Y Statutory benefits (SSP and SMP) 1,712,065 0 1,712,065 1,712,065 0 1,712,065
Z Working Age (Grant in Aid) 3,687 0 3,687 3,687 0 3,687
Total for RfR2 37,752,842 289,876 38,042,718 38,043,510 289,876 38,333,386
RfR3 DEL
A Administration 184,464 14,202 198,666 192,065 14,202 206,267
AME
B Pension benefits 60,486 13 60,499 66,023 13 66,036
C Income support for the elderly and pension credit 7,303,663 23,391 7,327,054 7,303,663 23,391 7,327,054
D TV licences for the over 75s 503,078 0 503,078 503,078 0 503,078
Non-budget
E Payments to the Social Fund 2,475,283 0 2,475,283 2,496,283 0 2,496,283
F Pensions Grants in Aid 35,785 0 35,785 35,785 0 35,785
Total for RfR3 10,562,759 37,606 10,600,365 10,596,897 37,606 10,634,503
RfR4 DEL
A Administration 246,855 1,488 248,343 245,333 1,488 246,821
B Motability administration 2,800 0 2,800 2,800 0 2,800
AME
C Attendance allowance 4,376,854 14,627 4,391,481 4,428,373 14,627 4,443,000
D Disability living allowance 9,736,572 11,582 9,748,154 9,947,418 11,582 9,959,000
E Carer's allowance 1,268,937 2,850 1,271,787 1,268,937 2,850 1,271,787
F Vaccine damage payments 500 0 500 500 0 500
G Grants to independent bodies 300,468 0 300,468 300,468 0 300,468
Non-budget
H Disability Rights Commission (Grant in Aid) 20,000 0 20,000 20,000 0 20,000
Total for RfR4 15,952,986 30,547 15,983,533 16,213,829 30,547 16,244,376
RfR5 DEL
A Administration 1,021,416 17,964 1,039,380 1,060,846 17,964 1,078,810
Total for RfR5 1,021,416 17,964 1,039,380 1,060,846 17,964 1,078,810
Total subhead as per estimates 65,692,022 380,725 66,072,747 66,319,123 380,725 66,699,848

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
470 c712-6W; 174987
Session
2007-08
Related items
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions Public expenditure
Link
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