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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Mike O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 14 February 2002, Official Report, columns 607-08W, what changes have since been made to the departmental expenditure limit. [45865] Estelle Morris: The Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), including the Office for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (OFSTED), which has a separate Estimate, has been decreased by £210,000 from £20,304,478,000 to £20,304,268,000. The impact of this reduction on the resources element of the DEL is set out in the following table: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Resources Capital Change New DEL Of which: Non-voted DEL Of which: Non-voted Voted Voted RfR 1 -210 17,014,918 6,675,052 10,339,866 2,820,374 1,851,123 969,251 RfR 3 0 125,833 125,833 0 80,470 80,470 0 RfR 4 0 98,073 98,073 0 0 0 0 Total change -210 -- -- -- -- -- -- Ofsted 0 152,019 152,019 0 12,581 12,581 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The DfES Spring Supplementary Estimate included a transfer of provision from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) for Neighbourhood Surveys. It was subsequently discovered that this transfer was not included by DTLR in their Spring Supplementary or in their parliamentary answer announcing changes to their DEL. The administration costs limits remain unchanged as follows: Original _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 DfES (RfR1) 219,730 Sure Start (RfR3) 3,890 Children and Young People's Unit (RfR4) 2,491 Ofsted 27,095 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

45865; 382 c504W;382 c502W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Government departments Public expenditure Department for Education and Skills Cash limits Operating costs Departmental expenditure limits

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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