DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

0

0

2. Promote work as the best form of welfare for people of working age, whilst protecting the position of those in greatest need

188,157,000.00

0

TOTAL, EXCESSES, 2004–05

188,157,000.00

0

0

0

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS

205,522,000

8,122,000

1. To help build a competitive economy and inclusive society by creating opportunities for everyone to develop their learning; releasing potential in people to make the most of themselves, and achieving excellence in standards of education and levels of skills

268,670,000[1]

−65,393,000*

Loans to voluntary aided schools; provision relating to former grant-maintained schools; the Assisted Places Scheme; music and dance schools; support for the Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth; City Technology Colleges; support for Academies; the school curriculum and its assessment; education action zones; modernising the teaching profession and other educational services and initiatives; costs associated with the Schools Food Trust; initiatives to write-off student loans to teachers in England and Wales; class size reductions; school and local education authority intervention; specialist schools; excellence in cities and other specific grants to local authorities including those through the Standards Fund; grants in aid to the National College for School Leadership, the Training and Development Agency for Schools, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, the Schools Food Trust and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority and the Partnerships for Schools; support for the Centre for Information Learning Technology; capital grants to schools including those through the Standards Fund; the youth service; careers guidance and services including through the Connexions Service including working capital grants and loans for capital purchases; higher, further and other education provision and initiatives, including the Higher Education Innovation Fund, the Science and Research Investment Fund and Higher Education Business Fellows; capital grants to music, dance and other schools; payments for education in prisons and other custodial institutions; student grants; the payment of access funds and education maintenance allowances; the provision of training and assessment programmes for young people and adults; initiatives to improve education, training and qualifications arrangements and access to these; the promotion of enterprise,including Career Development Loans; teacher training initiatives; payments to the Department for Work and Pensions to support the UK subscription to the International Labour Organisation and other international educational programmes; payments to support other international education and skills programmes; costs associated with the UK presidency of the European Union; Millennium Volunteers; payments to the Home Office to support the Criminal Records Bureau and the payment of certain fees; loans and grants to the University for Industry; payments and grants to support personal and children’s social services and initiatives relating to teenage pregnancy, hospital and community health services; children, secure accommodation and family policy; family parenting and law grants; Grants in Aid to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to the Children’s Commissioner; payments and grants to support parenting and parenting organisations; grants to support Strengthening Families, Marriages and Relationships; payments to support and develop vetting and barring; support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; investments and loans to support PFI; payments related to the Sector Skills Councils; payments to the Arts Council for Arts and Drama initiatives; payments to the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with the Regional Development Agencies and the London Development Agency; loans and residual costs of the winding up of the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs); the distribution of residual TEC assets, returned to the Secretary of State under the terms of the TEC Licence, to local voluntary, community and business support organisations; the resource consequences of loans to students, reimbursement of fees for qualifying European Community students and post graduate awards; mandatory student awards and their administration; student loans and the cost of sales of the student loans debt; grants to the Royal Anniversary Trust, grants in aid to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Learning and Skills Council, the Adult Learning Inspectorate, Investors in People UK, the Student Loans Company, Office for Fair Access, the Quality Improvement Agency and Sector Skills Development Agency; grant in aid, grants and working capital loans to the General Teaching Council; the Department’s own administration and research and payments for the administration of teachers’ pensions; information and publicity services; initiatives and programmes supported by the European Union, the Capital Modernisation Fund and with other Government Departments under the Invest to Save Budget; compensation payments to teachers and staff of certain institutions and teachers’ medical fees; and associated non-cash items.

2. Promoting the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children through Sure Start, Early Years Provision and Childcare

154,406,000

8,465,000

Promoting the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children; childcare initiatives including quality assurance arrangements, children’s centres; the education of under-fives; supporting families and communities; evaluating the programme; Sure Start support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; the administration of the Sure Start Unit; and associated non-cash items.

3. Tackling child poverty and social exclusion by helping vulnerable children and young people, and their families, to break the cycle of deprivation and disadvantage through the Children’s Fund

−22,195,000*[2]

0

Payments and grants to support people, funding preventative services, primarily for 5 to 13-year-olds, through local partnerships in line with the objectives of the Children’s Fund; funding voluntary groups countering social exclusion and poverty amongst children and young people in line with the objectives of the Children’s Fund; supporting voluntary groups and other organisations to promote and facilitate consultation, participation and representation of children and young people including the UK Youth Parliament; Children’s Fund Support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; monitoring and evaluating the Children’s Fund; and associated non-cash items.

TEACHERS’ PENSION SCHEME (ENGLAND & WALES)

1,000

0

1. Teachers’ pensions

1,000

−69,234,000*

Superannuation allowances and gratuities, and other related expenditure, in respect of teachers and the widows, widowers, children and dependants of deceased teachers, and for premature retirement compensation payments made to members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and on behalf of their employers; and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

2,809,475,000

455,000,000

1. Securing health care for those who need it

1,782,877,000[3]

−1,073,094,000*[4]

Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts under their unified budgets, family health services (including general medical, general ophthalmic, general dental and pharmaceutical services); public dividend capital (PDC) to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts, loans to NHS foundation trusts, education, training, research and development; centrally managed expenditure to and on behalf of the NHS including funding special health authorities and other national bodies; forming, investing in or providing loans or guarantees to companies that will provide facilities or services to the NHS; to provide hospital financing for credit guarantee finance pilot projects; payments to local authorities for use in local area agreements, services provided to or on behalf of the Scottish Executive, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland and associated non-cash items.

2. Securing social care and child protection for those who need it and, at national level, protecting, promoting and improving the nation’s health

−4,906,000*[5]

−1,779,000*

Administration, including certain expenditure on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions and the National Health Service in England; departmental agencies, centrally funded health and social services (including non-departmental public bodies and special health authorities some of which are administered on a United Kingdom basis); including other local government services, prison health services, medical, scientific and technical services, services for disabled persons, grants to voluntary organisations and other bodies, research and development, information services and health promotion activities; provision of personal social services (including grants to local authorities); payments to local authorities for use in local area agreements; medical treatment given to people from the United Kingdom in other countries of the European Economic Area; welfare food; Home Office inspection of laboratories; grants in aid; payments and subscriptions to international organisations; education and training for all health care professionals (excluding doctors); the Employment Opportunities Fund programme; payments made under Sector Challenge arrangements with the Department of Trade and Industry; services provided to or on behalf of the Scottish Executive, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland; Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and associated non-cash items.

3. Office of the Independent Regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts

7,800,000

0

Grant in aid funding for the Office of the Independent Regulator for NHS foundation trusts.

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE PENSION SCHEME

0

0

1. National Health Service Pension Scheme

1,276,813,000

−86,013,000*

Pensions, allowances, gratuities, transfers to alternative pension arrangements, refunds of contributions, compensation for early retirement, to or in respect of persons engaged in health services or other approved employment.

FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY

2,251,000

0

1. Protecting and promoting public health in relation to food

301,000

5,000,000

Administration, inspections, surveillance, managing research and development, education, publicity and publications, funding for non-cash items; funding of the Meat Hygiene Service.

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

554,216,000

13,431,000

1. Promoting modern, integrated and safe transport and providing customer-focused regulation

756,624,000

124,571,000[6]

Ports and shipping services; trust ports; the National Ports Council Pension and Compensation Schemes; freight grants; the Maritime and Coastguard agency; civil and international aviation services including costs relating to the World Health Organisation study into airline travel and Deep Vein Thrombosis and type approval testing of electronic screening devices for use in enforcing aviation provisions of the Railways and Transport Safety Bill: support for and loans to National Air Traffic Services; the Highways Agency; payments to private consortia for design, build, finance and operate schemes; grants to local authorities, including the Greater London Authority and Merseyrail; payments to local authorities for the maintenance of de-trunked roads and promotion, publicity and publications in support of the Highways Agency operations; the operation of the Dartford River Crossing; compensation to private tolled undertakings for the imposition of VAT on tolls; loans and other expenditure relating to Other River Crossings; Bus Service Operator grant; Multi-Modal Studies; promoting efficiencies in sustainable distribution; support to nationalised transport industries; Powershift and CleanUp programmes: Transport Direct; royal travel; transport security; security; the Commission for Integrated Transport; trans-European network funds; costs relating to the PHARE programme; support for other minor transport services; compensation and pension costs relating to pre-DVLC local authority driver and vehicle licensing staff; grants and loans and other expenditure relating to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (trading fund), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency excise duty collection and enforcement related activities, development and operation of systems associated with licensing; Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (trading fund); Driving Standards Agency (trading fund); Vehicle Certification Agency; Vehicle Certification Agency enforcement; speed and red light camera enforcement; grants to Railtrack, British Rail and London Underground; payments and loans under section 63 of the Railways Act 1993 to Railtrack plc (in administration); PPP Arbiter; grants to the Strategic Rail Authority; the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; Cross London Rail Links Limited, National Freight Company travel concessions; railway industry and National Freight Company pension funds; the British Transport Police; payments and financial assistance in respect of railways and railway services; accident investigation; research, development, statistics, censuses and surveys, safety and mobility, publicity, promotion and advice and publications, monitoring, consultancies; selling into wider markets, including export opportunities; subscriptions and contributions to international organisations; compensation; the administration and operation of the department; payments to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in respect of certain central services; the purchase, acquisition, hire, lease and rent of land, buildings, plant, machinery, vehicles and capital assets; special payments; the central management of, and delivery of services to, the Civil Service and wider public sector; and associated non-cash items.

OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION

6,096,000

0

1. To create a better railway for passengers and freight, and better value for public funding authorities, through independent, fair and effective regulation

2,500,000

0

Administration and associated non-cash items.

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

269,760,000[7]

2,616,000

1. Improving the quality of life by creating thriving, inclusive and sustainable communities in all regions

106,070,000[8]

45,149,000

Housing revenue account subsidy; homelessness and rough sleepers; payments to the Housing Corporation; payments to the Audit Commission for registered social landlord inspections; disabled facilities grant; renewal of private sector housing; best value in housing; home selling; procurement efficiency and social housing; payments to local authorities in respect of Local Area Agreements; rent and leasehold services; national approved letting scheme; social housing mobility including choice-based local authority lettings; council tenant participation; housing transfers; procurement efficiency and social housing; regional housing boards advice; payments to Housing Action Trusts; the Supporting People programme; capital grants to local authorities for housing; Local Authority Social Housing Grant transitional compensation; payments to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; payments to the Academy for Sustainable Communities; Housing Improvement Agencies; charges by Valuation Offices in respect of Right to Buy; refurbishment and acquisition of gypsy sites; deprived neighbourhoods, including the New Deal for Communities programmes; payments to the Urban Regeneration Agency; payments to the Department of Trade and Industry for Regional Development Agencies and the London Development Agency; Groundwork; initiatives to accelerate the growth areas, including payments to development corporations and other local delivery agencies; grants and payments for creating and improving parks and public spaces; co-ordinating strategy for dealing with abandoned vehicles; payments that derive from European Structural Funds Regulations (including ERDF match funding); exchange rate losses and other losses relating to European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) projects; coalfields regeneration; planning; the Planning Inspectorate; fire and rescue services, including grants paid to Chief Fire Officers’ Association and measures to deal with the aftermath of terrorism; payments and loans to the Fire Service College (trading fund); fire service superannuation; fire service dispute(s); payments to Firebuy; mapping data and services; Ordnance Survey trading fund; regional assemblies, payments for the Mersey Basin Campaign; special grants paid under section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; special grants paid under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003; minor grants and payments in support of housing, planning, regeneration, liveability, urban design, building regulation, research, development, surveys; monitoring, statistics, advice and consultancies; initiatives to tackle areas of low demand housing; publicity, promotion and publications; communications; Special Grants Programme support to voluntary bodies; subscriptions and contributions to international organisations; the Deputy Prime Minister’s chairmanship of Ministerial Committees; co-ordination of cross-cutting issues including social exclusion; the residual functions of Property Services Agency (PSA); residual payments concerning the privatisation of the Building Research Establishment; payments and loans in connection with the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre trading fund; the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit; the Teenage Pregnancy Unit; the administration and operation of the Office; providing for the administration of the Government Offices; the purchase, acquisition, hire, lease and rent of land, buildings, plant, equipment, machinery, vehicles and capital assets; research; housing statistics, special payments; and associated non-cash items.

2. Providing for effective devolved decision making within a national framework

122,858,000[9]

254,000

Payments to the Valuation Office Agency for rating and valuation services; payments to the Audit Commission for Best Value inspections; revenue support grant and redistributed non-domestic rates to receiving authorities in England; repayments of excess contributions made by local authorities in respect of non-domestic rates in 2004-05 and previous years; preparation for the Greater London Authority and related bodies; Greater London Authority (GLA) general grant; intervention action and capacity building in local authorities; local Public Service Agreement (PSA) performance fund payments; special grants paid under section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003; Best Value grants to Parish Councils; grants to beacon councils; emergency financial assistance to local authorities; payments to bodies specified by the Secretary of State under section 78 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, as amended, and to the Commission for Local Administration in England; mapping and other costs associated with local government reviews and revisions to administrative and electoral grant-in-aid to the Standards Board for England and to Valuation Tribunal Service; payments in respect of the work of the Parliamentary Boundary commissions; electoral functions in the United Kingdom; payments in respect of the capital element of contracts let under the private finance initiative; research, development, surveys, monitoring, statistics, advice and consultancies; publicity, promotion and publications; special payments; subscriptions to the Commonwealth Local Government forum; and associated non-cash items.

HOME OFFICE

210,054,000[10]

37,358,000

1. Building a safe, just and tolerant society

192,780,000[11]

60,686,000

Police; set-up costs, loans and investments in the Forensic Science Service; registration of forensic practitioners; criminal policy and programmes including offender programmes and the National Probation Service, fire and emergency planning; the prevention and treatment of drug abuse; crime reduction and prevention; provision of services relating to the Crime and Disorder Act and the Private Security Industry Act; criminal justice planning system and other services related to crime; support to the voluntary sector; family policy issues; research; identity cards; criminal injuries compensation; organised and international crime; control of immigration and nationality (including the provision of services relating to the Immigration and Asylum Act 2002); support for asylum seekers and VCS refugee organisations; refunds of fines to carriers of inadequately documented passengers; assisted return programmes including interception projects; issue of passports; work permits; community and constitutional services and the Experience Corps; firearms compensation and related matters; claims by local authorities for the Kosovan evacuees special grant; support to local authorities; payments to local authorities in respect of Local Area Agreements; payments to other Government departments; payments of grant and grant-in-aid to organisations promoting Home Office objectives, including NDPB’s; placements in secure accommodation under Sections 90 or 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; administration and prisons (including central administration and other costs arising from the detention of prisoners); immigration removal centres; Prison Service colleges; the Parole Board: the storage and maintenance of equipment; transport management; grants to ‘Prisoners Abroad’: Welfare to Work schemes; funding for joint initiatives within the criminal justice system; and associated non-cash items.

ASSETS RECOVERY AGENCY

1,558,000

0

1. Helping to reduce crime by recovering the proceeds of crime through criminal confiscation, civil recovery and taxation

1,547,000

15,000

Payments and expenses related to investigation, litigation and enforcement of referred cases from law enforcement agencies, expenses for the development and delivery of specialist training courses in financial investigation and other associated asset identification and recovery, expenses related to the administration and management of the service provision; and associated non-cash items.

CHARITY COMMISSION

2,108,000

0

1. Giving the public confidence in the integrity of charity

1,910,000

86,000

Administration, capital expenditure and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

355,291,000[12]

11,663,000

1. To promote the development of a modern, fair, cost effective and efficient system of justice for all

130,748,000[13]

209,079,000

HQ and associated offices; administration of the Judicial Pension Scheme; HM Courts Service as formed under the Courts Act 2003 and associated activities including fine income netting off, pre-1990 loan charges debt payments, Justices Clerks’ Societies, grants in relation to the Debt Programme and Better Dispute Resolution project, Wider Markets Initiatives; Section 31 grants to Local Authorities; the Public Guardianship Office; Official Solicitor and Public Trustee; Courts Funds Office; Legal Aid paid through the Criminal Defence Service and Community Legal Service; administration for the Legal Services Commission; expenditure relating to the Legal Service Complaints Commissioner and the Legal Services Ombudsman; administration of the Office of the Information Commissioner; administration of Tribunals (including Asylum); costs paid from central funds; the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; grant in aid to the Trafford Law Centre for a pilot to evaluate proposals for providing improved advice and support to tribunal customers; payments to HM Land Registry; costs in relation to constitutional offices; democracy and constitution costs in relation to policy formulation; human rights workshops and surveys; promotion of information rights through advertising and formal education; electoral policy; research into constitution settlement/devolution; European and international judicial policy; EU Presidency events; Judicial Exchange programmes; research on behalf of the British Institute of International and Competition Law; constitutional education programmes within schools; costs in relation to the policy on the conduct of all national elections and referendums in the UK and local elections; referendums in England and Wales (except mayoral referendums in Wales) as provided under the Representation of the People (RPA) Acts and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003; proposals under the Electoral Administration Bill, including the establishment of the Co-ordinated on-line record of Electors (CORE): funding of voting pilots, including electronic voting, all- postal voting and administrative pilots; policy on coroner and cremation services; applications for exhumation burial grounds as provided under Coroners Act 1988, the Coroners Rules 1984 and Local Government Act 1972 applications for exhumations; other legal services; joint initiatives in the Criminal Justice System; associated non-cash items.

2. Overseeing the effective operation of the devolution settlement in Scotland and representing the interests of Scotland within the UK Government

59,000,000

0

Administration; the Boundary Commission for Scotland; the Commission on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems in Scotland; payments of a grant to the Scottish Consolidated Fund; and associated non-cash items.

3. To support the Secretary of State in discharging his role of representing Wales in the UK Government, representing the UK Government in Wales and ensuring the smooth working of the devolution settlement in Wales

227,958,000

0

Administration; Lord Lieutenants’ expenditure; the North Wales Child Abuse Inquiry; payments to support expenditure by the National Assembly for Wales; and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS: JUDICIAL PENSIONS SCHEME

0

0

1. Judicial pensions scheme

1,595,000

1,000,000

Pensions etc., in respect of members of the judicial pensions scheme, and for other related services.

NORTHERN IRELAND COURT SERVICE

18,064,000

0

1. Supporting the effective and efficient administration of justice in Northern Ireland

23,428,000

7,058,000

Operation of the courts; policy and legislation; accommodation services; grants to sundry bodies and associated non-cash items, grant of funding for the provision of publicly funded legal services, grant in aid to support the administration of the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission, grant in aid to support the administration of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission and set up costs associated with the XVII World Congress of the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates; and associated non-cash costs.

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE AND HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION

4,407,000

0

1. Promoting the study of the past in order to inform the present and the future by selecting, preserving and making publicly available public records of historical value and by encouraging high standards of care and public access for archives of historical value outside the public records

3,723,000

2,600,000

Payments for expenditure by the Public Record Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission on administration and operational associated non-cash costs.

THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

64,533,000

0

1. Increasing public confidence in the criminal justice system through fair, firm and effective prosecutions

54,927,000

4,527,000

Administrative costs, including the hire of private agents; Crown Prosecution Services; the support of voluntary sector organisations working within the Criminal Justice System; in connection with the confiscation of the proceeds of crime; and associated non-cash items.

SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE

8,400,000

0

1. Reducing fraud and the cost of fraud and delivering justice and the rule of law

8,600,000

Administration, investigation, prosecution and associated non-cash items.

HM PROCURATOR GENERAL AND TREASURY SOLICITOR

1,181,000

0

1. Providing comprehensive and competitive legal services to government departments and publicly funded bodies

431,000

15,868,000

Administration, costs and fees for legal and related services, residual matters following the closure of the Government Property Lawyers Agency and associated non-cash items.

REVENUE AND CUSTOMS PROSECUTIONS OFFICE

2,183,000[14]

0

1. The effective and efficient prosecution of cases in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors

2,280,000[15]

57,000[16]

Administration and legal costs of prosecuting cases and recovering monies from proceeds of crime by the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office including such costs arising from international mutual assistance, and associated non-cash items.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

2,348,919,000

73,743,000

1. Provision of defence capability

1,166,655,000

10,000,000

Personnel costs of the Armed Forces and their cadet forces and personnel costs of Defence Ministers and of civilian staff employed by the Ministry of Defence; movements; charter of ships; logistic services for the Armed Forces; repair, maintenance, stores and supply services; associated capital facilities and works; contractors’ redundancy cost; plant and machinery; nuclear warhead and fissile material programme; procurement, including research etc., by contract; sundry procurement services including those on repayment terms; land and buildings works grants and other payments including those abroad such as assistance to Foreign and Commonwealth Governments for grants and other payments including those on repayment terms; land and buildings works defence related purposes and UK youth community projects; set-up costs and loans to, and income from, Trading Funds; and other associated non-cash items..

2. Conflict prevention

1,056,236,000

0

Conflict prevention, early warning, crisis management, conflict resolution/peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding activity and on associated strengthening of international and regional systems and capacity; and other associated non-cash items.

3. War Pensions and Allowances, etc

4,000,000

0

Pensions and other payments/allowance for disablement or death arising out of war service in the Armed Forces after 2 September 1939, awards to surviving members of British groups held prisoner by the Japanese during the Second World War (Far Eastern Prisoners of War) or their surviving spouse and pensions and other payments in respect of service in the Armed Forces at other times; and other associated non-cash items.

ARMED FORCES RETIRED PAY, PENSIONS, ETC

293,698,000

0

1. Armed forces retired pay, pensions, etc

83,018,000

35,000,000

Payment of retired pay, pensions and lump sum benefits to persons covered by the scheme.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

242,481,000

3,000,000

1. Promoting internationally the interests of the UK and contributing to a strong world community

117,619,000

64,900,000

Expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office including UK Trade and Investment, on its administration, Wilton Park Executive Agency, hospitality and facilities; international organisations, grants in aid and loans to bodies supporting FCO objectives; scholarships, information services and sponsored visits; special payments and assistance programmes to support foreign policy objectives including human rights, good governance, international security and the fight against the illicit drug trade, the BBC Monitoring Service; on grant in aid to the BBC World Service for broadcasting and to the British Council; the refund of certain taxes and duties paid by certain Foreign and Commonwealth governments and international organisations; and on associated non-cash items.

2. Conflict prevention

122,835,000

0

Expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on conflict prevention, early warning, crisis management, conflict resolution/peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding activity and on associated strengthening of international and regional systems and capacity.

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

75,463,000

117,000

1. Eliminating poverty in poorer countries

71,168,000

37,000

International development under the International Development Act 2002, including financial and technical assistance to governments, institutions, voluntary agencies and individuals; capital and other subscriptions and contributions, including payments under guarantee to multilateral development banks and other international and regional bodies; emergency, refugee and other relief assistance; contributions to pension funds and grants in lieu of pensions in respect of overseas service; global environment assistance; payments to United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); current and capital costs relating to investments in public corporations and shareholdings in private sector companies; payments (under the authority of the European Communities Act 1972) to certain beneficiaries of the Gibraltar Social Insurance Fund; administration, related capital expenditure and other administrative costs; and associated non-cash items.

2. Conflict prevention

500,000

0

Conflict prevention, early warning, crisis management, conflict resolution/peacemaking and peacebuilding activity and on associated strengthening of international and regional systems and capacity; post-conflict reconstruction programmes, including administration and related capital expenditure; and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: OVERSEAS SUPERANNUATION

1,000

0

1. Overseas superannuation

1,000

10,814,000

Pension and superannuation payments, grants and compensation payments, etc. in respect of overseas services; and sundry other services and expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

1,152,512,000

−436,190,000*

1. Increasing UK competitiveness

528,679,000

13,897,000

Promotion of enterprise, innovation and increased productivity delivered through market solutions designed to meet market imperfections identified within the portfolios of innovation, international trade and investment, regional investment, enterprise for small firms and people & skills; support for business, including support for specific industries, small businesses, regional programmes and programmes to promote research and development, innovation, best practice and sustainable development; promotion of strong, fair and competitive markets at home and abroad including developing fair and effective legal and regulatory frameworks, measures to protect investors, measures to promote the interests of consumers, support for employment relations programmes and measures to promote a skilled and flexible labour market; support for energy-related activities including measures related to regulation, civil emergency planning, environmental remediation and support for new and sustainable energy sources, security, non-proliferation; safety, environment and social impact programmes relating to nuclear sites in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union and other countries where future G8 Global Partnership related initiatives may be pursued; the efficient management and discharge of liabilities falling to the Department including nuclear waste management and decommissioning and liabilities in respect of former coal and shipbuilding industry employees; provision of repayable credit facilities for British Energy and Royal Mail; petroleum royalties; exchange risk and other guarantee losses; subscriptions to international organisations and fulfilment of international treaty obligations; payments to other Government Departments in relation to programmes supporting DTI objectives; support for Government Offices; grants and grants-in-aid to organisations promoting DTI objectives, including Non- Departmental Public Bodies; financial assistance to public corporations including Ofcom; managing the Government’s shareholder interest in Royal Mail, British Energy, BNFL, UKAEA, Royal Mint, Partnerships UK and Actis; funding of the Department’s executive agencies; issuing budgets and making payments to Regional Development Agencies, to which other government departments will contribute by supplying resources which DTI will appropriate in aid; payments to local authorities in respect of Local Area Agreements; miscellaneous programmes including payments in respect of claims for the restitution of property of victims of Nazi persecution, compensation for distant water trawlermen and assistance to redundant steelworkers and dismissed miners; departmental administration costs and a share of the administration costs of UK Trade and Investment; payments towards the expenses of the Office of Manpower Economics; associated non-cash items.

2. Increasing scientific excellence in the UK and maximising its contribution to society

408,876,000

4,000,000

Research Councils; the Royal Society; the Royal Academy of Engineering; the British Academy; Office of Science and Technology initiatives; nuclear fusion; the Cambridge/Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils for Diamond Synchrotron; the University Challenge Fund; the Joint Infrastructure Fund; the Science Research Investment Fund; Foresight Link Awards; the Department for Education and Skills, for the Higher Education Innovation Fund; exploitation of discoveries at public sector research establishments; the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Dorothy Hodgkin Scholarships; fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; Research Council pensions; capital and administration costs of the Office of Science and Technology and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY: UKAEA PENSION SCHEMES

4,428,000

0

1. Effective management of UKAEA pension schemes

10,924,000

−1,819,000*

Payment of pensions etc., to members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority pension schemes and the related expenditure and associated non-cash items.

OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING

1,662,000

0

1. Advancing and safeguarding the economic interests of UK consumers

487,000

−282,000*

Administrative and operational costs and associated non-cash items.

POSTAL SERVICES COMMISSION

2,040,000

0

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

302,133,000

17,869,000

1. Ensuring that consumers benefit from competitively priced food, produced to high standards of safety; environmental care and animal welfare from a sustainable, efficient food chain, to contribute to the well-being of rural and coastal communities and funding aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy and England Rural Development Plan Guarantee Section as economically, efficiently and effectively as possible

246,657,000

292,424,000[17]

Environmental protection; support for measures which improve local environmental quality; pollution emergency response services; flood and coastal protection and land drainage; water partnership supply and sewerage services, including national security; to increase the UK’s environment decontamination capabilities involving chemical, biological or radiological materials; support to the environmental protection industry for environmental technology and for measures to promote sustainable development; measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and improve energy efficiency, security and environmental practice; botanical services; radon measurement and support of remedial works campaigns; support for agriculture in special areas; food safety and hygiene; support for rural and regional development; assistance to production; marketing and processing in the agriculture, fisheries and food industries; assistance to the residuary Milk Marketing Board; cover for payment arising out of the Factortame group of claims following the House of Lords judgement in October 1999; emergency and strategic food services; plant health; support for the fishing industry compensation payments to producers; grants and other financial support to voluntary bodies; support for measures to stimulate sustainable consumption of goods and services; countryside management and stewardship; conservation; national parks grants; support of countryside and wildlife initiatives; animal health and welfare; emergency measures, including foot and mouth eradication and compensation schemes; other services including emergency measures in relation to BSE; grant-in-aid to Non-Departmental Public Bodies and subsidy to Public Corporations; subscriptions and contributions to international organisations; surveys, monitoring, statistics, advice and consultancies; publicity, promotion, awareness and publications; commissioned and departmental research and development; specialist support services, management and development of staff, other departmental administration costs, regional restructuring costs; EU receipts; giving effect in the United Kingdom to the agricultural support provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy and England Rural Development Plan of the European Union including compensation payments to producers and support for agriculture in special areas, management of inland waterways by British Waterways Board; consumer representation and other functions under the Water Act 2003 and associated non-cash costs.

FORESTRY COMMISSION

3,334,000

0

1. To implement the programmes of the England Forestry Strategy

3,334,000

3,112,000

Deliver the social, environmental and economic programmes of the England Forestry Strategy, connected to the distinctive needs of the Regions, through the promotion of forestry; and by managing the Commission’s estate regulating planting and felling and offering incentives and associated non-cash items.

OFFICE OF WATER SERVICES

0

0

1. Regulation of the Water Industry

2,000

−2,602,000*[18]

Administrative and operational costs and the provision of customer representation and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

366,971,000[19]

3,931,000

1. Improving the quality of life through cultural and sporting activities

101,390,000[20]

18,106,000

Support for national and other museums and galleries; the Government Indemnity Scheme; the British Library and other library and archive institutions and services; to the Arts and Sports Councils and for other arts and sports bodies and schemes; the Royal Palaces and Parks; historic buildings, ancient monuments and sites, certain public buildings, national heritage and architecture, and VAT grant scheme for memorials; listed places of worship scheme; promotion of tourism; support to film bodies and projects; sponsorship of the music industry; the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority, the Office of Communications and certain broadcasting services and schemes; alcohol, gambling, film and video licensing; related research, surveys and other services; central administration costs; expenses of the National Lottery Commission; commemorative services, memorials and Royal funerals; support for the provision of humanitarian assistance to those affected by major disasters; the Queen’s Golden Jubilee; costs to support delivery of the Olympic Games 2012; transfer of pension values of certain bodies; expenses of privatising the Tote; and associated non-cash items.

2. Broadening access to a rich and varied cultural and sporting life through home broadcasting

260,901,000

0

Payments to the British Broadcasting Corporation for home broadcasting; and associated non-cash items.

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

2,282,963,000

2,317,000

1. Ensuring the best start for all children and ending child poverty in 20 years

101,265,000

14,000

The administration costs of the child support system; and associated non-cash items.

2. Promote work as the best form of welfare for people of working age, whilst protecting the position of those in greatest need

1,282,843,000

−215,613,000*[21]

The administration costs and benefit payments of Severe Disablement Allowance; pensions gratuities and sundry allowances for disablement and specified deaths arising from industrial causes; Income Support for the under 60’s; Jobseeker’s Allowance (contribution-based); Jobseeker’s Allowance (income based); Analogous Industrial Injuries Scheme; earnings top up pilot; job grant; back to work bonus; compensation payments to the National Insurance Fund in respect of Statutory Sick and Statutory Maternity Pay; Family Credit; the provision of training and assessment programmes for adults; the promotion of enterprise and the encouragement of self employment; help for unemployed people and disability rights. Measures to help people, particularly those on welfare and at a disadvantage in the labour market, into work; the administration of, and where appropriate the payment of allowances to people participating in, the Welfare to Work programme, the Job Transition service and other employment programmes, pilot programmes and new measures to help people into work; temporary subsidies to employers; grants to voluntary bodies and local authorities towards the provision of supported employment; awards for achievements in overcoming barriers to employment; a Grant in Aid and the provision of a temporary loan facility to Remploy Ltd; assistance and advice on employment service and labour market issues to international organisations; research; publicity and associated non-cash items. Subsidies to housing, billing, levying and local authorities towards the costs incurred in administering the Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit schemes; rent rebate, rent allowance; Council Tax Benefit; payments to local authorities in respect of anti-fraud and similar administrative measures; discretionary housing payments; sums payable for incentive payments in respect of Housing Benefit under occupation schemes; sums payable to third party providers of services to local authorities; compensation for sufferers, or their dependants, of certain dust related diseases; the Rent Service Agency; the Health and Safety Commission (HSC); grants to further health and safety in the workplace; the administration costs of the Children’s Client group and the Disabled People Client Group; payments for education; training and employment projects assisted by the European Union and refunds to the European Union, the UK subscription to the International Labour Organisation, other international educational programmes; payments to local authorities in respect of Local Area Agreements; measures to promote financial inclusion and associated non-cash items.

3. Combat poverty and promote security and independence in retirement for today"s and tomorrow’s pensioners

313,085,000

201,917,000

The administration costs and benefit payments of non-contributory retirement pensions; Christmas Bonus payments to pensioners; Age-related payments 2005; One-off 70+ payments to Pensioners; Income Support for the elderly; Pension Credit; payments made to the BBC in respect of over 75’s free TV licence scheme; expenditure to assist people to make plans for their retirement; research into pensions; Private Pensions Industry regulatory work; Grant in Aid for the administration costs of Better Government for Older People; payments in respect of the Pension Protection Fund; expenditure in respect of the Pensions Regulator; the Financial Assistance Scheme; Grant in Aid to the Centre for Policy on Ageing; Grant in Aid to the Pensions Advisory Service; Grant in Aid to the Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman; sums payable to fund payments and loans made by the Social Fund; the administration of pilot programmes and new measures to help improve independence and social inclusion of older people; grants to voluntary bodies and local authorities towards provision for the needs of older people and associated non-cash items.

4. Improve the rights and opportunities for disabled people in a fair and inclusive society

23,150,000

1,095,000

The administration costs and benefit payments of Attendance Allowance; Disability Living Allowance; Disability Working Allowance; Carer’s Allowance; Vaccine Damage; Grants in Aid to the Disability Rights Commission, Motability, Independent Living Fund and associated non-cash items.

5. Corporate contracts and support services

56,566,000

23,193,000

Corporate administration, the costs associated with the Appeals Service; measures to promote financial inclusion and associated non-cash items.

NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

166,904,000

4,000,000

1. Playing a full part in implementing the Good Friday Agreement and representing the interests of Northern Ireland in the UK Government; supporting and developing an efficient, effective and responsive Criminal Justice System; upholding and sustaining the rule of law and preventing crime; maintaining a secure and humane prison service and reducing the risks of re-offending

195,125,000

3,787,000

Expenditure on central administrative services; VIP visits to Northern Ireland; the Bloody Sunday Inquiry; Reviews and Commissions arising from the Good Friday Agreement; expenditure on political development and inquiries; expenditure on Victims of the Troubles; expenditure arising from the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Northern Ireland Act 2000; expenditure arising from elections; forensic services; services related to crime; criminal justice including juvenile justice services; probation and after-care; state pathology; Crown prosecutions and other legal services; compensation schemes; Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel for Northern Ireland; European Union peace and reconciliation projects; and certain other grants; implementation of the Independent Commission on Police findings; security; the Police Ombudsman; the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland; the Parades Commission; arms decommissioning; policing including expenditure arising from police pensions; prisons including the Prison Service Trust and the Prison Ombudsman; and associated non-cash items.

HM TREASURY(REVISED)

8,462,000[22]

1,380,000

1. Raising the rate of sustainable growth and achieving rising prosperity and a better quality of life, with economic and employment opportunities for all

−13,738,000*[23]

10,702,000

Economic, financial and related administration; expenditure by the office of the HM Paymaster (OPG) for the provision of banking and related services to government departments and other bodies; grants in aid to four Parliamentary bodies, expenses in connection with honours and gratuities, a grant in aid to the Statistics Commission, expenditure of the Debt Management Office, payments under an indemnity guarantee in respect of Paymaster, expenditure on administration of Treasury related bodies, payments to the Royal Mint, compensation payments arising from gilt administration, management and sales of residual government shareholdings and holdings of privatised companies’ debt, and associated non-cash items.

2. Cost-effective management of the supply of coins and actions to protect the integrity of coinage

−235,000*[24]

500,000

Manufacture, storage and distribution of coinage for use in the United Kingdom, actions to protect the integrity of coinage, and associated non-cash items.

3. Obtaining the best value for money from Government’s commercial relationships on a sustainable basis

14,887,000[25]

325,000[26]

Administration and other related costs of the Office of Government Commerce, management and disposal of surplus civil estate, costs and income from investment and loans to OGC buying.solutions and associated non-cash items.

HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS

273,982,000[27]

691,000

1. Administering the tax and customs control systems fairly and efficiently making it as easy as possible for individuals and businesses to understand and comply with their obligations and receive their tax credit and other entitlements

176,521,000[28]

51,144,000[29]

Administration and the associated non-cash items incurred in the management, collection of direct and indirect taxes, duties and levies, Shipbuilders’ Relief, new tax credits, National Insurance Contributions, Child Benefit and the Child Trust Fund, Lorry Road User Charge, Money Laundering regulatory regime, the National Insurance Funds for Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the operation of customs controls including prohibitions and restrictions; the provision of trade information; the provision of Capital Grants for Excise Tax Stamps; the provision of resources to independent investigatory bodies (including the HMIC, IPCC and the police authorities) to facilitate the independent inspection of professional standards within the Department, the investigation of allegations of mis-conduct or criminal activities by Departmental staff and fulfilment of reciprocal complaints investigation arrangements with police authorities; the provision of incentive payments for e-filing; payments in respect of Customs National Museum; and for services provided to the department’s information technology and wider markets’ partners, other departments and public bodies, and overseas tax administrations.

3. Providing payments in lieu of tax relief to certain bodies

−10,000,000*[30]

0

Transitional payments to charities, supplements on payroll giving, donations to charities and on personal and stakeholder pension schemes, life assurance premium relief, stamp duty relief and residual payments for mortgage interest relief, vocational training relief and private medical insurance.

5. Payments of Child Benefit and Child Trust Fund endowments

23,964,000

0

Payments of Child Benefit, Child Trust funds and the associated non-cash items.

NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS

12,500,000

0

1. Reducing the costs to the taxpayer of government borrowing now and in the future

12,500,000

400,000

Administration and operational costs, research and development works, equipment and other payments, and associated non-cash items.

OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS

48,704,000[31]

0

1. Providing statistical and registration services

32,122,000[32]

8,139,000

Collection, preparation and dissemination of economic, social, labour market and other statistics; register services, departmental administration and associated non-cash items.

GOVERNMENT ACTUARY’S DEPARTMENT

−78,000*[33]

0

1. Providing an actuarial consultancy service

−78,000*[34]

930,000

Administration costs incurred in providing an actuarial consultancy service to Government and to other clients principally in the public sector, advising mainly on social security and pension schemes, statistical studies and supervision of insurance and other associated non-cash items.

CABINET OFFICE

−2,398,000*[35]

−150,000*

1. Supporting the Prime Minister’s Office closely in ensuring the delivery of Government objectives

−1,276,000*[36]

−23,037,000*[37]

The Prime Minister’s Office; other Government Ministers; the offices of the Government Whips in the House of Commons and the House of Lords; the Parliamentary Counsel Office; the Cabinet Secretariat; payments to former Prime Ministers; the central management of, and delivery of services to, the Civil Service and wider public sector; improving public services; civil service reform; cross-departmental IT systems; co-ordination of cross-cutting issues; grants to certain not for profit organisations; grants to local authorities; expenditure associated with the awards of honours and dignities; certain other services; and associated non-cash items.

SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

206,040,000

260,000

1. Protecting and promoting the national security and economic well being of the UK

136,340,000

25,669,000

Administration and operational costs, research and development works, equipment and other payments, and associated non-cash items.

CABINET OFFICE: CIVIL SUPERANNUATION

0

0

1. Civil superannuation

1,383,889,000

375,000,000

The superannuation of civil servants; pensions etc., and other pensions and non-recurrent payments; and for other related services and associated non-cash items.

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE

2,523,000[38]

0

1. Ensuring the orderly conduct of Privy Council Office business

2,477,000[39]

0

Administration and associated non-cash items.

OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND

2,493,000

0

1. To undertake the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Health Service Commissioner for England

891,000

0

Administration costs; capital expenditure; providing services to support the Welsh Administration Ombudsman, the Health Service Commissioner for Wales and the Scottish Public Health Services Ombudsman; and associated non-cash items.

HOUSE OF LORDS

0

−30,000*

1. Members’ expenses and administration, etc.

5,362,000

351,000

Members’ expenses, administrative and accommodation costs, including staff salaries and pensions, security, stationery, printing, financial assistance to opposition parties, a grant in aid to the History of Parliament Trust, and associated non-cash items.

HOUSE OF COMMONS: MEMBERS

4,600,000

2,000

1. Members’ salaries, allowances and other costs

3,000,000

−2,000*

Remunerating and supporting the Members of the House of Commons in discharging their duties and responsibilities, in the constituency, in Parliament and elsewhere by funding: payment of parliamentary salaries and associated pension contributions, reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by Members (including travel, office costs, staff and equipment), payment for insurance, central provision of IT equipment, provision of training of Members and their staff, financial assistance to Opposition parties and an Exchequer contribution to the Members’ Fund, other associated costs and non-cash items.

HOUSE OF COMMONS: ADMINISTRATION

0

Not applicable

1. House of Commons Administrative Expenditure

48,500,000

Not applicable

General administration; including staff costs, general expenses, stationery, printing, broadcasting IT, catering and accommodation services; and associated non-cash items.

TOTAL, SUPPLEMENTARY, 2005–06

13,131,188,000

12,315,437,000

101,003,000

199,130,000