Office of Public Sector Information
| Resources authorised for use ... ... ... ... | £13,879,870,995.67 |
| Grants out of the Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ... | £13,763,310,194.64 |
| Part | Net resources authorised for use | Grants out of the Consolidated Fund | Operating Appropriations in Aid | Non-operating Appropriations in Aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 2003–04 and 2004–05 | ||||
| Part 1. Excesses, 2003–04 | 69,497,995.67 | 67,597,194.64 | 37,324,362.30 | 0 |
| Part 2. Supplementary, 2004–05 | 13,810,373,000 | 13,695,713,000 | 2,901,578,000 | 912,684,000 |
| Grand Total ... ... ... ... | 13,879,870,995.67 | 13,763,310,194.64 | 2,938,902,362.30 | 912,684,000 |
Section 5
| Resources authorised for use | Grants out of the Consolidated Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
For the service of the year ended 31st March 2004—
|
69,497,995.67 | 67,597,194.64 |
For the service of the year ending 31st March 2005—
|
6,742,891,000 | 7,621,925,000 |
|
7,067,482,000 | 6,073,788,000 |
| Total ... ... ... ... | 13,879,870,995.67 | 13,763,310,194.64 |
Section 5
Table of—
the resources authorised for use to make good excesses incurred in meeting the costs of the defence and civil services which are specified in the first column of the Table for the year that ended with 31st March 2004;
the sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to make good those excesses; and
modifications of the limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000, on the resources applicable as appropriations in aid to make good those excesses.
| Estimate/Request for Resources | Net Resources authorised for use | Grants out of the Consolidated Fund | Operating Appropriations in Aid | Non-operating Appropriations in Aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| TEACHERS’ PENSION SCHEME | 67,597,194.64 | 0 | ||
| 1. Teachers’ pensions | 69,496,995.67 | 37,324,362.30 | ||
| HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1. Administering the indirect tax and customs control systems fairly and efficiently, and enabling individuals and businesses to understand and comply with their obligations [1] | 1,000.00 | 0 | ||
| Administrative costs of taxation; the operation of customs revenue controls; the provision of trade information and other customs and excise related services; the regulation of activities of the money laundering regulatory regime; payments in respect of Shipbuilders’ Relief and the Customs and Excise National Museum; the provision of resources to police authorities to facilitate the independent investigation of complaints and allegations against departmental staff; and on associated non-cash items. | ||||
| Total, Excesses, 2003–04 ... ... ... ... | 69,497,995.67 | 67,597,194.64 | 37,324,362.30 | 0 |
1 Revised ambit. Parliamentary authority is required to cover expenditure within previously voted resource limits but outside the coverage of the original ambit. The revised ambit includes the additional wording “the provision of resources to police authorities to facilitate the independent investigation of complaints and allegations against departmental staff”.
Table of—
the supplementary resources authorised for use to meet the costs of the services and purposes which are specified in the first column of the Table for the year ending with 31st March 2005;
the supplementary sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs;
supplementary reductions of the resources or sums previously authorised for such use or issue; and
modifications of the limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000, on the resources applicable as appropriations in aid to meet those costs.
| Estimate/Request for Resources | Net Resources authorised for use | Grants out of the Consolidated Fund | Operating Appropriations in Aid | Non-operating Appropriations in Aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS | 1,341,957,000 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 1,124,757,000[2] | −58,390,000* | ||
| 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; 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 Teacher Training Agency, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, and the Qualifications and Curriculum 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; 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; 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 (including inspections), and initiatives relating to teenage pregnancy, hospital and community health services; children, secure accommodation and family policy; family parenting and law grants to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; payments and grants to support parenting and parenting organisations; 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 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 Department’s 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 | 176,296,000[3] | 11,799,000 | ||
| Promoting the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children; childcare initiatives including quality assurance arrangements, childrens centres; the education of under-fives; supporting families and communities; creating a registration scheme for children and vulnerable adults; evaluating the programme; 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 | 44,153,000 | 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; monitoring and evaluating the Children’s Fund; and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| TEACHERS’ PENSION SCHEME | 99,770,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Teachers’ pensions | 98,151,000 | −28,153,000* | ||
| 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’ Pensions Scheme and on behalf of their employers. | ||||
| OFFICE OF HER MAJESTY’S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND | 19,496,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Improving the quality and standards of education and childcare through independent inspection regulation and advice | 18,441,000 | −1,084,000* | ||
| The inspection of schools, other educational institutions, early education providers, local education authorities, teacher training (institutions and in-service training) and regulation of childcare for young children as well as the inspection of education for 16 to 19 year olds and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | 1,387,095,000 | 797,036,000 | ||
| 1. Securing health care for those who need it | 962,741,000 | 1,042,979,000 | ||
| 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 to NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts, loans to NHS Foundation Trusts, education, training, research and development; centrally managed expenditure on behalf of the NHS; forming, investing in or providing loans or guarantees to companies that will provide facilities or services to the NHS, hospital financing for credit guarantee finance pilot projects, 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 | 151,008,000 | 84,571,000 | ||
| 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); 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 | 11,000,000 | 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 | 1,596,493,000 | 402,211,000 | ||
| 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 in other approved employment. | ||||
| FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY | 12,803,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Protecting and promoting public health in relation to food | 12,803,000 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 399,301,000 | 1,276,000[4] | ||
| 1. Promoting modern, integrated and safe transport and providing customer-focused regulation | 1,018,228,000 | 33,516,000 | ||
| Ports and shipping services; Trust Ports; the National Ports Council Pension and Compensation Schemes; water 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; 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 Vehicle excise duty collection and enforcement related activities, development and operation of systems associated with licensing; Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (trading fund); Vehicle and Operator Services Agency enforcement; 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; National Freight Company travel concessions; railway industry and National Freight Company pensions funds; the British Transport Police; 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, equipment, machinery, vehicles and capital assets; special payments; and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER | 833,161,000[5] | 3,600,000 | ||
| 1. Improving the quality of life by creating thriving, inclusive and sustainable communities in all regions | 192,129,000[6] | 74,055,000 | ||
| Housing revenue account subsidy; homelessness and rough sleepers; payments to the Housing Corporation; payments to the Audit Commission for registered social landlord inspections; renewal of private sector housing; best value in housing; home selling; rent and leasehold services; national approved letting scheme; social housing mobility; council tenant participation; payments to Housing Action Trusts; Estate Action; the Starter Homes initiative; the Supporting People programme; choice-based local authority lettings; capital grants to local authorities for housing investment; Local Authority social housing Grant transitional compensation; payments to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; disabled facilities grant; 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 the effective management of the abandoned vehicles problem; payments that derive from European Structural Funds Regulations; exchange rate losses and other losses relating to European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) projects; coalfields regeneration; planning, including minerals programmes; planning-aid; 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; payments in connection with Ordnance Survey trading fund; regional chambers, information and publicity for Elected Regional Assemblies; payments for the Mersey Basin Campaign; special grants paid under section 88b of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003; minor grants and payments in support of housing, planning, regeneration, 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; special payments; and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| 2. Providing for effective devolved decision making within a national framework | 269,146,000 | 0 | ||
| 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 2003–04 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 boundaries following Parish and Electoral Commission reviews; 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 | 746,111,000 | 13,000,000 | ||
| 1. Building a safe, just and tolerant society | 645,852,000 | 140,557,000 | ||
| Police; 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; 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; 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 | 2,105,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Helping to reduce crime by recovering the proceeds of crime through criminal confiscation, civil recovery and taxation | 2,114,000 | 75,000 | ||
| 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 | 1,774,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Giving the public confidence in the integrity of charity | 974,000 | 224,000 | ||
| Administration, capital expenditure and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS | 1,225,515,000[7] | 18,200,000 | ||
| 1. To promote the development of a modern, fair, cost effective and efficient system of justice for all | 158,748,000 | 47,828,000 | ||
| HQ and Associated Offices; administration of the Judicial Pensions Scheme; the Court Service; the Public Guardianship Office; Legal Aid in criminal cases; Criminal Defence Service; Community Legal Service; administration for Legal Services Commission; administration for the Office of the Information Commissioner; costs paid from central funds; the magistrates courts; the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; payments in relation to machinery of government transfers; grant-in-aid to the Trafford Law Centre for a pilot scheme to evaluate proposals for providing improved advice and support to tribunal customers; payments to HM Land Registry; costs in relation to constitutional offices; other legal services; associated non-cash items; and for joint initiatives in the Criminal Justice System. | ||||
| 2. Overseeing the effective operation of the devolution settlement in Scotland and representing the interests of Scotland within the UK Government | 603,000,000 | 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. | 384,862,000[8] | 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 | 145,000 | 0 | ||
| Pensions etc, in respect of members of judicial pensions scheme, and for other related services. | ||||
| NORTHERN IRELAND COURT SERVICE | 25,554,000 | 1,000,000 | ||
| 1. Supporting the effective and efficient administration of justice in Northern Ireland | 23,084,000 | 3,000,000 | ||
| 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 and grant in aid to support the administration of the governing body. | ||||
| THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE AND HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION | 5,277,000 | 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 | 2,000,000 | 3,395,000 | ||
| Payments for expenditure by the Public Record Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission on administration and operational associated non-cash costs. | ||||
| THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE | 125,602,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Increasing public confidence in the criminal justice system through fair, firm and effective prosecutions | 120,894,000 | 750,000 | ||
| 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 | 7,865,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Reducing fraud and the cost of fraud and delivering justice and the rule of law | 7,865,000 | 0 | ||
| Administration, investigation, prosecution and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| HM PROCURATOR GENERAL AND TREASURY SOLICITOR | 3,014,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Providing comprehensive and competitive legal services to government departments and publicly funded bodies | 3,481,000 | 7,091,000 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| MINISTRY OF DEFENCE | 1,251,376,000 | 54,301,000 | ||
| 1. Provision of defence capability | 341,201,000[9] | 22,530,000 | ||
| Personnel costs of the armed forces and their reserves and 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 development and production of equipment and weapon systems for the armed forces; purchases for sale abroad; research etc by contract; sundry procurement services including those on repayment terms; land and buildings works services; contingent liabilities; services provided by other Government departments; sundry services, subscriptions, grants and other payments including those abroad such as assistance to Foreign and Commonwealth Governments for 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 | 899,524,000[10] | 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 | 10,000,000 | 0 | ||
| Pensions and other payments/allowances for disablement or death arising out of war or 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 spouses, 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 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1. Armed forces retired pay, pensions, etc | 330,000,000 | 34,340,000 | ||
| Payment of retired pay, pensions and lump sum benefits to persons covered by the scheme. | ||||
| FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE | 319,122,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Promoting internationally the interests of the UK and contributing to a strong world community | 64,059,000[11] | 90,791,000 | ||
| 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 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 | 216,086,000[12] | 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 | 138,069,000 | 5,574,000 | ||
| 1. Eliminating poverty in poorer countries | 190,762,000 | 350,000 | ||
| 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; pensions and allowances in respect of overseas service, including contributions to pension funds and grants in lieu of pensions; global environment assistance; payments to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); current and capital costs involved in the development of a public/private partnership with CDC Capital Partners; payments (under the authority of the European Communities Act 1972) to certain beneficiaries of the Gibraltar Social Insurance Fund; administration, related capital expenditure; and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| 2. Conflict prevention | 7,622,000 | 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 | 318,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Overseas superannuation | 1,924,000 | 37,000 | ||
| 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 | 1,296,435,000[13] | −82,509,000* | ||
| 1. Increasing UK competitiveness | 324,491,000[14] | 36,445,000 | ||
| 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, nonproliferation; 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; 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 | 112,738,000 | 1,000,000 | ||
| Research Councils; the Royal Society; the Royal Academy of Engineering; Office of Science and Technology initiatives; nuclear fusion; the University Challenge Fund; the Joint Infrastructure Fund; the Cambridge/Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils for Diamond Synchrotron; the Science Enterprise Challenge Scheme; 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 Chevening 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. | ||||
| UK TRADE & INVESTMENT | 5,434,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. To enhance the competitiveness of companies in the UK through overseas trade and investments; and ensure a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment | 3,800,000 | 409,000 | ||
| Trade development and promotion and inward investment, including grants to the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), associated capital and other related expenditure and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1. Effective management of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority superannuation schemes | 4,456,000 | 8,437,000 | ||
| Build up of pensions and related benefit entitlements arising from employee service during the year; the interest cost arising because future benefit payments are one year closer to settlement; transfers in of pension entitlements for employees joining from other schemes and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| OFFICE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY MARKETS | 5,771,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Protecting consumers by regulating monopolies and promoting competition in the electricity and gas industry | 0 | 0 | ||
| Administrative and operational costs, payments to DTI, co-operation with international regulators andassociated non-cash items. | ||||
| 2. Expenditure in connection with the Climate Change Levy | 0 | 0 | ||
| The accreditation of renewable energy producers and certification of output under the Finance Act2000. | ||||
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | 411,460,000 | 1,456,000 | ||
| 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 | 411,461,000 | 397,188,000 | ||
| 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; 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 and associated non-cash costs. | ||||
| FORESTRY COMMISSION | 5,963,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. To implement the programmes of the England Forestry Strategy | 7,303,000 | 0 | ||
| 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 of the Commission’s estate regulating planting and felling and offering incentives. | ||||
| 2. To take the lead in development and promotion of sustainable forest management and to support its achievement nationally | 1,000,000 | 0 | ||
| Provide advice and support to the UK government and to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, represent the United Kingdom’s forestry interests within the European Union and internationally, set standards for sustainable forest management and encourage good forestry practice, conduct forest research and protect forests from pests and disease. | ||||
| OFFICE OF WATER SERVICES | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1. Regulation of the Water Industry | 1,000 | 300,000 | ||
| Administration and operational costs and the provision of customer representation and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | 146,162,000 | 388,000 | ||
| 1. Improving the quality of life through cultural and sporting activities | 134,425,000 | 3,150,000 | ||
| 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, and national heritage and architecture; 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 and Royal funerals; the Queen’s Golden Jubilee; transfer of pension values of certain bodies; expenses of privatising the Tote and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS | 2,807,142,000 | 5,549,000 | ||
| 1. Ensuring the best start for all children and ending child poverty in 20 years | 5,207,000 |
Appropriation Act 2005