Office of Public Sector Information
Section 3
| Resources authorised for use | Grants out of the Consolidated Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
For the service of the year ending 31st March 2006—
|
277,697,379,000 | 203,017,367,000 |
|
277,697,379,000 | 203,017,367,000 |
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Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 | 17,705,142,000 | 482,575,000 | ||
| 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 | 15,269,062,000 | 467,788,000 | ||
| 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, 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, 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 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 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; 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 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 | 722,392,000 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 97,535,000 | 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; Children’s Fund Support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; monitoring and evaluating the Children’s Fund; and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005-06 | 16,088,989,000 | 17,705,142,000 | 467,788,000 | 482,575,000 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| TEACHERS' PENSION SCHEME (ENGLAND & WALES) | 749,028,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Teachers' pensions | 19,171,814,000 | 3,970,725,000 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 19,171,814,000 | 749,028,000 | 3,970,725,000 | 0 |
1 In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 8), the title of the Estimate which is now entitled Teachers' Pension Scheme (England & Wales) was Teachers' Pension Scheme.
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| OFFICE OF HER MAJESTY'S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND | 130,552,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Improving the quality and standards of education and childcare through independent inspection regulation and advice | 132,313,000 | 5,251,000 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 132,313,000 | 130,552,000 | 5,251,000 | 0 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 OF HEALTH | 35,489,111,000 | 1,598,011,000 | ||
| 1. Securing health care for those who need it | 34,837,317,000 | 18,670,016,000 | ||
| 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 (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; 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 | 2,012,854,000 | 83,877,000 | ||
| 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 | 2,800,000 | 0 | ||
| Grant in aid funding for the Office of the Independent Regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 36,852,971,000 | 35,489,111,000 | 18,753,893,000 | 1,598,011,000 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE PENSION SCHEME | 1,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. National Health Service Pension Scheme | 22,729,437,000 | 6,857,859,000 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 22,729,437,000 | 1,000 | 6,857,859,000 | 0 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY | 79,726,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. Protecting and promoting public health in relation to food | 80,914,000 | 58,534,000 | ||
| Administration, inspections, surveillance, managing research and development, education, publicity and publications, funding for non-cash items; funding for Meat Hygiene Service. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 80,914,000 | 79,726,000 | 58,534,000 | 0 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 TRANSPORT | 5,828,680,000 | 10,126,000 | ||
| 1. Promoting modern, integrated and safe transport and providing customer-focused regulation | 6,445,572,000 | 346,109,000 | ||
| 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; Cross London Rail Links Limited, National Freight Company travel concessions; railway industry and National Freight Company pensions 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, equipment, machinery, vehicles and capital assets; special payments; and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 6,445,572,000 | 5,828,680,000 | 346,109,000 | 10,126,000 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION | 1,000 | 0 | ||
| 1. To create a better railway for passengers and freight, and better value for public funding authorities though independent, fair and effective regulation | 1,000 | 16,500,000 | ||
| Administration, capital expenditure for activities including economic, safety and competition regulation and associated non-cash items. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 16,500,000 | 0 |
Table of—
the further 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 2006;
the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and
limits set, for the purposes of section 2 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (c. 20), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER | 32,069,283,000 | 104,000 | ||
| 1. Improving the quality of life by creating thriving, inclusive and sustainable communities in all regions | 4,643,500,000 | 143,020,000 | ||
| 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; 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 | 27,368,985,000 | 465,000 | ||
| 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 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. | ||||
| TOTAL, 2005–06 | 32,012,485,000 | 32,069,283,000 | 143,485,000 | 104,000 |
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2005