The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mrs Caroline Spelman)

The change in the resource element of the DEL of £15,743,000 arises from: (i) a transfer of £172,000 to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for information services at the Committee for Climate Change; (ii) a transfer of £65,000 to the Ministry of Justice for the Tribunal Service relating to appeals for civil sanctions; (iii) a transfer of £130,000 to DEFRA from the Department for International Development for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; (iv) a transfer of £46,000,000 from the 2011-12 ring-fenced EU disallowance provision to cover pressures in the 2010-11 budget which have arisen due to the timing of when the disallowance payments are accrued; (v) a transfer of £30,000,000 from Resource to Capital DEL for the Environment Agency (EA) in respect of flood defences where the exact nature and classification of the expenditure is determined by EA as they undertake the work; and (vi) a transfer of £150,000 from Resource to Capital DEL payments for the Fallen Stock Company.

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