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Explanations between Estimate and 2020-21 resource outturn before adjustments for virements
Updated 12 August 2021
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| Explanations between Estimate and 2020-21 resource outturn before adjustment for virements | ||||
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| Estimate sub-heading | 2020-21 Outturn | 2020-21 Estimate | Variance | Explanation |
| A: Integrity of the Union, security and democracy | 90,394 | 90,522 | 128 | Not set |
| B: HM Gov’s policies and the PM’s priorities | 379,877 | 408,777 | 28,900 | This variance is driven by delayed projects within the Geospatial Commission and receipt of income relating to cross-government geospatial data. Additionally, we saw lower than expected spend in the Transition Taskforce and lower than expected venue costs for the Infected Blood and Grenfell Inquiries. |
| C: Efficiency of Government | 786,072 | 860,107 | 74,035 | The variance is primarily driven by reduced spend on public communication campaigns delivered through a more collaborative approach. This included underspends on COVID-19 public information, EU exit and transition campaigns. |
| D: Effective running of the Department | 150,376 | 149,233 | -1,143 | A general increase in staff and an updated annual leave policy, permitting staff to carry over an increased number of leave days, has culminated in additional expenditure relating to the annual leave accrual. Estates have also seen higher than budgeted costs for fitting out building space in order to make them COVID-19 secure. |
| E: Executive Agency – GPA | 33,913 | 44,383 | 10,470 | The variance is driven by lower non-cash depreciation spend, however we have also seen increased revenue in this area associated with recoveries of property costs. |
| F: ALBs (net) | 19,205 | 20,341 | 1,136 | Not set |
| G: Elections | -5,485 | 25,060 | 30,545 | Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Police and Crime Commissioners elections were cancelled resulting in reduced spend. |
| H: UK MEPs | 2,232 | 2,500 | 268 | Not set |
| I: CFER | - | -237 | -237 | Not set |
| J: Cabinet Office AME | 4,503 | 21,431 | 16,928 | This underspend is attributable to the devaluation of assets via indexation, property desktop devaluation, and provisions forecasts for dilapidation liabilities which have not fully materialised. |
| Commission for Equality and Human Rights AME | -57 | - | 57 | Not set |
| K: Government Property Agency AME | 105,851 | 298,793 | 192,942 | AME was requested to cover the impairment of properties transferred to the GPA prior to the reporting date. Some properties were impaired to fair value by the originating department prior to transfer and therefore lower than anticipated impairments were required. |
| Prior period adjustment | -28,175 | - | 28,175 | Not set |
| Resource outturn against budget | 1,538,706 | 1,920,910 | 382,204 | Not set |