Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2017

• Citation: 2017 c. 8
• Sections: 13

Section 1 Vote on account for 2017-18

(1) The use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2018 is authorised up to the amount of £254,713,662,000.

(2) Of the amount authorised by subsection (1)—

(a) £225,981,577,000 is authorised for use for current purposes; and

(b) £28,732,085,000 is authorised for use for capital purposes.

(3) The Treasury may—

(a) issue money out of the Consolidated Fund, and

(b) apply it in the year ending with 31 March 2018 for expenditure authorised by Parliament,

up to the amount of £228,401,528,000.

Section 2 Authorisation of supplementary provision for 2016-17

(1) The amount up to which authorisation was conferred for the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2017 is to be treated as further increased by £87,919,858,000.

(2) In relation to the further amount treated as authorised by subsection (1)—

(a) the amount up to which there is authorisation for use for current purposes is to be treated as further increased by £88,795,278,000; and

(b) the amount up to which there is authorisation for use for capital purposes is to be treated as reduced by £875,420,000.

(3) The amount up to which authorisation was conferred on the Treasury—

(a) to issue money out of the Consolidated Fund, and

(b) to apply it in the year ending with 31 March 2017 for expenditure authorised by Parliament,

is to be treated as reduced by £2,829,634,000.

(4) The increases for which subsections (1) and (2)(a) provide, and the reductions for which subsections (2)(b) and (3) provide, are to be treated as having had effect from the beginning of 1 April 2016.

Section 3 Appropriation of supplementary provision for 2016-17

(1) For the purposes of—

(a) appropriating the amount of resources the use of which for the year ending with 31 March 2017 is authorised by section 2(1), and

(b) giving effect to the reduction provided for by section 2(3),

the Main Estimates Act 2016 is to be treated as having effect with the adjustments provided for in Schedule 1 to this Act.

(2) In Schedule 1—

(a) Part 1 contains new Tables, which are to be treated as if they had been Scheduled Estimates in the Main Estimates Act 2016; and

(b) Part 2 specifies the amounts by which adjustments are to be treated as made to the amounts originally specified in the Scheduled Estimates in that Act.

(3) For the purpose of making the adjustments in Part 2 of Schedule 1—

(a) a negative adjustment has effect to reduce an amount of authorised expenditure and, where applied to an estimated surplus (which is expressed as if it were itself a negative amount), increases the amount of the surplus; and

(b) a positive adjustment has effect to increase an amount of authorised expenditure and, where applied to an estimated surplus, reduces it.

(4) Accordingly—

(a) where an adjustment by a negative amount of more than the amount itself is made to an amount of authorised expenditure, what results is an estimated surplus; and

(b) where an adjustment by a positive amount of more than the amount itself is made to the amount of an estimated surplus, what results is an amount of authorised expenditure.

(5) Where, in Part 2 of Schedule 1, a description of matters to which expenditure may relate or from which income may arise (“description A”) differs from the description contained in the corresponding part of the Scheduled Estimates in the Schedule to the Main Estimates Act 2016 (“description B”), Part 2 of Schedule 1 has effect for adjusting that corresponding part by substituting description A for description B.

(6) Where, in relation to a department, other person or service to which a Scheduled Estimate in the Schedule to the Main Estimates Act 2016 relates, Part 2 of Schedule 1 contains a new description of matters to which expenditure may relate or from which income may arise, Part 2 of Schedule 1 has effect for adjusting that Scheduled Estimate by treating the new description as included in it.

(7) In this section—

“ estimated surplus ” has the same meaning as in the Main Estimates Act 2016;

“ Main Estimates Act 2016 ” means the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2016.

(8) The adjustments made by virtue of this section are to be treated as having had effect from the beginning of 1 April 2016.

Section 4 Authorisation of excesses for 2015-16

(1) The amount up to which authorisation was conferred for the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2016 is to be treated as further increased, for the purpose of making good excesses, by £290,971,000.

(2) Of the further amount treated as authorised by subsection (1)—

(a) £175,116,000 is to be treated as authorised for use for current purposes; and

(b) £115,855,000 is to be treated as authorised for use for capital purposes.

(3) The increases for which this section provides are to be treated as having had effect from the beginning of 1 April 2015.

Section 5 Appropriation of excesses for 2015-16

(1) For the purpose of appropriating the amount of resources the use of which for the year ending with 31 March 2016 is authorised by section 4(1), the Main Estimates Act 2015 is to be treated as having effect with the adjustments provided for in Schedule 2 to this Act.

(2) Schedule 2 specifies the amounts by which adjustments are to be treated as made to the amounts specified in the Scheduled Estimates in the Main Estimates Act 2015 and to the amounts treated as so specified.

(3) For the purpose of making the adjustments in Schedule 2 an adjustment has effect to increase an amount of authorised expenditure and, where applied to an estimated surplus, reduces it.

(4) Accordingly, where an adjustment of more than the amount itself is made to the amount of an estimated surplus, what results is an amount of authorised expenditure.

(5) In this section a reference to an amount treated as specified in a Scheduled Estimate is a reference to any amount treated as so specified in consequence of any adjustment made by virtue of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2016, and references to adjusting such an amount are to be read accordingly.

(6) In this section—

“ estimated surplus ” has the same meaning as in the Main Estimates Act 2015;

“ Main Estimates Act 2015 ” means the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2015.

(7) The adjustments made by virtue of this section are to be treated as having had effect from the beginning of 1 April 2015.

Section 6 Authorisation of late excesses for 2014-15

(1) The amount up to which authorisation was conferred for the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2015 is to be treated as further increased, for the purpose of making good excesses, by £3,205,465,000.

(2) Of the further amount treated as authorised by subsection (1)—

(a) £3,174,237,000 is to be treated as authorised for use for current purposes; and

(b) £31,228,000 is to be treated as authorised for use for capital purposes.

(3) The increases for which this section provides are to be treated as having had effect from the beginning of 1 April 2014.

Section 7 Appropriation of late excesses for 2014-15

(1) For the purpose of appropriating the amount of resources the use of which for the year ending with 31 March 2015 is authorised by section 6(1), the Main Estimates Act 2014 is to be treated as having effect with the adjustments provided for in Schedule 3 to this Act.

(2) Schedule 3 specifies the amounts by which adjustments are to be treated as made to the amounts specified in the Scheduled Estimates in the Main Estimates Act 2014 and to the amounts treated as so specified.

(3) For the purpose of making the adjustments in Schedule 3 an adjustment has effect to increase an amount of authorised expenditure and, where applied to an estimated surplus, reduces it.

(4) Accordingly, where an adjustment of more than the amount itself is made to the amount of an estimated surplus, what results is an amount of authorised expenditure.

(5) Where, in relation to a department to which a Scheduled Estimate in the Schedule to the Main Estimates Act 2014 relates, Schedule 3 contains a new description of matters to which expenditure may relate, Schedule 3 has effect for adjusting that Scheduled Estimate by treating the new description as included in it.

(6) In this section a reference to an amount treated as specified in a Scheduled Estimate is a reference to any amount treated as so specified in consequence of any adjustment made by virtue of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2015, and references to adjusting such an amount are to be read accordingly.

(7) In this section—

“ estimated surplus ” has the same meaning as in the Main Estimates Act 2014;

“ Main Estimates Act 2014 ” means the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2014.

(8) The adjustments made by virtue of this section are to be treated as having had effect from the beginning of 1 April 2014.

Section 8 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2017.

Section 1

In this Schedule, where an asterisk (*) appears in any description of matters to which expenditure may relate, or from which income may arise, the text from the asterisk to the end of the description does not appear in the corresponding part of the Scheduled Estimates in the Schedule to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2016; and where an asterisk (*) appears at the beginning of such a description, the description concerned is a new description.

Section 2

In the Schedule to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2016, the title of the Estimate that is now entitled “Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy” was “Department for Business, Innovation and Skills”.

Section 3

In the Schedule to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2016, the title of the Estimate that is now entitled "Department for International Trade" was titled " UK Trade & Investment."

Section 1

(1) In this Schedule, where an asterisk (*) appears at the beginning of any description of matters to which expenditure may relate, or from which income may arise, the description is a description which was not included in the Schedule to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2015 as originally enacted.

(2) Text which follows an asterisk (*) was added by Schedule 1 to the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2016.

Department for Education, 2015-16 Department for Education

Departmental Expenditure Limit

Expenditure arising from:

Capital, recurrent payments and loans and associated non-cash items in support of the Department's objectives for primary, secondary, tertiary and international education; children's services, including Early Years, Sure Start and safeguarding; Young Peoples services, welfare and safeguarding; curriculum; qualifications and the inspection regime; workforce development and reform; and pension costs for voluntary services overseas (VSO) participants. Expenditure covers both the Department itself, its Executive Agencies and Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs), the Children's Commissioner, Aggregator plc and expenditure associated with Academy activities; together with residual costs from ALBs being closed; loans to educational establishments. Expenditure also covers administration costs and associated non-cash items, for the Department, its Executive Agencies, its ALBs, including academies. The expenditure also includes the cost of administering the Teachers' Pension Scheme (England and Wales).

* The purchase and development of land and buildings in support of the academies and free schools programme;

expenditure associated with national and international gender and wider equalities policy, information, support and advice; lease interest payable; Equalities and Human Rights Commission.

Income arising from:

Contributions towards and receipts from the three National Executives, other Government Departments and other sources (including the EC) in connection with a range of educational, training, youth support, children and family programmes and initiatives in UK and overseas; Early Intervention Foundation receipts. Income associated with Aggregator plc and Academy activities. Income also derives from sales of products and publications; rent, sales receipts and profits from surplus Departmental or former ALB properties, equipment or other assets (including some repayment of proceeds of sale), rental income from properties at the European School at Culham and repayments of grant overpaid in previous years. Receipts associated with the closure of departmental ALBs. General administration receipts, recoveries from services provided to Sure Start, international receipts, Schools Standards Fund receipts and Music Manifesto Champion; the reimbursement of administration costs by the Teachers' Pension Scheme (England and Wales); and recovery of salaries and associated costs for seconded staff.

* Property rental income from departmental properties and from its ALBs, including academies, free schools and the European School at Culham; sales receipts and rental income streams from sites originally purchased for academies and free schools that are not required by the school.

Annually Managed Expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Take up and maintenance of Departmental, Executive Agencies and ALB's provisions and associated non-cash items including: impairments, tax and pension costs for the Department, Executive Agencies, and its ALBs including academies.

Section 1

(1) In this Schedule, where two asterisks (**) appear at the beginning of a description of matters to which expenditure may relate, the description is a description which was not included in the Schedule to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2014 as originally enacted.

(2) Text which follows two asterisks (**) is added by this Schedule.

Department for Education, 2014-15 Department for Education

Departmental Expenditure Limit

Expenditure arising from:

Capital, recurrent payments and loans and associated non cash items in support of the Department's objectives for primary, secondary, tertiary and international education; children's services, including Early Years and Sure Start; Young Peoples services and welfare; curriculum; qualifications and the inspection regime; workforce development and reform; and pension costs for voluntary services overseas (VSO) participants. Expenditure covers both the Department itself, its Executive Agencies and Arms Length Bodies (ALBs), the Children's Commissioner and expenditure associated with Academy activities; together with residual costs from ALBs being closed; loans to educational establishments. Expenditure also covers administration costs and associated non cash items, for the Department, its Executive Agencies and ALBs, and for administration of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

Income arising from:

Contributions towards and receipts from the three National Executives, other Government Departments and other sources (including the EC) in connection with a range of educational, training, youth support, children and family programmes and initiatives in UK and overseas; Early Intervention Foundation receipts. Income associated with Academy activities. Income also derives from sales of products and publications; rent, sales receipts and profits from surplus Departmental or former ALB properties, equipment or other assets (including some repayment of proceeds of sale), rental income from properties at the European School at Culham and repayments of grant overpaid in previous years. Receipts associated with the closure of departmental ALB's. General administration receipts, including from Teachers TV, recoveries from services provided to Sure Start, international receipts, Schools Standards Fund receipts and Music Manifesto Champion. Recovery of salaries and associated costs for seconded staff.

Annually Managed Expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Take up and maintenance of Departmental, Executive Agencies and ALB's provisions and associated non cash items. Impairments, tax and pension costs for the Department, it's ALB's and Executive Agencies. Provisions, impairments, tax and pension costs associated with Academy activities and associated non cash items.

Non-Budget Expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

** Prior period adjustments