Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2010

Part 11 U.K. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2010—11

Table of—

(a) 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 31 March 2011;

(b) the further sums authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs; and

(c) 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 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS		13,536,199,000		7,976,011,000
1. To help ensure business success in an increasingly competitive world	978,307,000		1,360,788,000
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 and skills; support for business, including support for specific industries, small businesses, regional programmes and programmes to promote research and development, innovation and standards, 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 and delivering regulatory reform, measures to combat international bribery and corruption, 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; the efficient management and discharge of liabilities falling to the Department, including nuclear waste management and decommissioning and liabilities in respect of former shipbuilding industry employees; provision of repayable credit facilities for Royal Mail; exchange risk and other guarantee losses; subscriptions to international organisations and fulfilment of international treaty obligations; payments to other Government departments and the Devolved Administrations in relation to programmes supporting BIS objectives; support for Government Offices; funding and grants-in-aid to organisations promoting BIS objectives, including Non-Departmental Public Bodies; financial assistance to public corporations and trading funds including Ofcom; managing the Government's shareholder interest in the portfolio of commercial businesses wholly or partly owned by Government; 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 BIS will appropriate in aid; payments to local authorities in respect of Local Area Agreements and New Burdens responsibilities; 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; 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	2,190,335,000		0
Research Councils; the Royal Society; the Royal Academy of Engineering; the British Academy; Research Base initiatives; the Research Capital Investment Fund; promotion of Science in Society; Knowledge Transfer initiatives including the Higher Education Innovation Fund and Public Sector Research Establishments grants; contributions to the Science and Innovation Network initiative including payments to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; Research Council pensions; associated non-cash items.
3. To help build a competitive economy by creating opportunities for everyone to develop their learning and skills and creating excellence in science, research and innovation	7,541,112,000		1,728,391,000
Further, higher and other education provision and initiatives for young people and adults; research and related initiatives at institutions delivering higher education; training, skills, enterprise, assessment and advice and guidance provision for young people, adults and employers and related initiatives; financial and other support for students and trainees including grants, allowance, access funds, loans and their repayment, the resource consequences of loans to students; support for students through Local Authorities; the cost of sales of the student loan debt; reimbursement of fees for qualifying European Union students; post graduate awards; mandatory student awards; education maintenance allowances and childcare and transport support; 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; investments and loans to support PFI; initiatives and programmes supported by the European Union; international programmes including payments to the Department for Work and Pensions for the UK subscription to the International Labour Organisation and other international programmes; initiatives to support, improve and promote education, training, skills and student and trainee support; grants in aid and other funding to organisations promoting BIS objectives including Non-Departmental Public Bodies; departmental and others' costs of administering the above including payments to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Expenditure covers payments, grants and loans to organisations in the public, private and other sectors, including employers, community, voluntary and business support organisations, to individuals and other government departments and the devolved administrations and associated non-cash items. Expenditure relates primarily to England, but in some cases includes supporting activities in other parts of the United Kingdom and abroad.
TOTAL, 2010—11	10,709,754,000	13,536,199,000	3,089,179,000	7,976,011,000