Appropriation Act 2002 (c. 18)

1. Ensuring the orderly conduct of Privy Council business

Administration and associated non-cash items.

1. Peers' expenses and administration

Peers' expenses, administrative costs and associated non-cash items including staff pensions, security, stationery, printing, financial assistance to Opposition parties, and a grant-in-aid to the History of Parliament Trust.

2. Works services

Works services and associated non-cash items, including a payment to the House of Commons in respect of administration and a grant-in-aid to the House of Lords Works of Art Collection Fund.

1. Members' salaries, etc

Remunerating and supporting the Members of the House of Commons in discharging their duties and responsibilities, in the constituency, in Parliament and elsewhere by paying: parliamentary salaries; for relevant expenses incurred, including travel, office, staff and equipment; for insurance; for other associated items and accounting for associated non-cash items.

1. To help build a competitive economy and inclusive society by: creating opportunities for eveyone 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

Loans to voluntary aided schools; provision relating to former grant-maintained schools; the Assisted Places Scheme; music and ballet schools; support for the Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth; City Technology Colleges; the provision of education for under-fives; the school curriculum and its assessment; childcare initiatives; education action zones; modernising the teaching profession and other educational services and initiatives; initiatives to write-off student loans to teachers in England and Wales; class size reductions; initiatives for three year olds; 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 of School Leadership, the Teacher Training Agency, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; 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; 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; 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; 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; Millennium Volunteers; the payment of certain fees to the Home Office; loans and grants to the University for Industry; payments related to the establishment of the Sector Skills Development Agency and Sector Skills Councils; 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 postgraduate awards; mandatory student awards and their administration; student loans and the cost of sales of the student loans debt; 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 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 Departments 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

Promoting the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children; supporting families and communities; evaluating the programme; 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

Funding preventative services, primarily for 5--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; monitoring and evaluating the Children's Fund; administering the Children and Young People's Unit; and associated non-cash items.

1. Teachers' pensions

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' Pensions Scheme and on behalf of their employers.

1. Improving the quality and standards of education and childcare through independent inspection, regulation and advice

The inspection of schools (including independent schools), other educational institutions, early education providers, local education authorities, teacher training (institutions and in-service training) and the regulation of childcare to schools and for over sevens, for young children including the inspection of the home carers and the investors in children schemes as well as the inspection of education for 16 to 19 years olds and associated non-cash items.

1. Securing health care for those who need it

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 advances to trusts, education, training, research and development; centrally managed expenditure on behalf of the NHS, forming, investing in or providing loans or guarantees to companies that will provide facilities or services to the NHS, 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

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, 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); 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; prison health care; 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; the hospital costs of any UK citizens injured as a result of terrorist action in the USA on 11 September 2001 that had no medical insurance, and associated non-cash items.

1. National Health Service Pension Scheme

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 approved employment.

1. Protecting and promoting public health in relation to food

Administration, inspections, surveillance, managing research and development, education, publicity and publications, funding for non-cash items; funding of the Meat Hygiene Service.

1. Offering the opportunity of a decent home, promoting sustainable economic development through integrated regional and local action and improving health and safety

Housing revenue account subsidy; homelessness and rough sleepers; payments to the Housing Corporation; renewal of private sector housing; home selling; rent and leasehold services; national approved letting scheme; social housing mobility; council tenant participation; payments to housing action trusts; Estate Action; the starter homes initiative; the Supporting People programme; choice-based local authority lettings; the Rent Service Agency; payments to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; disabled facilities grant; Housing Improvement Agencies; charges by Valuation Offices in respect of Right To Buy; refurbishment 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; payments made as agency for the European Union, including those for ports and railways in Wales; exchange rate losses and other losses relating to European regional development fund projects; coalfields regeneration; planning, including minerals programmes; planning-aid; the Planning Inspectorate; fire services, payments and loans to the Fire Service College (trading fund); fire service superannuation; payments to Ordnance Survey (trading fund); regional chambers; compensation for sufferers, or their dependants, of certain dust-related diseases; payments for the Mersey Basin Campaign; payments in respect of the Commonwealth Games at Manchester; Golden Jubilee medals for emergency services personnel; minor grants and payments in support of housing, regeneration, building regulation, fire initiatives research, development, surveys, monitoring, statistics, advice and consultancies; publicity, promotion and publications; special payments; administration; Special Grants Programme support to voluntary bodies; subscriptions and contributions to international organisations; and associated non-cash items.

2. Promoting modern, integrated and safe transport and providing customer-focused regulation

Ports and shipping services; the National Ports Council Pension and Compensation Schemes; water freight grants; the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; civil and international aviation services; assistance to airlines to compensate for losses arising from the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 in the United States of America; support for and loans to National Air Traffic Services; the Highways Agency; payments to private consortia for design, build, finance and operate schemes; transport grants to local authorities, including the Greater London Authority; 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; rebates of fuel duty to bus operators; support for the haulage industry; support to nationalised transport industries; Powershift and cleaner vehicles programmes; royal travel; transport security; the Commission for Integrated Transport; trans-European network funds; support for other minor transport services; driver and vehicle licensing and registration and the collection of revenue; compensation and pensions costs relating to pre-DVLC local authority driver and vehicle licensing staff; the development and operation of systems associated with registration and licensing; the provision by DVLA of anonymised data and other services; the Vehicle Certification Agency; grants and loans to the Vehicle Inspectorate and Driving Standards Agency (trading funds); vehicle and traffic 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); grants to the Strategic Rail Authority; the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; National Freight Company travel concessions; railway industry and National Freight Company pensions funds; 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; special payments; administration; and associated non-cash items.

3. Promoting a system of elected government responding to the needs of local communities

Payments to the Valuation Office Agency for rating and valuation services; the expenses of valuation tribunals; payments to the Audit Commission for work in connection with best value inspection; 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 2001--02 and previous years; preparation for the Greater London Authority and related bodies; Greater London Authority General grant; intervention action in local authorities; local Public Sector Agreement (PSA) performance fund payments; special grants paid under section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; 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 revised administrative and electoral boundaries following Parish and Electoral Commission reviews; grant-in-aid to the Standards Board for England; payments to 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; and associated non-cash items.

4. Providing for the administration of the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions and the Health and Safety Commission in meeting their objectives.

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC); grants paid by HSC to small businesses; the residual functions of Property Services Agency (PSA) services; residual payments concerning the privatisation of the Building Research Establishment; loans to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre executive agency (trading fund); other government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies; the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit; the Teenage Pregnancy Unit; the administration and operation of the Department; the purchase, acquisition, hire, lease and rent of land, buildings, plant, equipment, machinery, vehicles and capital assets; research; special payments; and associated non-cash items.

1. To create a better railway for passengers and freight and better value for public funding authorities through independent, fair and effective regulation

Administration, capital expenditure and associated non-cash items.

1. Building a safe, just and tolerant society

Police; the Forensic Science Service; registration of forensic practitioners; emergency planning; fire service; criminal policy and programmes including offender programmes and the National Probation Service; the prevention and treatment of drug abuse; crime reduction and prevention; provision of services relating to the Crime and Disorder Act and the Private Security Industry Act; criminal justice planning system and other services related to crime; support to the voluntary sector; family policy issues; research; criminal injuries compensation; organised and international crime; control of immigration and nationality; support for asylum seekers; refunds of fines to carriers of inadequately documented passengers; assisted return programmes including interception projects; issue of passports; work permits; community and constitutional services including the Queen's Golden Jubilee Event and the Experience Corps; firearms compensation and related matters; claims by local authorities for the Kosovan evacuees special grant; administration and associated non-cash items.

2. Protecting the public by holding prisoners in decent conditions and reducing re-offending after release

Prisons (including central administration and other costs arising from the detention of prisoners); immigration removal centres; placements in secure accommodation under sections 90 or 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; Prison Service colleges; the Parole Board; the storage and maintenance of equipment; transport management; grants to "Prisoners Abroad"; Welfare to Work schemes; funding for joint initiatives within the criminal justice system; and associated non-cash items.

1. Giving the public confidence in the integrity of charity

Administration, capital expenditure and associated non-cash items

1. To promote the development of a modern, fair, cost-effective and efficient system of justice for all

HQ and Associated Offices; marriage guidance; conciliation and mediation; the Court Service; the Public Guardianship Office; Legal Aid in criminal cases; Criminal Defence Services; Community Legal Service; administration for Legal Services Commission; administration for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; administration for the Office of the Information Commissioner; costs paid from central funds; the magistrates courts; other legal services; associated non-cash items; and for joint initiatives in the criminal justice system.

1. Supporting the effective and efficient administration of justice in Northern Ireland

Operation of the courts; policy and legislation; accommodation services; grants to sundry bodies; and associated non-cash items.

2. Enabling the Legal Aid Department of the Law Society of Northern Ireland to provide timely, accurate and cost-effective legal aid administration and expenditure control

Grant to the Legal Aid Department; and grant-in-aid to the Legal Aid Department

1. Assisting and promoting the study of the past in order to inform the present and the future

Payments for expenditure by the Public Record Office on administration and operational associated non-cash costs.

1. Increasing public confidence in the criminal justice system through fair, firm and effective prosecutions

Administrative costs, including the hire of private prosecuting agents; Crown prosecutions; and in connection with the confiscation of the proceeds of crime; and associated non-cash items.

1. Reducing fraud and the cost of fraud and delivering justice and the rule of law

Administration, investigation, prosecution and associated non-cash items

1. Providing comprehensive and competitive legal services to government departments and publicly-funded bodies

Administration, costs and fees for legal and related services, residual matters following the closure of the Government Property Lawyers Agency and associated non-cash items.

1. Provision of defence capability

Personnel costs of the armed forces and their reserves and cadet forces and personnel costs of Defence Ministers and of civilian staff employed by the Ministry of Defence; movements; charter of ships; logistic services for the armed forces; repair, maintenance, stores and supply services; associated capital facilities and works; contractors' redundancy costs; plant and machinery; nuclear warhead and fissile material programme; procurement, including development and production of equipment and weapon systems for the armed forces; purchases for sale abroad; research etc by contract; sundry procurement services including those on repayment terms; lands and buildings; works services; contingent liabilities; services provided by other government departments; sundry services, subscriptions, grants and other payments including those abroad such as assistance to Foreign and Commonwealth governments for defence-related purposes; set-up costs and loans to, and income from, Trading Funds; and other associated non-cash items.

2. Conflict prevention

Conflict prevention, early warning, crisis management, conflict resolution/peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding activity and on associated strengthening of international and regional systems and capacity; and other associated non-cash items.

3. War pensions and allowances, etc

Pensions and other payments/allowances for disablement or death arising out of war or service in the Armed Forces after 2nd September 1939; awards to surviving members of British groups held prisoner by the Japanese during the Second World War (Far Eastern prisoners of war) or their surviving spouse; and pensions and other payments in respect of service in the Armed Forces at other times; and other associated non-cash items.

1. Armed Forces Retired Pay, Pensions, etc

Payment of retired pay, pensions and lump sum benefits to persons covered by the scheme.

1. Promoting internationally the interests of the United Kingdom and contributing to a strong world community

Expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including British Trade International, on its administration, Wilton Park Executive Agency, hospitality and facilities; international organisations, grants-in-aid to bodies supporting FCO objectives; scholarships, information services and sponsored visits; special payments and assistance programmes to support foreign policy objectives including human rights, good governance, international security and the fight against the illicit drug trade; the BBC Monitoring Service; on grants-in-aid to the BBC World Service for broadcasting and to the British Council; the refund of certain UK taxes and duties paid by certain Foreign and Commonwealth governments and international organisations; and on associated non-cash items.

2. Conflict prevention

Expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on conflict prevention, early warning, crisis management, conflict resolution/peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding activity and on associated strengthening of international and regional systems and capacity.

1. Eliminating poverty in poorer countries

International Development under the International Development Act 2002 which comes into force at the end of May 2002 and replaces the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980, including financial and technical assistance to governments, institutions, voluntary agencies and individuals; capital and other subscriptions and contributions, including payments under guarantee to multilateral development banks and other international and regional bodies; emergency, refugee and other relief assistance; pensions and allowances in respect of overseas service including contributions to pension funds (including payments under the Overseas Pensions Act 1973, and grants in lieu of pensions); global environment assistance; payments to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); administration, related capital expenditure and other administrative costs; costs involved in the development of a public/private partnership with CDC Capital Partners; payments (under the authority of the European Communities Act 1972) to certain beneficiaries of the Gibraltar Social Insurance Fund; and associated non-cash items.

2. Conflict prevention

Conflict prevention, early warning, crisis management, conflict resolution/peacemaking and peacebuilding activity and associated strengthening of international and regional systems and capacity; and on associated non-cash items.

1. Overseas superannuation

Pension and superannuation payments, grants and compensation payments, etc in respect of overseas services; and sundry other services and expenditure.

1. Increasing UK competitiveness

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, 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, measures to protect investors, measures to promote the interests of consumers, support for employment relations programmes and measures to promote a skilled and flexibile labour market; support for energy-related activities including measures related to regulation, security, civil-emergency planning, environmental remediation and support for new and sustainable energy sources; safety, environment and social impact programmes relating to nuclear sites in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; the efficient management and discharge of liabilities falling to the Department including nuclear waste management and decommissioning and liabilities in respect of former coal industry employees; petroleum royalties; exchange risk and other guarantee losses; subscriptions to international organisations and fulfilment of international treaty obligations; payments to other government departments in relation to programmes suppporting DTI objectives; support for government offices; grants and grants-in-aid to organisations promoting DTI objectives, including Non Department Public Bodies; financial assistance to public corporations, 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 in respect of claims for the restitution of property of victims of Nazi persecution, compensation for distant water trawlermen and assistance to redundant steelworkers and dismissed miners; international non-proliferation; departmental administration costs and a share of the administration costs of British Trade International; payments towards the expenses of the Officer of Manpower Economics; associated non-cash items.

2. Increasing scientific excellence in the UK and maximising its contribution to society

Research Councils; the Royal Society; the Royal Academy of Engineering; Office of Science and Technology initiatives; the University Challenge Fund; the Joint Infrastructure Fund; the Cambridge/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute; the Synchrotron Radiation Source and the Science Enterprise Challenge Scheme; the Science Research Investment Fund; Foresight Link Awards; the Department for Education and Skills, for the Higher Education Innovation Fund; exploitation of discoveries at public sector research establishments; the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Chevening Scholarships; fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; Research Council pensions; Nuclear fusion capital and administration costs of the Office of Science and Technology and associated non-cash items.

1. Enhanced competitiveness of companies in the UK through overseas sales and investment; and a continuing high level of quality, foreign direct investment

Trade development and promotion and inward investment, including grants to the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), associated capital and other related expenditure and associated non-cash items.

1. Department of Trade and Industry effective management of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Superannuation Schemes

Payment of pensions etc to members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's superannuation schemes and other related expenditure.

1. Export finance assistance

Interest support to banks and other lenders of export finance, grants towards financing of exports to match foreign competition, the funding of the refinancing programme, and on associated non-cash items.

2. Trading operations

Export credit guarantees given in the national interest or to render economic assistance to overseas countries, overseas investment insurance, tender to contract/forward exchange supplement cover, residual commitments under discontinued facilities, the cost escalation scheme subvention for the active management of the portfolio, costs of reinsurance arrangements with other countries' credit insurance organisations for jointly sourced goods trading and administration expenses, and on associated non-cash items.

1. Advancing and safeguarding the economic interests of UK consumers

Administrative and operational costs, and associated non-cash items.

1. Providing the best possible deal for telecommunications customers through effective competition

Administrative and operational costs, support for the ombudsman scheme, cooperation with economic regulators overseas and associated non-cash items.

1. Protecting consumers by regulating monopolies and promoting competition in the electricity and gas industry

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