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  1.  The Department of Trade and Industry has two Requests for Resources: RfR1 Increasing UK Competitiveness and RfR2 Increasing Scientific excellence in the UK and Maximising its Contribution to Society.

  RfR1: Increasing UK Competitiveness

  2.  This Request for Resources provides for the promotion of enterprise, innovation and increased productivity delivered through market solutions designed to meet market imperfections; promotion of strong, fair and competitive markets at home and aborad including developing fair and effective legal and regulatory frameworks; support for energy-related activities including regulation, security, civil-emergency planning, environmental remdiation and support for new and sustainable energy sources; the efficient management and discharge of liabilities (mainly nuclear and coal) falling to the Department; payments to other Government Departments and grants and grants-in-aid relation to the above objectives; financial assistance to public corporations.

  RfR2: Increasing Scientific Excellence in the UK and Maximising its contribution to Society

  3.  This Request for Resource provides grant in aid to the seven science Research Councils—Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (£241,510,000); Economic and Social Research Council (£82,963,000); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (£468,361,000); Medical Research Council (£371,136,000); Natural Environment Research Council (£201,720,000); Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (£223,026,000); and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (9,677,000), including the UK's subscriptions to international organisations in their fields of activity; Research Council's Pension Scheme; grants in aid to other scientific bodies (the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering); Nuclear Fusion and grants for other sundry scientific services including the University Challenge Fund, the Joint Infrastructure Fund and the Cambridge/MIT Institute and administration costs of the Office of Science and Technology.

  4.  A detailed analysis of appropriations in aid of these Requests for Resources and related income and Consolidated Fund extra receipts can be found below.

  5.  A number of grants in aid and international subscriptions in excess of £1 million are borne by these Requests for Resources. For RfR1 grants in aid are provided to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; The National Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux; Citizen's Advice Scotland; the National Consumer Council; the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council; the Consumer Council for Postal Services; the Design Council, the Competition Commission; the Coal Authority; the eight Regional Development Agencies and the London Development Agency; and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. For RfR1 relevant international subscriptions are the European Space Agency; World Trade Organisation; the International Telecommunications Union; The Universal Postal Union; the International Atomic Energy Agency; and the organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. For RfR2 relevant international subscriptions are paid to the Institute Laue-Langevin and European Synchroton Radiation Facility, (by EPSRC), International Agency for Research on Cancer, Human Frontier Science Programme, European Molecular Biology Conference and European Molecular Laboratory (by MRC); European Organisation for Nuclear Research, European Incoherent Scatter Facility, European Space Agency and Anglo Australian Telescope (by PPARC), and European Science Foundation (by ESPRC, MRC and PPARC).

  6.  A breakdown of the resource estimate for 2002-03 by individual function is given in Annex C1 of The Government's Expenditure Plans 2002-03" (CM 5416).

  7.  DTI will issue overall resource-based budgets and make payments of grant-in-aid to the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs). DTLR, DfES, DEFRA and BTI wil contribute by supplying resources which DTI will appropriate in aid. DTI will manage the resources centrally, with payments to RDAs being authorised and certified by the Government Offices for the Regions (GOs). The eight RDAs (excluding London) are currently expected to received £80,796,000 of receipts from the private sector and local authorities. They are entitled to use reciepts of up to a total of £216,955,000. Receipts over and above that level will be treated as appropriations in aid, for which Parliamentary approval will be needed, or surrendered to the Consolidated Fund as extra receipts.

  8.  Details of contingent liabilities arising from statutory and non-statutory commitments for which this department takes responsibility are shown below.

  9.  Details of long term projects can be found at Annex C3 of The Government's Expenditure Plans 2002-03" (CM 5416).

  10.  Symbols are explained in the Introduction to this booklet.

  Amounts required in the year ending 31 March 2003 for expenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry on:

  RfR1:  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 reltiosn programmes and measures to promote a skilled and flexible 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 supporting 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.

  RfR2  - 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.

  The Department of Trade and Industry will account for the Estimate.

  In addition to appropriations in aid the following income relates to the Department and is payable to the Consolidated Fund (cash receipts being shown in italics):

  The Treasury has appointed the Permanent Head of the Department of Trade and Industry, Mr Robin Young, as Accounting Officer for the Department with responsibility for preparing the Department's Estimate.

  The responsibilities of an Accounting Officer, including responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public finances for which an Accounting Officer is answerable, for keeping proper records and for safeguarding the Department's assets, are set out in the Accounting Officer's Memorandum, issued by the Treasury and published in Government Accounting.

  RfR1—Increasing UK Competitiveness

*	Amount that may be applied as appropriations in aid in addition to the net total, arising from the recovery of income from the European Union/ECSC and income relating to Regional Selective Assistance, flexible business support measures, the small Business Service, Business Link Operators, Small Firms Loan Guarantee and other small firm support schemes, receipts from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in respect of the Farm Business Advice Service, trade policy, e-commerce, energy and coal, innovation and technology support schemes, sectoral support, regional development grants, the exchange risk guarantee scheme, national selective assistance to industry, the office of Civil Nuclear Security, fees to advisers on privatisation and the BNFL Public Private Partnership, and expenditure in the following areas: telecommunications, including licence fees, posts, civil aircraft research and demonstration, aerospace, private sector shipbuilding, redundant steelworkers, space, consumer and investor protection, employment relations, privatisation and the sale of shares, petroleum licensing and royalties, legal services, consultancy, publications, secondments, departmental administration costs, central services, European Fast Stream, executive agencies and trading funds, including radio licence fees received by the Radiocommunications Agency; receipts from the Postal Services Commission and Office of Gas and Electricity Markets to cover the costs of the relevant Consumer Councils; receipts in connection with the coal subsidence adviser; the receipt of distributions from coal industry pension schemes other than distribution of surpluses; income from the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions in respect of the Framework V helpline; and other income from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.
**	Amount that may be applied as non-operating appropriations in aid, arising from the recovery of income from the sales of fixed assets and from sale of land by the Department and its executive agencies, the repayment of loans to the aerospace industry and of loans to the trading funds.

  RfR2—Increasing scientific excellence in the UK and maximising its contribution to society

*	Amount that may be applied as appropriations in aid in addition to the net total, and income relating to administration costs and OST activities.
**	Amount that may be applied as non-operating appropriations in aid, arising from the recovery of income from the sales of fixed assets and from sale of land.

  RfR1: The provision sought for 2002-03 is 6.6% lower than the final net provision and forecast outturn for 2001-02. A breakdown of the total provision for 2002-03 is given in the Expenditure Plan Report Table C1.

  RfR2: The provision sought for 2002-03 if 5.7% higher than the final net provision and forecast outturn for 2001-02. A breakdown of the total provision for 2002-03 is given in the Expenditure Plans Report Table C1.

  A number of grants in aid and international subscriptions in excess of £1 million are borne on these Requests for Resources (RfRs).

  For RfR1 grants in aid are provided to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (£36,617,000); the National Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux (£16,876,000); Citizen's Advice Scotland (£2,800,000); the National Consumer Council (£3,200,000); the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council (£12,000,000), Postwatch (£7,010,000); the Design Council (£6,500,000); the Competition Commission (£11,844,000); the Coal Authority (£18,700,000); Regional Development Agencies following the recent Machinery of Government Changes (£1,291,079,000); and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (£35,078,000).

  For RfR2 grants in aid are provided to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (£241,510,000), the Economic and Social Research Council (£82,963,000), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (£468,361,000), the Medical Research Council (£371,136,000), the Natural Environment Research Council (£201,720,000), the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (£223,026,000), and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (£9,677,000).

  For RfR1 relevant international subscriptions are the European Space Agency; the World Trade Organisation: the International Telecommunications Union; the Universal Postal Union; the International Atomic Energy Agency; and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

  For RfR2 relevant international subscriptions are paid to the Institute Laue-Langevin and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, (by EPSRC), International Agency for Research on Cancer, Human Frontier Science Programme, European Molecular Laboratory (by MRC); European Organisation for Nuclear Research, European Incoherent Scatter Facility, European Space Agency and Anglo Australian Telescope (by PPARC), and European Science Foundation (by EPSRC, MRC and PPARC).