Prop.alloc
3. We are proposing to increase the over-commitment rate (the percentage of funds allocated in excess of the budget In recent years the to allow for drop-out) from 6% to 8%.
drop-out rate has generally been above 6% and late notification of allocations this year is likely to push the rate up further.
We
4. This combination of factors leaves us with the need to find cuts in the DW part of the FCOSAS budget. propose that these should fall on
Flagship additions where posts have not been using these for Flagship awards;
DW allocations for posts already receiving nearly £1 m
each of ODA money;
Posts with large DW allocations or having indicated a low rating for FCOSAS in the recent TMR round;
Allocations in OECD countries
5.
By agreement with the ODA, their new funds have been allocated to the FSU, Central and Eastern Europe, Southern Africa and Pacific Rim developing countries (all high priorities for our own programme);
to other key
aid-recipient countries; and to replace those DW allocations cut at the "ODA nine" posts.
6.
AUSS can vire funds between countries within their own carry-over costs commands, with the following exceptions:
for students already here; flagship and joint-funding commitments; and funds provided by the ODA.
In practice
only the sums in column 6 of the table at Annex I can be reallocated. To avoid complicating further the allocations exercise we recommend that viring only be proposed in units of £10,000; smaller units do not make sense in terms of
current award costs.