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Written question asked by Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative) on Monday, 19 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 November 2007. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2007 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), if he will break down his Department's (a) main estimate and (b) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms.
Answer

In the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Main Estimate 2007-08, all subheads are near cash with the exception of Al and F2. The subhead A1 consists of £798,280,000 near cash and £156,719,000 non-cash. The subhead F2 of £50,000,000 is completely non-cash. The total non-cash element is £206,719,000. The total non-cash figure can be found in the Part II: Resource to cash reconciliation table in the main estimate, it is the figure shown as ““Total accruals to cash adjustments”” (£206,719,000).Similarly, in the FCO's winter supplementary estimate 2007-08, all subheads are near cash with the exception of A1 and F2. The subhead A1 consists of £815,302,000 near cash and £156,719,000 non-cash. The subhead F2 of £50,000,000 is completely non-cash. Total non-cash expenditure is unchanged from the main estimate at £206,719,000.Please note that data taken from supply estimates or resource accounts is not necessarily readily compatible with a near-cash/non-cash split, which is used only within the departmental expenditure limit budgetary controls applied by HM Treasury.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
468 c1134W; 166849
Session
2007-08
Related items
Subjects
Public expenditure Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Link
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