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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Pearson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what changes will be made to the Departmental Expenditure Limit and running costs limit for her Department in 2000-01. [138012] Clare Short: Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, for Class VIII, Vote 1: Department for International Development, the Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000-01 will be increased by £8,546,000 from £2,113,186,000 to £2,121,732,000 for voted expenditure giving a total of voted and non-voted expenditure of £2,759,768,000. The running cost limit for the Department for International Development will be increased by £3,985,000. The increase is the net effect of: an increase of £2,560,988 in respect of the carry forward of underspends from 1999-2000 on the International Development Vote; a DETR transfer of £2,000,000 in respect of the environmental know how fund; an allocation of £485,000 under the civil service modernisation fund allocation to the running costs budget; the drawing down of £3,500,000 from our running costs entitlement to end-year. The increase will be met by transfers or from the DEL reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

356 c371-2W; 138012

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Department for International Development Operating costs Departmental expenditure limits

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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