Written statement made by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 September 2017 in the House of Commons, on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Cabinet Office Consolidated Fund Standing Service

The UK General Election took place on 8 June 2017, resulting in an increase in non-voted programme Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit of £140,850,000.

This forecast covers England, Scotland and Wales and comprises:

£98,310,000	to cover fees and expenses incurred by Returning Officers in running the poll
£42,540,000	to cover primarily the delivery of elections addresses at public expense by the Universal Service Provider (Royal Mail) in accordance with legislation

The additional non-voted resources of £140,850,000 will be shown in Cabinet Office’s Supplementary Estimate 2017-18.

DEL written statement £
	Change		New Total
	Voted	Non-Voted	Voted	Non-Voted
Resource DEL	-	140,850,000	353,520,000	148,227,000
Of which:
Administration budget	-	-	160,939,000	-
Depreciation	-	-	35,000,000	-
Capital DEL	-	-	97,010,000	-

Having drawn down £140,850,000, the Cabinet Office will transfer £14,359,330 at Supplementary Estimate 2017-18 to the Scotland Office to cover forecast election expenses in Scotland.

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Type: Written statement
Reference: HCWS130
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Expenditure Returning officers Cabinet Office Election addresses Departmental expenditure limits General Election 2017
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written statement on www.parliament.uk

Cabinet Office Consolidated Fund Standing Service

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