§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will (i) account for the difference between outturn departmental spending in Table A1 of the Comprehensive Spending Review and outturn departmental spending in Table 1.2 of the 1998–99 Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis for his Department excluding local government and regional policy for(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95, (c) 1995–96 and (d) 1996–97 and (ii) provide forecast figures for departmental spending for his Department excluding local government and regional policy for (1) 1997–98, (2) 1998–99, (3) 1999–2000, (4) 2000–01 and (5) 2001–02 on a comparable basis to Table 1.2 of the 1998–99 Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis. [68381]
§ Dr. ReidInformation in the 1998–99 Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis was provided on the basis of the existing financial control framework. The comprehensive spending review introduced new departmental expenditure limits which (i) included elements previously outside the control total and (ii) excluded elements previously within the control total. For this Department the new elements included within its departmental expenditure limit were provision for the Capital Receipts Initiative and bus fuel duty rebate. The elements excluded from this Department's departmental expenditure limit were provision for Housing Revenue Account Subsidy and National Air Traffic Services Ltd.
The Department's detailed spending plans for 1998–99 and, estimated outturn for 1997–98, are published in the Departmental Annual Report 1998 (Cm 3906). The Department's detailed spending plans for 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 will be included in the Departmental Annual Report 1999 due to be published in late March.