§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply of 20 July, Official Report, c. 16, on the level of contingency reserves, if he will list the areas of greater uncertainty about possible expenditure in later years that he had in mind, indicating where this differs from past uncertainties.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweUnder cash planning, the further ahead the expenditure is planned to occur the greater the uncertainty in all areas. The forecasting of pay and movements is a particular example of this.