§ Baroness Massey of Darwenasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have any proposals to amend the Lord Chancellor's Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000–01. [HL2798]
§ The Lord ChancellorSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate for Class V. Vote 1, the Lord Chancellor's Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000–01 will be increased by £10,000,000 from £2,515,609,000 to £2,525,609,000. The increase is in respect of an award from the Capital Modernisation Fund for the "Crown Court Programme".
The increase will be offset by a transfer from the Capital Modernisation Fund and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.