§ Mr. PearsonTo 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]
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§ Clare ShortSubject 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.