§ Dr. NaysmithTo 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. [151103]
§ Clare ShortSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, for Class VIII, Vote 1: Department for International Development, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for 2000–01 will be increased by £68,000,000 from £2,121,732,000 to £2,189,732,000 for voted expenditure giving a total of voted and non-voted expenditure of £2,827,768,000. The increase is the net effect of
an increase of £59,000,000 End Year Flexibility from an underspend against the 1998 EC Attributed Aid:an increase of £9,000,000 from the Reserve in respect of humanitarian assistance in response to the earthquake in India.The increase will be met by a claim on the DEL Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.