§ Lord Roberts of Conwyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide a breakdown of the increase in Wales Office Annually Managed Expenditure Cash Plans (contained in Cm 5121, page 37) from the outturn of £7,032,736 in 1998–99 to the estimated £8,059,563 in 2000–01 [HL2798]
§ Baroness Farrington of RibbletonThe increase between the two years primarily reflects the outcome of the comprehensive spending review announced in July 1998.
For 1998–99, the Welsh Office Departmental Report for 1999 (Cm 4216) gives a breakdown of forecast outturn spending, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
Of the total managed expenditure for 2000–01, some £3.4 million was retained by the Wales Office to meet its costs and the remainder passed to the National Assembly for Wales for its use.