HC Deb 29 July 1983 vol 46 c717W
Sir Dudley Smith

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which central Government capital programmes will be given permission to carry forward some underspend from one financial year to the next; and what will be the size of the carry forward facility.

Mr. Lawson

The scheme announced in my statement on 7 July will apply to all central Government capital expenditure and to equivalent expenditure on procurement by the Ministry of Defence. The maximum carry forward from one year to the next will be 5 per cent. of the total provision.

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