§ Mr. Mikardoasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Department's budget will bear the costs of payments of £1,000 to each of a number of employees at Government communications headquarters; and whether a Supplementary Estimate will be laid to cover that cost.
§ Mr. LawsonIt is not the practice to reveal details of the funding of the intelligence services. The payments will come from within existing public expenditure provisions. No Supplementary Estimate will be necessary.