Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his answer of 3 December,Official Report, column 88, what are the different levels of budget holding within the new management strategy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonBelow the top level budgets, published in Cm 1559–1 at figure 11, there is a hierarchy of subordinate budgets following the chain of command. Within each top level budget, there may be up to three further levels: higher level budgets, intermediate higher level budgets and basic level budgets.