§ Lord Mulleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the overspend or underspend by the Ministry of Defence of its published budgetary estimates over the past 10 financial years.
§ Lord HenleyThe Ministry of Defence's outturn shows the following overspends and underspends against the Defence Block Cash Limit:
£,000 Overspend Underspend 1983–84 — -255,139 1984–85 — -132,023 1985–86 — -242,133 1986–87 — -551,060 1987–88 — -528,786 1988–89 — -185,654 1989–90 1+114,802 — 1990–91 +152,297 — 1991–92 +142,548 — 1992–93 — -212,846 Note:
1 Although expenditure in 1989–90 exceeded the cash limit it did not exceed MOD's overall entitlement. The unused balance of MOD's carry forward from 1988–89 was £188.2 million, £73.5 million more than the amount by which the cash limit was overspent.