HL Deb 26 July 1994 vol 557 c79WA
Lord Mulley

asked 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 Henley

The 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.