§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answers of 20 May,Official Report, column 582, if he will publish a table setting out the principal components of (a) the £568 million spring supplementary estimate affecting cyclical social security spending, (b) the £274 million spring supplementary estimate affecting social security spending falling within the new control total and (c) the late-year reapportionment of social security spending from cyclical to new control total components; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HagueThe principal components of the spring supplementary estimates for class XII, votes 1, 2 and 4 were presented and published on 15 February, reference HC199. This document is available in the Library.
The apportionment of expenditure between cyclical and new control total is statistically determined and develops progressively over the accounting period. Hence the apportionment of the outturn expenditure is not yet finalised. We currently anticipate a switch of around £200 million from cyclical to new control total expenditure.