§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which departmental areas, and for what reasons, there was underspend in 1997–98, compared with the spending plans as set out in the Financial Statement and Budget Report, March 1998; what was the size of the underspend; and if he will make a statement. [46403]
§ Mr. Darling[holding answer 18 June 1998]: Reasons for individual departmental underspends are matters for the departments concerned. Provisional control total outturn by department is shown in Table 1 of the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (PEOWP) (Cm 3988) published on 19 June.