§ Baroness Gould of Potternewtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proposals they have to amend the Forestry Commission's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 1999–2000. [HL83]
§ Baroness HaymanSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate for Class X, Vote 3 (Forestry Commission) the Forestry Commission's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 1999–2000 will be increased by £7,500,000 from £68,615,000 to £76,115,000. The increase is the net effect of the fall in receipts from sales of timber, offset by savings in expenditure.
The increase will be a charge on the Departmental Expenditure Limit Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.