§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the percentage change in real terms of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Intervention Board and Forestry Commission departmental expenditure limits in the period covered by the 2000 Spending Review; and what this increase would have been had the expenditure limits been calculated by the cash budgeting method. [134010]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: The percentage increases in departmental expenditure limits in real terms in the period covered by the 2000 Spending Review in cash and resource budgeting terms are as follows:
Departmental expenditure limits—percentage changes in real terms 2001–02 to 2003–04 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Percentage increase Cash 26.6 34.8 35.8 Resource 24.8 32.6 33.4 Forestry commission Percentage increase: Cash 16.3 21.8 18.8 Resource 16.8 22.2 19.2 Intervention board Percentage increase: Cash 3.2 3.7 3.7 Resource 5.3 3.1 -4.3 Note:
The increases are based on the 2000–01 spending plans