HC Deb 06 December 2001 vol 376 c523W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what allocations have been made from the Government's contingency reserves for(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03; and if he will make a statement. [20331]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The Government will continue to seek any resources additional to departmental budgets from Parliament in the usual way, which includes the announcement to Parliament of additions to departmental expenditure limits via parliamentary answers. These are given effect in supplementary estimates

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