Departmental Expenditure Limit (Hansard, 6 December 2001)

§ Mr. Laws
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons his Budget 2001 estimate of total departmental expenditure limit spending was £3.4 billion higher in 2000–01 than the estimate given in his November pre-Budget report; and if he will make a statement. [20318]

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
Because the pre-Budget report takes account of and revises (in Table B 16) the outturn figures published in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5243) in July

§ Mr. Laws
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out his latest estimates of the underspends by each departmental expenditure limit for 2000–01; and if he will make a statement. [20317]
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§ Mr. Andrew Smith
Provisional outturn against final plans and original limits in departmental expenditure limits on both a cash and accruals basis are given in Tables 1 and la of the July Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (Cm 5243). The outturn has been revised and republished Department by Department in Table B16 of the 2001 pre-Budget report (Cm 5318)