HC Deb 15 February 2001 vol 363 c191W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total expenditure and the breakdown of

£ million
Financial year
1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
PR Marketing and business support service 0.733 0.502 0.844 1.114 2.834
Central PR Services 2.243 2.267 2.328 2.741 2.183
National Employers Liaison Committee (Tri- Service Reserve Forces) 1.098 1.089 1.055 0.877 1.000
Scholarships 10.730 4.720 4.371 0.751 0.700
Sales Promotion (DESO) 1.408 3.299 1.064 1.819 1.600

Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proposals there are to amend his Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000–01. [151190]

Mr. Hoon

The Government have decided that, subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate for Class VI Vote 1 Defence for 2000–01, the following change should applythe Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £781.341 million from £22,820.341 million to £23,601.683 million.

This will cover additional expenditure incurred by UK forces on operations in Kosovo and Bosnia during the current financial year of £220 million and £100 million respectively and Sierra Leone at just under £8 million. The figure also includes full take-up of the Ministry of Defence's entitlement to end year flexibility of £241 million plus additional funding from the 2000 spending review (£200 million) and for capital and civil service modernisation (£10 million). There are also a number of transfers between MOD, DETR, DfEE, FCO and Cabinet Office.

The Supplementary Estimates will also provide for changes in the general pattern of expenditure, including adjustments between the Defence Procurement Agency's equipment programme and operating costs programmes.

As the increase in the defence expenditure limit will be met from the reserve, it will not add to the planned total of public expenditure in the current year.

Back to