§ Barbara FollettTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on Departments' final running costs outturn against their final running costs limit for 1999–2000. [3531]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe departmental final running costs limit under gross control area for 1999–2000 was set at £14,011,463,000 and Departments reported £13,614,958,000 as their final RC outturn, an underspend of £396,505,000 (2.8 per cent.). More information is given in the table.
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£000 Gross control area—Class/Departments Final RC limit Final outturn Final R/C under/over Class VII Foreign and Commonwealth Office 498,354 475,221 23,133 Class VIII Department for International Development 65,840 65,831 9 Class IX Department of Trade and Industry 388,600 380,917 7,683 Office of Electricity Regulation 30,000 30,191 191 Office of Gas Supply 13,830 13,414 416 Office of Telecommunications 12,296 11,607 689 Office of Fair Trading 23,784 23,156 628 Class X Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 367,300 356,220 11,080 Intervention Board-Executive Agency 68,883 67,076 1,807 Class XI Department for Culture, Media and Sports 33,874 32,426 1,448 Class XII Department of Social Security 3,042,502 3,002,994 39,508 Financed by the Windfall Tax 11,959 10,413 1,546 Class XIII Scotland Office 4,215 3,519 696 Class XIV Office of Secretary of State for Wales 2,000 1,139 861 Class XV Northern Ireland Office 201,306 172,674 28,632 Class XVI HM Treasury 68,713 65,354 3,359 Office for National Statistics 106,645 91,058 15,587 HM Customs and Excise 801,116 787,500 13,616 Registry of Friendly Societies 2,400 1,928 472 Inland Revenue 2,174,503 2,165,419 9,084 National Savings Department 174,536 166,463 8,073 National Investment and Loans Office 1,562 1,435 127 Class XVII Cabinet Office 114,982 104,586 10,276 Security and Intelligence Services 410,982 399,203 11,779 Privy Council Office 2,315 2,313 2 Total gross running costs limit 14,011,463 13,614,958 396,505