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10 March 1999
REVISED SPRING SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES: 1998-99
Revised Spring Supplementary Estimates totalling £113 million (the net change over the original Spring Supplementaries) were presented to the House of Commons today. They seek increased provision for existing services and Parliamentary authority, with necessary provision, for certain new services.
The increase of £113 million is classified as within the public expenditure Control Total. However the Revised Supplementary Estimates do not involve any change in total spending plans because the increases sought have either been offset by savings elsewhere in departmental programmes or charged to the Reserve. Since the Reserve is part of the control total, the planned total of public expenditure as published in the FSBR will not be exceeded.
The net increase in departmental programmes in the Revised Spring Supplementaries includes increases of £85 million in cash limits.