WINTER SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES: 2000-01

Winter Supplementary Estimates totalling an increase of £4,434 million were presented to the House of Commons today. They seek to transfer provision requested in Main Estimates between departments, to increase provision against receipts for existing services and finally seek Parliamentary authority, together with necessary provision, for certain new services.

These Estimates do not involve any change in total spending plans because any increases sought have either been offset by savings elsewhere in departmental programmes, charged to the Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) Reserve or represent shifts against the Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) Margin. Since the Reserve and the Margin are part of Total Managed Expenditure, the planned total of public expenditure remains unchanged.

Within the overall increase noted there is an increase of £228 million in the departmental programmes within AME and, including non voted expenditure, a charge to the DEL Reserve of £3,364 million.