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27 November 2003
WINTER SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES 2003-04
The Winter Supplementary Estimates, presented to the House of Commons today, seek £6,617 million in resources and £7,325 million in cash. The Estimates seek increased resources and cash for existing services and Parliamentary authority, with necessary funding, 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 a charge to the DEL Reserve of £4.46bn (£3.65bn resource DEL and £0.8bn capital DEL), of which £2.46bn (£2bn resource and £0.46bn capital) relates to take up of End Year Flexibility entitlements, and an increase of £1.29bn in the departmental programmes within AME.
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