To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 67WS, on the departmental expenditure limit (2008-09), what the reasons were for the reprofiling of £48 million expenditure for the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism programme from 2008-09 to 2009-10. (247439)

[holding answer 14 January 2009]: The reprofiling of the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism £48 million from 2008-09 ensures that the funds available matches its spending forecast for 2009-10.