My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Stephen Timms) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Treasury will publish the 2006-07 public expenditure provisional out-turn White Paper on Thursday 19 July.

The White Paper is an annual report to Parliament on the provisional out-turn for public expenditure. It focuses on spending within departmental expenditure limits (DELs) and annually managed expenditure (AME), including information on individual supply estimates, and administration costs and near-cash limits.

The out-turn figures are described as provisional because they may be revised when departments’ final accounts are published.

A copy of the White Paper will be available in the Libraries of the House and will be accessible on the Treasury website.