Departmental Expenditure

Anne Main
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, columns 275-76W, on departmental expenditure, by what percentage he expects his Department's expenditure to change between the 2006-07 and 2007-08 financial years.

The Deputy Prime Minister
My Department will apply for a parliamentary vote for financial year 2007-08 at the appropriate time.