Defence: Finance

Mr. Letwin
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2007, Official Report, column 932W, on Defence: Finance, what the Ministry of Defence's upper limit for non-cash to near cash switches was for financial years 2001-02 to 2007-08.

Andy Burnham
Full resource budgeting was introduced in 2003-04. From that point, as set out in the answer of 2 July, Official Report, column 932W, the upper limit for non-cash to near cash switches is reflected in the relevant parliamentary supply estimate. These are detailed as follows:

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|                             |£ million|
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|2004-05 Main estimate        |350      |
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|2005-06 Main estimate        |350      |
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|2006-07 Main estimate        |380      |
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|Winter supplementary estimate|100      |
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|Spring supplementary estimate|150      |
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|2007-08 Main estimate        |440      |
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