Intelligence Services

Dr. Kumar
To ask the Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the effect of the current economic situation on the budgets of the security services.

The Prime Minister
My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Darling) set out the additional provisions for the single intelligence account for 2008-11 in the 2007 pre-Budget report and comprehensive spending review: “Meeting the Aspirations of the British People” (Cm 7227). Copies are available in the Library of the House.