Public Expenditure

Tony Baldry
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 294, what he meant by the phrase a zero per cent. rise in 2013-14.

The Prime Minister
Spending budgets and forecasts are set out in Budget 2009. I also refer the hon. Member to the press briefing given by my spokesman on 1 July 2009. A transcript of this is available on the No. 10 website at:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19909

and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.