{"value":{"id":1204662,"memberId":1571,"member":null,"memberRole":"Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office ","uin":"HCWS298","dateMade":"2020-06-17T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","title":"Advance from the Contingencies Fund","text":"<p>The Cabinet Office has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £270,100,000.</p><p>The requirement has arisen due to increased costs relating to urgent expenditure, including that relating to the COVID-19 response.</p><p>Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £107,100,000 and £163,000,000 of capital has been sought in a Main Estimate for the Cabinet Office. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £270,100,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":1,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1204661,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2020-06-17T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1204662","method":"GET"}]}