{"value":{"id":1238051,"memberId":3991,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Financial Secretary to the Treasury","uin":"HCWS471","dateMade":"2020-09-28T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","title":"Contingencies Fund Advance","text":"<p>HM Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £100,000,000 for this new expenditure will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for HM Revenue and Customs. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £100,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the OBR forecasts, further requests to the Contingencies Fund may be made as necessary to fund Covid-19 activity delivered by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":2,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1238065,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2020-09-28T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1238051","method":"GET"}]}