{"value":{"id":1275060,"memberId":1571,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office","uin":"HCWS691","dateMade":"2021-01-11T00:00:00","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 £56,500,000.</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 <strong>£56,500,000</strong> will be sought in the Supplementary Estimate for the Cabinet Office. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at <strong>£56,500,000 </strong>will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":1,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1275060","method":"GET"}]}