{"value":{"id":1780726,"memberId":5204,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State for Justice","uin":"HCWS491","dateMade":"2025-03-04T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"2024-25 Ministry of Justice Contingencies Fund Advance","text":"<p>The Ministry of Justice requires an advance to discharge its commitments which are set out in its Supplementary Estimate 2024-25, published on 11 February 2025 as HC 655 (Central Government Supply Estimates 2024-25, Supplementary Estimates).</p><p> </p><p>This is a temporary cash advance due to the timing of Royal Assent for the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill (‘the Supply Bill’), and does not reflect an overspend.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Supply Bill achieves Royal Assent the advance will be repaid in full.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £300,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Ministry of Justice. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £300,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":5,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1780726","method":"GET"}]}