{"value":{"id":452219,"memberId":1571,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice","uin":"HCWS535","dateMade":"2016-02-11T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"Advance from the Contingencies Fund","text":"<p>The Ministry of Justice requires an advance to discharge its commitments, some of which are set out in its Supplementary Estimate 2015-16, to be published in February 2016. This is a temporary cash advance due to the timing of Royal Assent for the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill 2015-16, which will not receive Royal Assent until late in March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £192,000,000 and additional cash of £268,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Ministry of Justice. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £460,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The advance will be repaid upon Royal Assent of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":14,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":452230,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2016-02-11T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/452219","method":"GET"}]}