Treasury written statement – made at on 10 July 2006.
Stephen Timms
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The Treasury will publish the 2005-06 Public Expenditure Provisional Outturn white paper on
The White Paper is an annual report to Parliament on the provisional outturn for public expenditure. It focuses on spending within Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME), including information on individual supply estimates and administration costs limits.
The outturn figures are described as provisional because they may be revised when the Department's final accounts are published.
A copy of the White Paper will be available in the Libraries of the House and will be accessible on the Treasury website.
A document issued by the Government laying out its policy, or proposed policy, on a topic of current concern.Although a white paper may occasion consultation as to the details of new legislation, it does signify a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. This is a contrast with green papers, which are issued less frequently, are more open-ended and may merely propose a strategy to be implemented in the details of other legislation.
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