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Crown Prosecution Service (Contingencies Fund Advance)

Written ministerial statementMade by Lucy RigbyThe Solicitor GeneralAttorney GeneralHCWS433

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) requires a Contingencies Fund Advance of £60 million to cover urgent payments of RDEL expenditures, such as February payroll and to pay suppliers invoices. Due to the uplift in funding sought at the Supplementary Estimate, this has led to CPS requiring a Contingencies Fund Advance to ensure it has the cash required ahead of the Parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate.

Parliamentary approval for additional resource of £60,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Crown Prosecution Service. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £60,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.

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