Nicholas Soames: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the current financial delegations for the Ministry of Defence. [155020]

Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury: As set out in Managing Public Money, the Ministry of Defence has delegated authority to permit expenditure up to an agreed limit, depending on the category of spend, which is reviewed on an annual basis. The nature of the delegated control for Departments can be found in Annex 2.3 of Managing Public Money via the following link:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/mpm_annex2.3.pdf

Delegated authority excludes any novel and contentious expenditure for all Departments.

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