An Act to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009 and to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the service of that year.
[16th October 2008]
Whereas the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled have resolved to authorise the use of resources and the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund towards making good the supply which they have granted to Her Majesty in this Session of Parliament: —
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —
The use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009 is authorised to the amount of £1,000.
The Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom and apply to the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009 the sum of £42,200,000,000.
The amount and sum authorised by this Act for the service of the year ending with 31st March 2009 is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from 1st April 2008, for the service and purposes specified in the Schedule.
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2008.
Section 3
Table of—
the supplementary resources authorised for use to meet the costs of the service and purposes which are specified in the first column of the Table for the year ending with 31st March 2009; and
the supplementary sum authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund to meet those costs.
| Estimate/Request for Resources | Net Resources authorised for use | Grant out of the Consolidated Fund |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| HM TREASURY | 42,200,000,000 | |
| 1. Raising the rate of sustainable growth and achieving rising prosperity and a better quality of life, with economic and employment opportunities for all | 1,000 | |
| Economic, financial and related administration, including group shared services; expenses in connection with honours and dignities; expenditure of the Debt Management Office, including administration of carbon dioxide emission reduction schemes; expenditure on a pilot scheme in connection with the provision of generic financial advice; expenditure on administration of Treasury related bodies; compensation payments arising from gilt administration; cost of capital charges on the Treasury’s investment in the Bank of England; payments to other government departments; costs and income related to investment in and financial assistance to financial institutions; and associated non-cash items. | ||
| TOTAL, 2008–09 | 1,000 | 42,200,000,000 |