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Select Committee on Procedure First Report

Table Two: The timetable in respect of a financial year

The following Table seeks to summarise the current timetable for presenting and authorising Estimates documents for a single financial year, using the example of the financial year 2004-05:

Publication Authorisation

[SESSION 2003-04]

November 2003:
  Votes on Account

April/May 2004:
  Main Estimates
June 2004:
  Summer Supplementary Estimates
December 2003:
Authorisation of Votes on Account through first Estimates Day and Winter roll-up

June/July 2004:
Authorisation of Main Estimates and Summer Supplementary Estimates through third Estimates day and Summer roll-up

[SESSION 2004-05]

November 2004:
Winter Supplementary Estimates

February 2005:
Spring Supplementary Estimates

December 2004:
Authorisation of Winter Supplementary Estimates through Winter roll-up

March 2005:
Authorisation of Spring Supplementary Estimates through second Estimates day and Summer roll-up

[SESSION 2005-06]

February 2006:
Excess Votes
March 2006:
Authorisation of Excess Votes through Spring roll-up



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