KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaicans will know what the Government intends to spend during the 2013/14 financial year on April 4, when Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips tables the Estimates of Expenditure for that year in the House.
Tabling of the Estimates will follow the State Opening of Parliament, when Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen will deliver the Throne Speech outlining the Government's priorities for 2013/14.
When the Estimates for 2012/13 were tabled in the House, on May 10 last year, it was projected that the Government would spend $612.4 billion for the year, with $375 billion earmarked for recurrent (house-keeping) expenses and $237.4 billion for capital (development) obligations.