TOKYO, Oct. 9 (Kyodo) - The final figure for general-account budget requests from government ministries and agencies for the next fiscal year totaled 85,702.3 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said in a report presented to the cabinet Tuesday. The amount of budget requests for fiscal 2002 beginning next April 1 represents a 3.7% increase from the initial budget for the current fiscal year, the ministry said. The ministry reported to the cabinet Sept. 11 that general-account budget requests amounted to 84,899.2 billion yen. But the ministry continued to accept requests until the end of September for seven priority projects, which totaled 803.1 billion yen, bringing the final figure to over 85 trillion yen. The seven priority sectors are the environment, the aging population, urban development, regional revitalization, science and technology, human resources development, and information technology. These are the areas chosen by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi under his structural reform programs. Requests for general expenditures, or policy-related outlays, totaled 47,834.4 billion yen, down 1.7% from those in the initial budget for the current fiscal year.