HC Deb 03 November 1987 vol 121 cc686-7W
Mr. Key

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is proposing any change to the Central Office of Information's cash limit for 1987–88.

Mr. Brooke

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for class XIX, vote 1, will be increased by £29,905,000 from £111,127,000 to £141,032,000. The increase will be offset by reimbursements by the clients of the Central Office of Information and will not therefore add to the planning total of public expenditure.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any changes are proposed in the cash limit and the running cost limit for the Inland Revenue for 1987–88.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit class XIX, vote 7, will be increased by £28,914,000 from £1,013,831,000 to £1,042,745,000 and the running cost limit for the Inland Revenue will be increased by £33,000,000 from £977,736,000 to £1,010,736,000. The changes reflect an increased provision for dealing with work loads in the taxes and collection networks, a revised estimate of amounts received for the cost of collecting national insurance contributions and the amount agreed for the Department under the end-year capital flexibility scheme. The net increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planning total of public expenditure.

Mr. Latham

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there will be any changes to the Treasury's running costs limit for 1987–88.

Mr. Lawson

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Treasury's running costs limit for 1987–88 will be increased by £803,000 from £65,561,000 to £66,364,000. This increase will be offset by a corresponding decrease on the running costs limit for the central management of the Civil Service etc—Office of the Minister for the Civil Service (Cabinet Office) vote (class XX, vote 1) and results from the changes in the distribution of functions between the office of the Minister of the Civil Service and the Treasury announced by the Prime Minister on 7 August 1987.