§ 1. Mr. Higginsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures
TABLE 1 | ||||
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ASSIMILATED BLOCKS (4) | ||||
Class and Vote number (1) | Accounting Department | Description of expenditure | Percentage of wages and salaries in cash limit (3) | |
I | 1 | Ministry of Defence | Pay etc. of armed forces and civilians, stores, supplies and miscellaneous services | 75 |
I | 2 | Ministry of Defence | Defence procurement | 5 |
I | 4 | Department of the Environment (Property Services Agency) | Defence accommodation services | 10 |
I | 5 | Ministry of Defence | Defence dockyard services | 55 |
II | 1* | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Overseas representation: diplomatic and consular services | 65 |
II | 2 | Department of the Environment (Property Services Agency) | Overseas representation: accommotion services | 0 |
II | 3 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | British Broadcasting Corporation external services | 55 |
II | 4 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | British Council | 35 |
II | 5 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Foreign and Commonwealth services | 0 |
§ for the total wage and salary component included under each public expenditure cash limit.
§ The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. John Biffen)I will arrange for a table to be published in the Official Report.
§ Mr. HigginsCan my right hon. Friend confirm that the Government will at no stage put forward proposals to increase the cash limits to accommodate wage settlements in excess of the payroll assumptions set out in those limits?
§ Mr. BiffenYes, Sir.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettIf the right hon. gentleman is setting a cash limit including pay, will he count that as a pay norm?
§ Mr. BiffenNo. The statement last week on the public spending White Paper indicated that the figure would refer to cost increases rather than to specific wage increases.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesIs it not the case that in large areas of the public sector a cash limit on wages is, in effect, an incomes policy? If the Government are running a public sector incomes policy under the guise of cash limits, they should say so clearly.
§ Mr. BiffenNothing about the Government's cash limits policy bears any comparison with the statutory control of wages undertaken by the previous Government.
§ Following is the table:
583Class and Vote number (1) | Accounting Department | Description of expenditure | Percentage of wages and salaries in cash limit (3) | |
II | 8 | Cabinet Office | Secret service | N/A |
II | 10 | Ministry of Overseas Development | Overseas aid | 0 |
II | 11* | Ministry of Overseas Development | Overseas aid administration | 65 |
III | 5 | Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food | Other agricultural and food services | 0 |
III | 7* | Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce | Central administration | 30 |
III | 8 | Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food | Support for the fishing industry | 0 |
III | 9 | Forestry Commission | Forestry | 5 |
III | 10* | Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food | Departmental administration | 85 |
IV | 2 | Department of Industry | Miscellaneous support services | 0 |
IV | 4 | Department of Trade | Pay, general administrative expenses, export promotion and trade, co-operation, tourism, regulation of trading practices and other support services | 50 |
IV | 7 | Department of Industry | Scientific and technological assistance | 15 |
IV | 8 | Department of Energy | Industrial support | 0 |
IV | 9 | Department of Energy | Scientific and technological assisance, nuclear energy | 65 |
IV | 11* | Export Credits Guarantee Department | Central services | 90 |
IV | 13 | Department of Trade: Consumer Affairs | Pay, general administrative expenses and consumer protection | 35 |
IV | 14* | Friendly Societies Registry | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
IV | 15* | Office of Fair Trading | Pay and general administrative expenses | 80 |
IV | 16 | Department of Employment | Labour market services | 0 |
IV | 18* | Department of Employment | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service | 50 |
IV | 19 | Department of Employment | Manpower Services Commission | 25 |
IV | 22* | Department of Employment | Departmental administration | (2) |
IV | 23* | Department of Industry | Central and miscellaneous services | (2) |
IV | 24* | Department of Energy | Administration and miscellaneous services | (2) |
IV | 25 | Department of Employment | Health and Safety Commission | 50 |
VI | 3 | Department of Transport | Roads etc., England | 0 |
VI | 4 | Department of Transport | Transport services | 0 |
VI | 6 | Department of Trade | Shipping and civil aviation services | 15 |
VII | 7* | Department of Transport | Central and miscellaneous services | (2) |
VIII | 4 | Department of the Environment | Central environmental services etc. | 10 |
VIII | 6 | Department of the Environment | Royal palaces, royal parks, historic buildings and ancient monuments | 20 |
VIII | 7* | Department of the Environment | Central administration and environmental research | 70 |
IX | 1* | Lord Chancellor's Department | Administration of justice: England and Wales | (2) |
IX | 13* | Treasury Solicitor | Pay and general administrative expenses | 90 |
X | 4 | Department of Education and Science | Universities etc. | 60 |
X | 6 | Department of Education and Science | Educational Services | 0 |
X | 9 | Department of Education and Science | Libraries, England | 40 |
X | 11* | Department of Education and Science | Central administration services | 90 |
X | 12 | Department of Education and Science | Agricultural Research Council | 45 |
X | 13 | Department of Education and Science | Medical Research Council | 50 |
X | 14 | Department of Education and Science | Natural Environment Research Council | 55 |
X | 15 | Department of Education and Science | Science Research Council | 10 |
Class and Vote number (1) | Accounting Department | Description of expenditure | Percentage of wages and salaries in cash limit (3) | |
X | 16 | Department of Education and Science | Social Science Research Council | 15 |
X | 17 | Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) | British Museum (Natural History) | 90 |
X | 18 | Department of Education and Science | Other science etc. | 0 |
X | 19 | Trustees of the British Museum | British Museum | 70 |
X | 20 | Department of Education and Science | Science Museum | 65 |
X | 21 | Department of Education and Science | Victoria and Albert Museum | 55 |
X | 22 | Trustees of the Imperial War Museum | Imperial War Museum | 75 |
X | 23 | Trustees of the National Gallery | National Gallery | 30 |
X | 24 | Trustees of the National Maritime Museum | National Maritime Museum | 70 |
X | 25 | Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery | National Portrait Gallery | 50 |
X | 26 | Trustees of the Tate Gallery | Tate Gallery | 50 |
X | 27 | Trustees of the Wallace Collection | Wallace Collection | 90 |
X | 30 | Department of Education and Science | Arts Council and other grants | 5 |
XI | 1 | Department of Health and Social Security | Health and personal social services, England | 75 |
XII | 4* | Department of Health and Social Security | Administration and miscellaneous services | (2) |
XIII | 3* | Privy Council Office | Pay and general administrative expenses | 90 |
XIII | 4* | Treasury | Pay and general administrative expenses | 80 |
XIII | 5* | Customs and Excise | Pay, general administrative expenses and capital expenditure | 90 |
XIII | 6* | Board of Inland Revenue | Pay and general administrative expenses | 90 |
XIII | 7* | Department of Transport | Driver and vehicle licensing | 55 |
XIII | 9* | Exchequer and Audit Department | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIII | 10* | National Debt Office | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIII | 11* | Public Works Loan Commission | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIII | 12* | Department for National Savings | Pay and general administrative expenses | 60 |
XIII | 15 | Civil Service Department | Central management of the Civil Service | 70 |
XIII | 16* | Public Record Office | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIII | 18* | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIII | 20* | Land Registry | Pay and general administrative expenses | 75 |
XIII | 22* | Charity Commission | Pay and general administrative expenses | 90 |
XIII | 23* | Ordnance Survey | Pay, general administrative expenses and capital expenditure | (2) |
XIII | 24* | Cabinet Office | Pay and general administrative expenses | 90 |
XIII | 28* | Parliamentary Commissioner and Health Service Commissioners | Pay and general administrative expenses | 90 |
XIII | 29* | Public Trustee | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIV | 1 | Department of the Environment (Property Services Agency) | Office and general accommodation services | 5 |
XIV | 2* | Department of the Environment (Property Services Agency) | Administration and miscellaneous services | 60 |
XIV | 3 | Stationery Office | Stationery and printing | 35 |
XIV | 4 | Civil Service Department | Computers and telecommunications | 10 |
XIV | 5 | Central Office of Information | Publicity and departmental administration | 20 |
Class and Vote number (1) | Accounting Department | Description of expenditure | Percentage of wages and salaries in cash limit (3) | |
XIV | 8* | Government Actuary's Department | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
XIV | 9 | Civil Service Department | Civil Service catering services | (2) |
XIV | 10* | Paymaster General's Office | Pay and general administrative expenses | 70 |
XV | 2 | Northern Ireland Office | Law, order and protective services | 15 |
XV | 3* | Northern Ireland Court Services | Administration of justice: Northern Ireland | 80 |
XV | 4* | Northern Ireland Office | Central and miscellaneous services | 55 |
XVII | 1 | Department of the Environment | Rate support grant and supplementary grants to local authorities | 0 |
XVII | 10* | Crown Estate Office | Pay and administrative expenses | 90 |
XVII | 14 | Department of Transport | Transport supplementary grants: England and Wales | 0 |
TABLE 2 | |||
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT UNASSIMILATED BLOCKS(4) | |||
Accounting department | Cash block (1) | Description of expenditure | Percentage of wages and salaries in cash limit (3) |
Home Office | HO1* | Pay and general administrative expenditure | 80 |
Home Office | HO2 | Law, order and protective services | 0 |
SCOTLAND | |||
Scottish Office | SO1* | Pay and general administrative expenses | 75 |
Scottish Office | SO2 | Rate support grant for local authorities in Scotland | 0 |
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland | DAFS1 | Agricultural services and fisheries support | 5 |
Scottish Courts Administration | SCA1* | Pay and general administrative expenses | 85 |
Scottish Development Department | SDD1 | Motorways, trunk roads and other environmental services | 5 |
Scottish Economic Planning Department | SEPD1 | Regional and industrial development | 5 |
SEPD2 | Manpower Services Commission | 0 | |
Scottish Education Department | SED1 | Education, libraries and arts | 5 |
SED2 | Social work | 0 | |
National Library of Scotland | SED3 | National Library of Scotland | 70 |
National Galleries of Scotland | SED4 | National Galleries of Scotland | 45 |
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland | SED5 | National Museum of Antiquities Scotland | 60 |
Scottish Home and Health Department | SHHD1 | Health | 65 |
SHHD2* | Law, order and protective services (central support and other services) | 55 | |
Department of the Registers of Scotland | DRS1* | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
Registrar General's Office, Scotland | RGO(S)1* | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
Scottish Record Office | SRO1* | Pay and general administrative expenses | (2) |
Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer | QLTR1* | Pay and general administrative expenses | 95 |
Accounting department | Cash block (1) | Description of expenditure | Percentage of wages and salaries in cash limit (3) |
WALES | |||
Welsh Office | WO1* | Pay and genera administrative expenses | 0 |
WO2 | Health and personal social services, roads, education, libraries, arts, other environmental services and agriculture | 55 | |
WO3 | Regional and industrial development | 0 | |
WO4 | Manpower Services Commission | 0 | |
Notes: | |||
(1) Central responsibility for expenditure control is exercised by the Treasury and the Civil Service Department, depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned. Blocks controlled by the Civil Service Department are indicated by an asterisk. | |||
(2) In certain cash limits, indicated by this footnote, the total of wages and salaries expenditure exceeds the cash limit, which is based on expenditure net of receipts. | |||
(3) Percentages are given rounded to the nearest 5 per cent. | |||
(4) Tables 1 and 2 both relate to cash limits on central Government voted expenditure. The cash limits on the capital expenditure of local authorities and other bodies contain little pay. The limits on nationalised industries relate to their external financial requirement. |