§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any changes to announce in the cash limits in 1982–83 which are within his responsibility.
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§ Mr. YoungerClass XV, Vote 17, National Library of Scotland. Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, an increase of £100,000 is required on account of delay in bringing the Scottish libraries co-operative automation project into full operation.
Class XV, Vote 15, Education, Libraries, Arts and Social Work, Scotland. The cash limit is reduced by £100,000 to offset the increase in the cash limit for Vote 17.
Cash Block SO/LA2, Capital expenditure in Scotland on housing by local authorities, etc. The cash block will be reduced by £51.622 million. The limit for this cash block was set at £507.965 million for 1982–83. But, at the beginning of the year, each local authority was set a limit for its contributions from its rate fund to its housing revenue account and authorities were told that any excess above this limit would result in a lower capital allocation than provisionally offered. Several authorities exceeded their limits and were given final capital allocations at a lower level which took account of the excess, thus permitting the cash block to be reduced.
The new cash limits are summarised as follows:
Present Cash Limit New Cash Limit £ £ Class XV Vote 15 110,708,000 110,608,000 Vote 17 2,663,000 2,763,000 Cash Block SO/LA2 507,965,000 456,343,000 These changes will not add to total public expenditure.