§ Mr. John Townendasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he proposes to make any changes to current defence cash limits for 1985–86.
£'000s Class I Current Cash Limits Increase/Decrease Revised cash limit I, 1 6,644,742 +75,100: transferred from I, 2, 4, and 5 6,719,842 I, 2 8,732,002 - 2,054: reduced provision -17,610: transferred to I, 1 8,703,338 I, 4 1,284,456 -30,000: transferred to I, 1 1,254,456 I, 5 442,800 -27,490: transferred to I, 1 415,310 The reduced provision mainly reflects surrender of VAT refunds on vehicle maintenance contracted out. The other changes are to allow for transfers within the Ministry of Defence expenditure block following the 1985 service pay settlement.