§ Mr. WallerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether any changes will be made to his Department's cash limits or running costs limits for 1990–91.
Mr. JacksonSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made.
The cash limit for class VI, vote 1 (training and enterprise programmes) will be reduced by £14,970,000 from £2,467,308,000 to £2,452,338,000. This is the net effect of a token £1,000 estimate; of increased provision of £1,159,000 (running costs) and £2,000,000 (capital costs) for full take-up of end-year flexibility for both capital and running costs as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 25 July 1990, Official Report,cols. 236–39;of a decrease of £2,500,000 to offest the increase sought on class VI, vote 4; of the transfer of £15,279,000 to the employment service in connection with the transfer of the employment rehabilitation service; and a decrease of £350,000 in connection with the transfer of responsibility for the North London school of physiotherapy to the Department of Health.
The cash limit for class VI, vote 2 (other programmes and central services), will be increased by £372,000 from £213,825,000 to £214,197,000. This is the net effect of an increase of £486,000 for full take-up of running costs end-year flexibility entitlement announced on 25 July; an increase of £6,000 from class III, vote 4 to fund the inclusion of agriculture and horticulture in the small firms loan guarantee scheme and a decrease of £120,000 to offset the increase sought on class VI, vote 4.
The cash limit for class VI, vote 3 (Employment Service), will be increased by £21,328,000 from £393,976,000 to £415,304,000. This increase is partly offset by a reduction in the cash limit on class VI, vote 1. The increase is the result of the transfer of £15,279,000 in connection with the transfer of the employment rehabilitation service from the Training Agency (class VI, vote 1) and an increase of £2,725,000 (running costs) and £3,324,000 (capital costs) for full take-up of running costs end-year flexibility entitlement and part take-up of capital end-year flexibility entitlement announced on 25 July.
The cash limit on class VI, vote 4 (Health and Safety Commission and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) will be increased by £2,620,000 from £134,591,000 to £137,211,000. This is the net effect of increased provision of £2,500,000 for running costs for the Health and Safety Commission (subhead A1 of class VI, vote 4), offset by a corresponding decrease on class VI, vote 1; and an increase of £120,000 for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (subhead A2 of class VI, vote 4) for arbitrators' fees and exhibitions, offset by a corresponding decrease on class VI, vote 2.
The running costs limit for the Department of Employment (votes 1, 2 and 3) will be increasing by £1,870,000 from £914,397,000 to £916,267,000.
The running costs limit for subhead A1 of class VI, vote 4 (Health and Safety Commission) will increase by £2,500,000 from £98,121,000 to £100,621,000.
These increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total included in the Chancellor's autumn statement.