§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes are proposed to the cash and running costs limits for 1990–91 in respect of the Paymaster General's Office.
§ Mr. HanleySubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for the Paymaster General's Office (class XVIII, vote 12) will be increased by £170,000 from £19,120,000 to £19,290,000 and the running cost limit by £85,000 from £17,573,000 to £17,658,000. The increases in running costs mainly reflects an increase in postal charges. The increase in cash limit also includes a reduction in receipts from the national insurance fund.
These increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement.