HC Deb 06 November 1991 vol 198 cc171-3W
Sir Hector Monro

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to make any changes to the cash limits for 1991–92 within his responsibility.

Mr. Lang

Yes. Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate:

  1. (a) the cash limit for class XV, vote 3: Training programmes, roads and transport, and industrial support, Scotland will be increased by £23,036,000 from £605,682,000 to £628,718,000. This increase takes account of the £15,000,000 increase in provision for Scottish Enterprise announced by the Prime Minister on 10 May 1991; the final reallocation of £4,921,000 in respect of the transfer of the roads and transport programme from the Scottish Office Environment Department to the Scottish Office Industry Department; also takes account of increased provision of £4,708,000 for Scottish Enterprise and £292,000 for Highlands and Islands Enterprise in respect of Scotland's share of the increased provision for adult training announced by the Secretary of State for Employment on 19 June 1991 after account has been taken of £3,100,000 of residual expenditure incurred by the Department of Employment in respect of training programmes in Scotland; and to take up the £1,215,000 capital end-year flexibility entitlement announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 July 1991, at columns 186–90.
  2. (b) the cash limit for class XV, vote 5: Roads, transport and environmental services, Scotland will be reduced by £3,881,000 from £133,443,000 to £129,562,000. This reduction comprises two changes. First, the cash limit will be increased by £1,040,000 to reflect the full take-up of capital end-year flexibility entitlement and part Of the end-year flexibility entitlement for running costs of £984,000. Secondly, the cash limit will be reduced by £4,921,000 in respect of the transfer of roads and transport expenditure to class XV, vote 3: Training programmes, roads and transport services and industrial support, Scotland. Running cost provision will increase by £123,000 from this vote which forms part of the Scottish Office running cost limit.
  3. (c) the cash limit for class XV, vote 13: Law, Order, Miscellaneous Health and Social Work Services, Scotland will be increased by £1,700,000 from £211,764,000 to £213,464,000. This reflects the take-up of full capital end-year flexibility entitlement of £1,075,000 and £495,000 of the running cost entitlement. Provision is also included to cover the costs arising from the Orkney judicial inquiry, for social work offender services and to take account of a transfer of provision from class VI, vote I and class XV, vote 26 to cover the costs of grants to voluntary health services bodies.
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  4. (d) the cash limit for class XV, vote 21: Revenue and rate support grants, Scotland will be increased by £170,000 from £2,692,607,000 to £2,692,777,000. This increase is required in respect of expenditure to be incurred by local authorities and the Inland Revenue Valuation Office this year in carrying out the valuation of domestic properties in Scotland for the purposes of the proposed council tax.
  5. (e) the cash limit for class XV, vote 26: Hospital, community health, family health (part) and other health services, Scotland will be increased by £23,083,000 from £2,332,404,000 to £2,355,487,000 mainly for the costs of the increase in VAT, announced on 19 March; for full take-up of capital end-year flexibility entitlement of £10,068,000 and to meet the legal expenses of haemophiliacs with HIV.
  6. (f) as a result of the increase on class XV, vote 5 to provide additional management and works services and the take-up of end-year flexibility arrangements in respect of running costs expenditure on that vote and class XV, votes 13 and 20, the running costs limit for the Scottish Office will be increased by £1,084,000 from £260,072,000 to £261,156,000.
  7. (g) in addition the cash block SO/LA1, which covers non-housing capital expenditure by local authorities, will be increased by £8,763,000 from £542,887,000 to £551,650,000. An increase of £8,900,000 in respect of the end-year flexibility arrangements for capital expenditure was announced on 17 July. Since the July announcement, a further increase of £4,363,000 has been agreed. This will be offset by a reduction of £4,500,000 to offset increases in non-cash limited votes.
  8. (h) the non-voted cash limit, SO/LA2, which covers net allocation to local authorities on new town capital expenditure, will be increased by £561,000 from £342,935,000 to £343,496,000. This increase results from take-up in full of end-year flexibility entitlement as announced on 17 July.

The increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total included in the Chancellor's autumn statement today.

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