§ Mr. SykesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what changes he proposes in the cash limit or running costs limit of his Department for 1992–93.
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§ Mr. ScottSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate the cash limit for class XIV vote 4 will be increased by £21,426,000 from £2,271,998,000 to £2,293,424,000. The revision takes account of an increase in agency payments to the Department of Employment (class VI vote 2) £31,000,000), a transfer to the Department of Health (class XIII vote 3) of £696,000, of which £646,000 is running costs, a transfer to the Department of Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland) (vote 3) of £227,000 (running costs) and a transfer from the Scottish Office (class XV vote 19) of £1,429,000 (running costs). The additional requirements are partially offset by an increase in receipts of £10,080,000 and the balance of £20,920,000 will be charged to the Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
The running cost limit of the Department of Social Security will be reduced by £12,239,000 from £2,537,904,000 to £2,525,665,000. In addition to the running cost transfers included above there is also a net reduction of £12,795,000 to take account of a transfer from running costs to capital expenditure (£25,367,000) and a £12,572,000 shortfall on value added tax refunds.