HC Deb 08 June 1993 vol 226 cc195-6W
Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes he proposes to make to the cash limit or running cost limit on PSA Services' vote in 1993–94.

Mr. Curry

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary revised estimate, the cash limit for class VII, vote will be reduced by £295,000 from £164,055,000 to £163,760,000. The running cost limit will be reduced by £607,000 from £104,203,000 to £103,596,000.

The reduction in the cash limit is due to the transfer of £205,000 to Property Holdings to cover expenditure on the maintenance of certain security equipment, and also to the transfer of £90,000 to the Welsh Office to cover the cost or redeploying surplus PSAS staff.

The reduction in the running costs limit also reflects a higher provision for running cost receipts as a result of more recent forecasts.

Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes he has to announce to his Department's cash limits and running cost limit for 1993–94.

Mr. Gummer

The DOE urban aid non-voted cash limit will be increased by £12,236,000 from £950,671,000 to £962,907,000. This includes increased grant in aid of £10,364,000 to the London Docklands development corporation for work on the Beckton extension of the docklands light railway. It also includes grant in aid of £2 million to the Tyne and Wear development corporation to provide additional industrial sites within its urban development area. There is also a decrease of £ 128,000 to reflect a transfer to the Department of Health in respect of urban programme health authority projects. This will be offset in part by a surrender of unallocated PES of £2,210,000 and the remainder will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.