§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proposed changes there are in the cash limit and running costs limit of his Department for 1993–94.
§ Mr. ScottSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class XIII, vote 4 will be increased by £810,000 from £2,526,356,000 to £2,527,166,000. The increase takes account of a transfer into running costs of £952,000 from tourism, roads and transport, housing, other environmen-tal services, including civil defence, education, arts and libraries and health and personal social services, and Wales—class XV, vote 5. This is partially offset by a transfer to Department of Health—class XII, vote 3—of £82,000 running costs and an increase in appropriations in aid of £60,000 and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
In addition to the running cost transfers included above, there is also a net reduction of £5,283,000 to take account of a transfer from running costs to other current expenditure—£5,227,000—and a £56,000 increase in value added tax refunds.
As a result of these changes, the running cost limit of the Department of Social Security will be reduced by £4,413,000 from £2,906,991,000 to £2,902,578,000.