§ Mr. Jacques ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what changes there have been in the cash limits or running costs limits of his Department.
§ Mr. ScottSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the cash limit for class XIII vote 4 will be increased by £30,958,000 from £2,527,166,000 to £2,558,124,000. The revision takes account of increased requirements resulting from rising workloads (£8,566,000 running costs), an increase of £23,434,000 (of which £12,628,000 is running costs) in respect of the end year flexibility arrangements, a reduction of £1,531,000 (running costs) offset by a corresponding increase on Department of Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland), vote 3, an increase of £20.000 in running cost cover for services provided to Department of Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland) on repayment, a transfer to Department of Health, class XIII, vote 3, of £1,161,000 (of which £1,065,000 is running costs) and a reduction of £99,000 in appropriations in aid.
As a result of these changes and the running costs limit of the Department of Social Security will be increased by £18,432,000 from £2,902,578,000 to £2,921,010,000.
The additional requirements will be charged to the Reserve and will therefore not add to the planned total of public expenditure.