HC Deb 02 November 1993 vol 231 c99W
Sir Donald Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what changes will be made to his Department's cash limits or running costs limits for 1993–94.

Mr. Brooke

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made.

  1. (i) The cash limit for class XI, vote 3—libraries—will be increased by £202,000 from £114,337,000 to £114,539,000 to meet a new provision for the Royal National Institute for the Blind embossed literature service and to increase provision for the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts to meet new administration costs. This increase is being met by offsetting savings on class XII, vote 3 and class XVIII, vote 1.
  2. (ii) The cash limit for class XI, vote 5—film, tourism, sport and broadcasting—will be increased by £1,022,000 from £129,086,000 to £130,108,000 to meet increased payments for broadcasting regulatory services and for lower appropriations in aid in respect of loan repayments by the Radio Authority.
  3. (iii) The cash limit for class XI, vote 7—administration—will be increased by £40,000 from £25,294,000 to £25,334,000. This increase is the net effect of an increase of £64,000 in respect of the capital end-year flexibility scheme and a transfer of resources of £24,000 to the Department for Education in respect of certain central services provided by that department.
  4. (iv) The Department's gross running costs control limit will, however, be decreased by £174,000 from £29,856,000 to £29,682,000 to reflect the transfer of £150,000 to a new provision on class XI, vote 7 for the Millennium Commission and £24,000 to the Department for Education.
  5. (v) The increases wil be offset by savings and charges to the reserve, and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.