HC Deb 04 February 1994 vol 236 cc1003-4W
Mr. Brazier

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

Mr. David Hunt

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the following changes will be madethe cash limit for class V, vote 1—Department of Employment: programmes and central services—will be increased by a token £1,000 from £2,499,268,000 to £2,499,269,000; and the single running costs limit for the Department of Employment—class V, votes 1 and 2 will be increased by £13,340,000 from £1,448,050,000 to £1,461,390,000.

In addition: the cash limit for class V, vote 2—Department of Employment: Employment Service—will be decreased by £13,775,000 from £638,569,000 to £624,794,000; the cash limit on class V, vote 3—Health and Safety Commission and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service—will be decreased by £3,000,000 from £206,531,000 to £203,531,000 to reflect adjustments to Health and Safety Executive provision; and within the cash limit above the running costs limit for the Health and Safety Commission will be decreased by £5,000,000 from £178,131,000 to £173,131,000.

The changes listed are mainly to provide increased running costs provision to cover reorganisation costs and will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.

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