§ Mr. BrandrethTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what changes will be made to cash limits or running costs limits of his Department for 1995–96. [27429]
§ Mr. PortilloSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made
the case limit or class V, vote 1—Department of Employment: programmes and central services—will be increased by £9,465,000 from £2,112,246,000 to £2,121,711,000;the gross running cost limit for the Department of Employment—class V, vote 1—will be reduced by £35,000 from £1,363,739,000 to £1,363,704,000.The cash limit increase on class V, vote 1 is to provide for ex gratia payments to sponsors of European social fund projects which have been approved by the Department, but which have not been accepted by the European Commission.
The increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
210WThe running costs limit reduction is the result of a transfer of administrative costs to the Scottish Office contingent on the transfer to it of ESF provision.