§ Ms LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what changes he proposes to make to his Department's cash limits for 1997–98. [5550]
§ Mr. Chris SmithSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for Class X, Vote 1 will be increased by £1,523,000 from £866,330,000 to £867,853,000. This is to increase provision for transfers from the Department for Education and Employment (Class IX, Vote 1) for awards to dance and drama students, and from the Ordnance Survey (Class VI, Vote 8) to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England for rent on a property; and a machinery of government change transferring voluntary services to the Home Office. The increases will be offset by transfers and savings, and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.