HC Deb 29 July 1976 vol 916 cc393-4W
Mr. Nott

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there have been or will be any changes in the cash limits previously announced for 1976–77.

Mr. Joel Barnett

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

Mr. Grocott

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement about the coverage of cash limits described in Appendix 2 to the White Paper on Cash Limits, Command Paper No. 6440.

Mr. Joel Barnett

Appendix 2 to the White Paper on Cash Limits (Cmnd 6440) has been revised in the light of some errors in its description of the precise Estimates classification of components of central Government cash blocks, to reflect certain vote changes made in the Supplementary Estimates, and to improve the completeness of the specification of cash blocks by means of additional footnotes. The appendix generally understated the content of the cash blocks as decided when they were set up; the amendments, which remedy this deficiency and help to make it more comprehensive, do not affect the allocated totals for the cash blocks given elsewhere in Cmnd 6440. Copies of the revised appendix are available from the Vote Office and I have placed copies in the Libraries of both Houses.