§ Sir Paul Bryanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the total costs of the recompense arrangements announced to Parliament on 13 July 1979; and what will be the 371W effect on the cash limit of the Department for National Savings.
§ Mr. LawsonIt is estimated that the total cost of recompense payments, including administration costs, will be £3.3 million. Total unavoidable additional expenditure is now estimated tobe £2.8 million. As announced in my answer to the hon. Member for Bridlington (Mr. Townsend) on 26 November—[Vol. 974, c. 522–23]—the DNS cash limit has already been increased by £1.874 million to cover recompense payments. It will therefore be necessary to raise the DNS cash limit by a futher £0.9 million. A spring Supplementary Estimate for this purpose will shortly be laid before Parliament.