§ Mr. Michael Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is ready to announce the reductions in cash limits for 1982–83 resulting from the reduction in national insurance surcharge, and the increases in local authorities' capital expenditure cash blocks for 1982–83 consequent upon the construction measures announced in the Budget.
§ Mr. BrittanA list of revised cash limits is shown in the following table.
The total reduction in cash limits in respect of national insurance surcharge is £126 million. In addition, there will be savings on Votes not subject to cash limits totalling about £5 million. Subject to parliamentary approval, the changes will be taken into account in Revised Estimates, or offset against increases proposed in Supplementary Estimates.
The total increase in cash limits in respect of the construction measures announced in the Budget is £100 million. The cash limits affected are the local authority capital expenditure cash blocks DOE/LA1, SO/LA2 and WO/LA1, and the cash block covering expenditure by Northern Ireland Departments—NID1. The revised cash limit for NID1 therefore takes account both of the national insurance surcharge reduction and the Budget construction measures.
The revised cash limits for the Health Service do not take account of the additional provision for pay for some specific groups within the NHS announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services on 8 March and by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 12 May. An announcement on this will be made in due course.
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Revisions to cash limits resulting from the reduction in national insurance surcharge, and the Budget construction package A. Voted expenditure £ thousand Class Vote Accounting Department* Description of expenditure Original cash limit Reduction Revised cash limit I 1 Ministry of Defence* Pay etc. of the armed forces and civilians, stores, supplies and miscellaneous services 5,424,304 30,000 5,394,304 I 2 Ministry of Defence* Procurement 6,740,505 3,000 6,737,505 I 4 Property Services Agency* Defence accommodation services 712,190 500 711,690 I 5 Ministry of Defence* Dockyard services 411,149 2,000 409,149 II 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Overseas representations: diplomatic and consular services 229,752 584 229,168 II 3 Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Broadcasting Corporation: external services 68,211 254 67,957 II 10 Overseas Development Administration Overseas aid 926,492 40 926,452 II 11 Overseas Development Administration Overseas aid administration 21,566 129 21,437 III 4 Intervention Board for Agriculture Produce Central administration 16,371 93 16,278 III 6 Forestry Commission Forestry 61,903 462 61,441 III 7 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departmental administration 145,893 1,059 144,834 IV 4 Department of Trade Pay and general administrative expenses, export promotion, shipping and civil appropriation services etc. 161,426 676 160,750 IV 6 Department of Industry Scientific and technological assistance 246,959 209 246,750 IV 7 Department of Energy Scientific and technological assistance: nuclear energy 224,446 835 223,611 IV 9 Export Credits Guarantee Department Central services 18,849 133 18,716 IV 11 Registry of Friendly Societies Pay and general administrative expenses 995 8 987 IV 12 Office of Fair Trading Pay and general administrative expenses 4,620 28 4,592 IV 13 Department of Employment Labour market services 266,449 717 265,732 IV 15 Department of Employment Advisory, conciliation and arbitration service 13,134 61 13,073 IV 16 Department of Employment Manpower Services Commission 1,095,099 1,427 1,093,672 IV 17 Department of Employment Administration 119,196 900 118,296 IV 18 Department of Industry Central and miscellaneous services 53,044 457 52,587 IV 19 Department of Energy Administration and miscellaneous services 14,988 93 14,895 IV 20 Department of Employment Health and Safety Commission 81,654 319 81,335 VI 4 Department of Transport Central and miscellaneous services 34,610 680 33,930 VI 5 Department of Transport Driver and vehicle licensing 81,063 290 80,773 VIII 2 Department of the Environment Central environmental services etc. 107,969 301 107,668 VIII 4 Department of the Environment Royal palaces, royal parks, historic buildings, ancient monuments and the national heritage 47,409 63 47,346 VIII 5 Department of the Environment Central administration and environmental research 154,622 362 154,260 VIII 7 Department of the Environment Urban Development Corporations, England 63,509 15 63,494 IX 1 Lord Chancellor's Department Administration of Justice, England and Wales 55,629 789 54,840 IX 2 Northern Ireland Court Service Administration of Justice, Northern Ireland 7,873 45 7,828 IX 7 Home Office Services related to crime, treatment of offenders, community and miscellaneous services 37,913 38 37,375 IX 8 Home Office Prisons, England and Wales 497,686 2,188 495,498 IX 9 Home Office General protective services and civil defence, England and Wales 61,944 52 61,892 IX 11 Home Office Central and administrative services 116,844 722 116,122 IX 12 Treasury Solicitor Pay and general administrative expenses 9,232 55 9,177 IX 13 The Crown Agent Pay and general administrative expenses 9,417 74 9,343 X 5 Department of Education and Science Central administration 34,289 180 34,109 X 14 Department of Education and Science Science Museum 7,191 32 7,159 X 15 Department of Education and Science Victoria and Albert Museum 9,376 52 9,324 X 19 Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery 1,699 8 1,691 XI 1 Department of Health and Social Security Health and personal social services, England 8,083,301 42,890 8,040,411 XII 4 Department of Health and Social Security Administration and miscellaneous services 580,498 3,256 577,242 XIII 3 Privy Council Office Pay and general administrative expenses 692 3 689 XIII 4 Treasury Pay and general administrative expenses 36,593 208 36,385 XIII 5 Customs and Excise Department Pay, general administrative and capital expenditure 271,466 2,000 269,466 XIII 6 Inland Revenue Pay and general administrative expenses 616,389 4,475 611,914 XII 8 Exchequer and Audit Department Pay and general administrative expenses 8,945 83 8,862 XIII 9 National Investment and Loans Office Pay and general administrative expenses 116 5 111 XII 10 Department for National Savings Pay and general administrative expenses 138,840 458 138,382 XIII 12 Management and Personnel Office Central management of the Civil Service 24,250 98 24,152 424W425W
Class Vote Accounting Department Description of expenditure Original cash limit Reduction Revised cash limit XIII 13 Treasury Computers and telecommunications 8,166 56 8,110 XIII 15 Public Record Office Pay and general administrative expenses 3,670 27 3,643 XIII 16 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Pay and general administrative expenses 20,559 121 20,438 XIII 17 Land Registry Pay, general administrative and capital expenditure 56,300 371 55,929 XIII 18 Charity Commission Pay and general administrative expenses 3,493 23 3,470 XIII 19 Cabinet Office Pay and general administrative expenses 8,924 43 8,881 XIII 20 Parliamentary Commissioner and Health Service Commissioners Pay and general administrative expenses 1,216 8 1,208 XIII 24 Ordnance Survey Pay and general administrative expenses on mapping services 16,962 217 16,745 XIV 1 Property Services Agency Office and general accommodation services 468,503 254 468,249 XIV 2 Property Services Agency Administration and miscellaneous services 269,147 1,272 267,875 XIV 3 Central Office of Information Publicity and departmental administration 41,630 82 41,548 XIV 6 Government Actuary's Department Pay and general administrative expenses 571 4 567 XIV 7 Paymaster General's Office Pay and general administrative expenses 9,877 53 9,824 XV 3 Scottish Economic Planning Department Regional and general industrial support, Scotland 134,979 92 134,887 XV 4 Scottish Economic Planning Department Manpower Services Commission, Scotland 151,340 283 151,057 XV 6 Scottish Development Department Roads, transport and environmental services, Scotland 144,449 12 144,437 XV 11 Scottish Courts Administration Administration of justice, Scotland 4,033 60 3,973 XV 14 Scottish Home and Health Department Prisons, hospitals and community health services etc., Scotland 1,266,767 6,841 1,259,926 XV 15 Scottish Education Department Education, libraries, arts and social work, Scotland 110,755 32 110,723 XV 17 Trustees of the National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland 2,682 13 2,669 XV 18 Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland National Galleries of Scotland 2,626 10 2,616 XV 19 Board of the Trustees for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 770 4 766 XV 21 Scottish Record Office Pay and general administrative expenses 1,318 10 1,308 XV 22 Registrar General's Office, Scotland Pay and general administrative expenses 2,282 21 2,261 XV 24 Scottish Office Pay and general administrative expenses 78,541 593 77,948 XVI 1 Welsh Office Tourism, roads and transport services, housing, other environmental services, education, libraries, arts, health and personal social services, Wales 668,750 2,633 666,117 XVI 4 Welsh Office Manpower Services Commission, Wales 78,787 152 78,635 XVI 5 Welsh Office Agricultural services, support for the fishing industry, regional and industrial development, Wales 64,224 47 64,177 XVI 7 Welsh Office Pay and general administrative expenses 24,462 159 24,303 XVII 1 Northern Ireland Office Law, order, protective and miscellaneous services 352,967 1,759 351,208 XVIII 15 Crown Estate Office Pay and general administrative expenses 1,228 9 1,219 426W
B. Other central government and local authority capital expenditure £ million Cash Block Department Description of expenditure Original cash limit Change Revised cash limit B0E1 Bank of England Bank of England administration costs in respect of note issue, exchange equalisation account and debt management 78.4 †- 0.3 78.2 NIDI Northern Ireland Departments Services analogous to Great Britain services covered by cash limits 1,870.7 - 3.8 1,866.9 DOE/LA1 Department of the Environment Capital expenditure in England by local authorities on roads and transport, housing, schools, further education and teacher training, personal social services, the urban programme and other environmental services 3,302.3 +82.4 3,384.7 SO/LA2 Scottish Office Capital expenditure in Scotland on housing by local authorities, new towns, the Scottish Special Housing Association and on schemes financed by the Housing Corporation, and industrial and commercial investment by new towns 498.2 †+ 9.7 508.0 WO/LA1 Welsh Office Capital expenditure in Wales by local authorities, new towns and the Housing Corporation on roads and transport, housing schools, further education and teacher training, personal social services, and other environmental services, and by the Land Authority for Wales 314.1 †+ 4.9 318.9 * The four cash-limited defence Votes are each separate cash limits, but by agreement with the Treasury, they are managed as a global cash limit. † Because of rounding, the change does not equal the difference between the original and revised cash limit.