§ Mr. Nicholas Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any changes have occurred in the Foreign and Commonwealth cash limits for 1982–83, subsequent to the answer given to the right hon. Member for Bournemouth, West (Sir J. Eden) on 28 October 1982, Official Report, c. 478.
§ Mr. RifkindSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary spring Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit of the Foreign and Commonwealth class II, Vote 4, will be increased by £1,090,000 from £38,360,000 to £39,450,000 to allow for overseas inflation and to enable the British Council to maintain its level of activity in this financial year. This increase will be met from the Contingency Reserve, and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
The cash limit for class II, Vote 1, will be reduced by £2,800,000 from £221,690,000 to £218,890,000 to offset the increase required in class II, Vote 6—which is not subject to a cash limit—in respect of Falkland Islands compensation payments.