§ Mr. Beaumont-Darkasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the revised cash limits for 1983–84 following his public expenditure statement of 7 July.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI said in my statement this afternoon that a list of revised cash limits would be published in theOfficial Report. Revised cash limits are shown in the following two tables.
Five other cash limit changes are included in the table, as follows:
- (i) £1,500,000 has been added to the cash limit for Class X, Vote 3, Universities etc. (Department of Education and Science), to allow for part of the costs of pay awards to clinical academics.
- (ii) £4,219,000 has been added to the cash limit for Class XII, Vote 5, administration and miscellaneous services (Department of Health and Social Security), to allow for the additional administrative costs arising from
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Central Government cash limits 1983–84, following the reductions announced by the Chancellor on 7 July Table 1: Voted cash limits Class Vote Accounting department Description of expenditure Cash limit as at 7 July Reduction Revised cash limit £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand I 1 Ministry of Defence Pay etc. of the armed forces and civilians, stores, supplies and miscellaneous services 6,123,554 60,370 *6,063,184 2 Ministry of Defence Defence procurement 7,556,780 160,000 *7,396,780 4 Property Services Agency Defence accommodation services etc. 915,815 15,000 *900,815 5 Ministry of Defence Dockyard services 426,825 5,000 *421,825 II 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Overseas representation: diplomatic, consular and other foreign and commonwealth services 333,509 4,000 329,509 3 Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Broadcasting Corporation: external services 77,082 500 76,582 4 Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Council 40,383 500 39,883 6 Cabinet Office Other external relations: secret service 71,500 715 70,785 8 FCO: Overseas Overseas aid Development Administration 1,027,363 19,691 1,007,672 9 FCO: Overseas Development Administration Overseas aid administration 25,444 210 25,234 III 3 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Other agricultural and food services 97,824 2,932 94,892 5 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Support for the fishing industry 26,703 500 26,203 6 Forestry Commission Forestry 59,361 879 58,482 7 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departmental administration 193,198 350 192,848 IV 2 Department of Trade and Industry Miscellaneous support services 32,492 650 31,842 4 Department of Trade and Industry Export promotion, trade co-operation, corporate and consumer affairs 196,377 200 196,177 5 Department of Energy Industrial support 85,283 1,680 83,603 6 Department of Trade and Industry Scientific and technological assistance 330,252 7,933 322,319 7 Department of Energy Scientific and technical assistance: nuclear energy 210,291 2,850 207,441 9 Export Credits Guarantee Department International trade: export credit services and insurance of investment overseas (central services) 25,855 223 25,632 11 Registry of Friendly Societies Registry of Friendly Societies 1,695 18 1,677 changes in social security benefits announced in the Budget. The net effect of this change and the 7 July measures on this cash limit is a reduction of £2,000,000.
These two increases will be charged to the Contingency Reserve, and will therefore not add to the planning total of public expenditure.
441W(iii) £250,000 has been added to the cash limit for Class XI, Vote 1, health and personal social services, England. There is a corresponding reduction in the cash limit on new towns' expenditure DOE/NT1. This is to allow a transfer of resources from Peterborough new town to the district health authority. There is no net increase in public expenditure.(iv) The cash limit for Class I, Vote 1, Defence—pay, etc. of the armed forces and civilians, stores, supplies and miscellaneous services, has been reduced by £370,000 to allow for a transfer to Class II, Vote 2, international subscriptions (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), which is not subject to a cash limit.(v) £15,000,000 has been added to the cash limit for Class VIII, Vote 7, Urban Development Corporations, England, to allow for a transfer of urban programme resources originally earmarked for urban development grant within the non-voted cash block DOE/LA1. DOE/LA1 has been reduced by the same amount, so there is no net increase in public expenditure. The effect on the cash limit for Class VIII, Vote 7 of this change and the 7 July reduction is a net increase; all the other changes shown in the table are reductions.442W443W
Class Vote Accounting department Description of expenditure Cash limit as at 7 July Reduction Revised cash limit £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand 12 Office of Fair Trading Office of Fair Trading 6,609 53 6,556 13 Department of Employment Labour market services 498,072 3,791 494,281 16 Department of Employment Manpower Services Commission 1,230,791 22,036 1,208,755 17 Department of Employment Administration 186,722 2,472 184,250 18 Department of Industry Central and miscellaneous services 75,653 150 75,503 19 Department of Energy Administrative and miscellaneous services 24,046 206 23,840 22 Department of Energy Sale of British Gas Corporation oil interests 4,000 80 3,920 23 Department of Employment Health and Safety Commission 87,873 100 37,773 VI 1 Department of Transport Roads, etc. England 732,308 14,869 717,439 2 Department of Transport Transport services and central administration 114,660 1,578 113,082 4 Department of Transport Driver and vehicle licensing 99,896 1,086 98,810 VIII 2 Department of the Environment Central environmental services, etc. 118,202 1,500 116,702 4 Department of the Environment Royal palaces, royal parks, historic buildings, ancient monuments and the national heritage 72,423 340 72,083 5 Department of the Environment Central administration and environmental research 170,313 1,508 168,805 7 Department of the Environment Urban Development Corporation, England 66,645 †14,004 80,649 IX 1 Lord Chancellor's Department Administration of justice: England and Wales 86,155 468 85,687 2 Northern Ireland Court Service Administration of justice: Northern Ireland 7,942 121 7,821 7 Home Office Services related to crime, treatment of offenders, community and miscellaneous services 39,850 651 39,199 8 Home Office Prisons: England and Wales 537,245 6,912 530,333 9 Home Office General protective services and civil defence: England and Wales 79,550 1,013 78,537 11 Home Office Central and administrative services 164,698 1,468 163,230 12 Treasury Solicitor's Department Law charges, England and Wales 10,817 94 10,723 13 The Crown Agent Law charges, Scotland 12,013 110 11,903 X 1 Department of Education and Science Schools 180,039 5,786 174,303 3 Department of Education and Science Universities, etc. 1,441,559 23,100 1,418,459 4 Department of Education and Science Central administration 47,318 856 46,462 12 Trustees of British Museum British Museum 12,536 125 12,411 13 Office of Arts and Libraries Science Museum 7,728 77 7,651 14 Office of Arts and Libraries Victoria and Albert Museum 10,456 104 10,352 15 Trustees of Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museum 4,140 41 4,099 16 Trustees of National Gallery National Gallery 6,797 68 6,729 17 Trustees of National Maritime Museum National Maritime Museum 4,080 41 4,039 18 Trustees of National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery 1,789 18 1,771 19 Trustees of Tate Gallery Tate Gallery 5,375 54 5,321 20 Trustees of Wallace Collection Wallace Collection 791 8 783 21 Office of Arts and Libraries Art, Arts Council, etc. 109,359 1,059 108,300 22 Office of Arts and Libraries Libraries: England 46,299 1,022 45,277 XI 1 Department of Health and Social Security Health and personal social services: England 8,539,250 ‡║108,108 8,431,142 XII 5 Department of Health and Social Security Administration and miscellaneous services 713,022 2,000 711,022 XIII 3 Privy Council Office Parliament and Privy Council: Privy Council Office 917 8 909 4 HM Treasury Economic and financial administration 42,876 386 42,490 5 Customs and Excise Economic and financial administration 321,011 2,964 318,047 6 Inland Revenue Economic and financial administration 751,919 3,904 748,015 10 Department for National Savings Economic and financial administration 143,347 1,413 141,934 12 Management and Personnel Office Central management of the Civil Service, etc. 30,885 261 30,624 13 HM Treasury Central management of the civil service: computers and telecommunications 11,380 107 11,273 14 HM Treasury Civil service catering services 301 6 295 15 Public Record Office Records, registrations and surveys 8,496 38 8,458 16 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Records, registrations and surveys 23,889 194 23,695
Class Vote Accounting department Description of expenditure Cash limit as at 7 July Reduction Revised cash limit £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand 17 Land Registry Records, registrations and surveys 65,140 663 64,477 18 Charity Commission Records, registrations and surveys 4,865 46 4,819 19 Cabinet Office Other services 13,996 106 13,890 20 The Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner and Health Service Commissioners Other services 1,696 12 1,684 21 Her Majesty's Stationery Office Stationery and printing: Payments to the trading fund 7,386 148 7,238 23 Ordnance Survey Records, registrations and surveys 17,275 381 16,894 XIV 1 Property Services Agency Civil accommodation repayment 278,168 4,677 273,491 3 Property Services Agency Other civil accommodation services 165,207 6,611 158,596 4 Central Office of Information Publicity 49,081 780 48,301 7 Government Actuary's Department Other common services 1,030 6 1,024 8 Paymaster General's Office Other common services 10,360 109 10,251 XV 2 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Agricultural services and fisheries: Scotland 58,889 946 57,943 3 Scottish Economic Planning Department Regional and general industrial support: Scotland 132,276 2,476 129,800 4 Scottish Economic Planning Department Manpower Services Commission, Scotland 140,077 2,308 137,769 6 Scottish Development Department Roads, transport and environmental services, etc. 148,003 4,852 143,151 14 Scottish Home and Health Department Prisons, hospitals and community health services, etc., Scotland 1,360,496 ║16,382 1,344,114 15 Scottish Education Department Education, libraries, arts and social work: Scotland 112,744 921 111,823 17 Trustees of National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland 2,782 38 2,744 18 Board of Trustees National Galleries of Scotland National Galleries of Scotland 2,709 42 2,667 19 Board of Trustees National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 799 11 788 21 Scottish Record Office Scottish Record Office 1,445 12 1,433 22 Registrar General's Office: Scotland General Register Office for Scotland 3,895 43 3,852 24 Scottish Office Scottish Office administration 94,225 510 93,715 XVI 1 Welsh Office Tourism, roads and transport, housing, other environmental services, education, libraries, arts, health and personal social services, Wales 717,123 ║7,039 710,084 4 Welsh Office Manpower Services Commission 72,335 1,193 71,142 5 Welsh Office Agricultural services, support for the fishing industry, regional and industrial development, Wales 56,215 3,737 52,478 7 Welsh Office Other services 31,189 283 30,906 XVII 1 Northern Ireland Office Law, order, protective and miscellaneous services 389,715 5,000 384,715 XVIII 15 Crown Estate Office Crown Estate Office 1,681 14 1,667 * 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. † In the case of this vote the £14,004,000 is an increase rather than a decrease to the cash limit. The increase of £15 million a transfer from DOE/LA1 is partly offset by the reduction following the July 7 announcement. ‡ Expenditure on the NHS as a whole in England will remain at planned levels. ║ In addition to the reductions on cash limited health expenditure there will be a saving of £25 million in health expenditure resulting from savings in the NHS drugs bill agreed to by the pharmaceutical industry in the current year. 444W445W
Table 2: Non-voted cash limits Department Cash block Description of expenditure Cash limit as at 7 July Reduction Revised cash limit £ million £ million £ million Bank of England BoE 1 Bank of England administration costs in respect of note issue, exchange equalisation account and debt management. 77.9 1.1 76.8 Department of the Environment DoE/HC1 Capital expenditure in England on housing financed through the Housing Corporation. 630.0 9.6 620.4
Department Cash block Description of expenditure Cash limit as at 7 July Reduction Revised cash limit £ million £ million £ million Department of the Environment DoE/LA1 Capital expenditure in England by local authorities on roads aid transport, housing, schools, further education and teacher training, personal social services, the urban programme and other environmental service. 2,964.7 15.0 2,949.7 Department of the Environment DoE/NT1 Capital expenditure in England by new towns on housing, roads and commercial and industrial investment. 67.3 5.3 62.0 Scottish Office SO/LA2 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. 447.1 2.7 444.3 Welsh Office WO/LA1 Capital expenditure in Wales by local authorities, new towns and the Housing Corporation on roads and transport, housing, schools, further education and teacher raining, personal social services, and other environmental services, and by the Land Authority for Wales. 299.5 0.9 298.6 Northern Ireland Departments NID 1 Services analogous to Great Britain services covered by cash limits. 1,975.4 6.9 1,968.5 Note:
Figures may not add due to rounding.
Revised external financing limits (EFLs)for nationalised industries in 1983–84 are set out in the following table. £ million cash 1983–84* EFL National Coal Board 1,195 Electricity (England and Wales) -418 North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board -2 South of Scotland Electricity Board 274 British Gas Corporation -43 British National Oil Corporation† -1 British Steel Corporation 321 British Telecom -117 Post Office -51 National Girobank -½ British Airways Board 1 British Airports Authority 32½ British Railways Board 953 British Waterways Board 41 National Bus Company 65 Scottish Transport Group 18½ British Shipbuilders 158 Civil Aviation Authority 21 * All EFLs have been rounded as appropriate. † The figure for BNOC is not a limit. BNOC's trading results are likely to fluctuate from year to year given the uncertainties of oil trading.
There are also revised EFLsfor certain other bodies. These are as follows: £ million cash 1983–84* EFL Water Authorities (England and Wales) 359½ Urban Development Corporations †81 * All EFLs have been rounded as appropriate. † Includes a reduction of 2 per cent. (£1.3 million) in the previously announced limit and a transfer to the Urban Development Corporation of £15 million of resources previously earmarked for urban development grants within the local authority cash limit.