§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide details of the cash limits set for 1983–84.
§ Mr. BrittanThe cash limits on voted expenditure are listed in table 1 of the Chief Secretary's memorandum on the Supply Estimates 1983–84—Cmnd. 8817. The cash limits on local authority capital spending and other non-voted expenditure are given in the following table.
Yeo. My right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary replied on my behalf on 4 March, saying that we would take account of the society's views in considering the Budget measures. I should point out that to implement the society's recommendations in full would, on its own figures, increase social security expenditure by well over £2 billion.