§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give revised cash limits for 1985–86 resulting from the carry forward of capital underspends allowed under the end-year flexibility schemes for central Government and for local authority expenditure.
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§ Mr. Peter ReesA list of revised cash limits is shown in the following table. The changes for voted expenditure are subject to parliamentary approval of Supplementary Estimates. The total increase in cash limits in respect of
Revisions to 1985–86 cash limits resulting from the carryforward of capital underspend in 1984–85 Cash limits on voted expenditure Class Vote Accounting Department Description of expenditure Current cash limit Increase Revised cash limit £000 £000 £000 I 2 Ministry of Defence* Procurement 8,591,066 131,936 8,723,002 II 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Overseas representation: diplomatic, consular and other FCO services 383,526 1,751 385,277 III 4 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Other agricultural and food services and support for the fishing industry 144,773 903 145,676 IV 2 Department of Trade and Industry Miscellaneous support services 80,293 384 80,677 IV 6 Department of Trade and Industry Scientific and technological assistance 378,983 466 379,449 IV 15 Department of Employment Manpower Services Commission 1,343,914 994 1,344,908 IV 16 Department of Employment Administration 248,687 273 248,960 VI 1 Department of Transport Roads etc., England 823,674 1,335 825,009 VI 4 Department of Transport Driver and vehicle licensing 108,945 284 109,229 VIII 2 Department of Environment Central environmental services etc. 143,275 1,300 144,575 VIII 5 Department of Environment Central administration and environmental research 148,365 167 148,532 IX 8 Home Office Prisons, England and Wales 590,121 1,323 591,444 X 3 Department of Education and Science Universities etc. 1,512,521 1,911 1,514,432 X 4 Department of Education and Science Central administration 52,062 97 52,159 X 7 Department of Education and Science Natural Environment Research Council 67,330 550 67,880 XI 1 Department of Health and Social Security Hospital, community health and other services, England 8,988,144 951 8,989,095 XI 3 Department of Health and Social Security Miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England 369,250 1,307 370,557 XII 5 Department of Health and Social Security Administration and miscellaneous services 761,878 515 762,393 XIII 5 Customs and Excise Economic and financial administration 354,925 157 355,082 XIII 9 Department for National Savings Economic and financial administration 153,100 162 153,262 XIII 12 Her Majesty's Treasury Central management of the Civil Service: computers and telecommunications 16,957 180 17,137 XIII 15 Land Registry Records, registrations and surveys 79,143 100 79,243 XV 3 Industry Department for Scotland Regional and general industrial support, Scotland 131,602 6,845 138,447 XV 6 Scottish Development Department Roads, transport and environmental services, Scotland 147,467 4,648 152,115 XV 14 Scottish Home and Health Department Prisons, hospitals and community health services etc., Scotland 1,516,717 6,961 1,523,678 XV 15 Scottish Education Department Education, arts, libraries and social work, Scotland 148,332 302 148,634 XV 24 Scottish Office Administration 101,123 128 101,251 XVI 1 Welsh Office Civil defence, tourism, roads and transport, housing, other environmental services, education and science, arts and libraries, and centrally funded health and personal social services, Wales 186,459 4,793 191,252 XVI 5 Welsh Office Agricultural services, support for the fishing industry, regional and industrial development, Wales 47,099 71 47,170 XVI 9 Welsh Office Hospital and community health services etc., Wales 600,538 3,000 603,538 XVII 1 Northern Ireland Office Law, order, protective and miscellaneous services, Northern Ireland 425,348 254 425,602
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Non-voted cash limits Cash block Accounting Department Description of expenditure Current cash limit Increase Revised cash limit £ million £ million £ million NID 1 Northern Ireland Departments Services analagous to Great Britain services covered by cash limits 2,189.0 1.5 2,190.5 SO/LA 1 Scottish Office Capital expenditure in Scotland by local authorities on roads and transport, water and sewerage, police, education, social work, general services, urban programme river purification and civil defence 409.6 6.1 415.7 end-year flexibility is £221 million (the corresponding figure last year was £282 million). This increase will be met from the reserve and will therefore not add to the public expenditure planning total.
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Cash block Accounting Department Description of expenditure Current cash limit Increase Revised cash limit £ million £ million £ million S0/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 416.9 11.4 428.3 HO/LA 1 Home Office Capital expenditure by local authorities on police, courts and probation 123.5 6.0 129.5 DOE/UA1 Department of the Environment External financing requirements of Urban Development Corporations, capital expenditure on the urban programme and derelict land reclamation 363.4 14.2 377.6 DOE/HC1 Department of the Environment Capital expenditure in England on housing financed through the Housing Corporation 691.8 6.6 698.4 DOE/NT 1 Department of the Environment Capital expenditure in England by new towns on housing, roads, commercial and industrial investment and certain water services -101.2 1.6 -99.6 * The four cash-limited defence votes are each separate cash limits, but by agreement with the Treasury, are managed as a global cash limit. Underspend on expenditure eligible for the scheme in these cash limits has been carried forward to Class I Vote 2.