§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment, whether any changes will be made to the cash limits for his Department's Votes.
§ Mr. Tom KingSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for Class IV, Vote 12 will be increased by £140,000,000 from £725,950,000 to £865,950,000. This is to provide for the expansion of the community programme from 130,000 to 230,000places by June 1986, as announced in the Chancellor's Budget statement on 19 March. The increase will be an addition to the public expenditure planning total.
A supplementary Estimate will also be presented for approval to increase the cash limit for Class Iv, Vote 14 by £573,000 from £13,741,000 to £14,314,000. This is to cover the costs of the work research unit, which was transferred to ACAS on 1 May 1985. Subject to parliamentary approval of a revised Estimate there will be a corresponding reduction of £573,000 from£249,260,000 to £248,687,000 in the cash limit for Class IV, Vote 16.