§ Mr. Hanleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether any changes will be made to the 1985–86 cash limits for his Department's votes.
§ Sir Keith JosephSubject to the approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the 1985–86 cash limit for class X, vote 9 (Research Councils etc: Economic and Social Research Council) will be increased by £74,000 from £23,593,000 to £23,667,000. This is to enable the Economic and Social Research Council to adminster from July 1985, the postgraduate studentships in housing management the introduction of which was announced by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Construction on 30 January 1985 at columns 178–79. Offsetting this additional expenditure, the cash limit on class VIII, vote 5 has been reduced by £13,000 as announced on 5 June. I understand that the remaining £61,000 will be found from within my right hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment's housing, England programme and there is therefore no overall change to public expenditure.