Mr. Pageasked the Secretary of State for Transport what changes he proposes to make to the cash limits on class VI, votes 1 and 4.
§ Mr. RidleyThe cash limit for class VI, vote 1 is to be reduced by £4 million from £825,009,000 to £821,009,000 and the cash limit for class VI, vote 4 is to be reduced by £4 million from £108,945,000 to £104,945,000. These reductions will partly offset additional costs on class VI, vote 3, which are subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate. The balance of the public expenditure costs of the increase will be charged to the Reserve and will not add to the planning total of public expenditure.
The reduction on class VI, vote 1 is in respect of delayed payment of reimbursements to county councils of redundancy costs of ex-local authority staff of road construction sub-units and will not affect this year's road construction programme. The reduction on class VI, vote 4 is in respect of lower than expected costs of agency services and savings on salaries and other running costs.