§ Mr. Maplesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give revised cash limits for 1986–87 resulting front the carry forward of capital underspends allowed under the end-year flexibility scheme for central Government and for local authority expenditure.
§ Mr. MacGregorA list of revised cash limits is shown in the table. The increases in cash limits on central Government votes are subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates.
The total increase classified as public expenditure is £303,227,000. This sum will be met from the Reserve and will therefore not add to the public expenditure planning total.
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Class limit Vote Accounting Department Description of expenditure Current cash limit Increase Revised cash limit £000 £000 £000 XI 3 Home Office Central, administrative, miscellaneous and community services and civil defence, England and Wales 363,237 2,000 365,237 XII 1 Department of Education and Science Schools, further education and other educational services 209,094 2,000 211,094 XII 3 Department of Education and Science Universities, etc. 1,562,274 2,015 1,564,289 XIV 3 Department of Health and Social Security Miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England 389,421 1,164 390,585 XV 5 Department of Health and Social Security Administration and miscellaneous services 1,168,648 2,540 1,171,188 XVI 6 Scottish Development Department Roads, transport and environmental services, Scotland 148,874 1,783 150,657 XVI 14 Scottish Home and Health Department Prisons, hospitals and community health services, etc., Scotland 1,604,152 2,220 1,606,372 XVI 21 Scottish Office Scottish Office administration 106,492 56 106,548 XVII 5 Welsh Office Civil defence, tourism roads and transport, housing, Other environmental services, education and science, arts and libraries, and centrally funded health services and personal social services, Wales 186,260 787 187,047 XVI-II 1 Northern Ireland Office Law, order, protective and miscellaneous services, Northern Ireland 474,366 260 474,626 XIX 11 Department for National Savings Economic and financial administration 156,919 58 156,977 XIX 14 Her Majesty's Treasury Central management of the civil service: computers and telecommunications 17,335 624 17,959 XX ‡10 Land Registry Records, registrations and surveys 1 1 2 XX 11 Ordnance Survey Records, registrations and surveys 18,709 450 19,159 XX 18 Pro.perty Services Agency Civil accommodation, administration and miscellaneous services 147,503 2,626 150,129 * 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 1 Vote 2. † Capital expenditure on this Vote is not classified as public expenditure. ‡ This vote is a token one; carryforward will be taken in the form of increased appropriations-in-aid of £0.196 million. 146W147W
Cash limits on non-voted expenditure Cash block Department Description of expenditure Current cash limit Increase Revised cash limit £ million £ million £ million NIDI Northern Ireland Departments Services broadly analogous to Great Britain services covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services. 2,288.5 3.6 2,292.2 SO/LA1 Scottish Office Capital expenditure in Scotland by local authorities on roads and transport, water and sewerage, general services, urban programme, police and social work, schools, further education and teacher training. 419.3 0.2 419.5 DOE/HC1 Department of the Environment Capital expenditure in England on housing financed through the Housing Corporation. 585.0 1.5 586.5 HO/LA1 Home Office Local authority public expenditure for capital projects on magistrates courts probation and police service. 12.70 5.0 132.0
Cash block Department Description of expenditure Current cash limit Increase Revised cash limit £ million £ million £ million DOE/UA1 Department of the Environment External financing requirements of Urban Development Corporations, capital expenditure on the urban programme and derelict land reclamation. 349.5 18.8 368.3