§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Employment if any changes will be made to the cash limits on his Department's Votes for 1987–88.
§ Mr. FowlerThe cash limit on class VII, Vote 2, relating to administrative expenditure by the Department of employment will be reduced by £1,769,000 from £63,860,000 to £62,091,000. This is to compensate for an overspend of £1,769,000 in 1986–87 and follows the standard practice whereby the cash limit for this financial year is reduced by the amount of the previous year's overspend.
The running costs control limit for 1987–88 will also be reduced by £2,337,000 from £402,435,000 to £400,098,000.
The Department is reviewing its monitoring procedures for payments in order to improve its cash-limit control.