§ Mr. Raffanasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he proposes to make any changes to his Department's cash limits in the current year.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerYes. The cash limit on class XVII, vote 2 is being increased by £11,251,000 to £66,214,000. This increase relates to the grant-in-aid for the Welsh Development Agency and is necessary to cover the cost to the agency of taking on the residual industrial assets of the Cwmbran development corporation. As a consequence, there will he a corresponding reduction to the cash limit for WO/LA 1 of £1 1,251,000 to £353,747,000.
The cash limit on class XVII, vote 9 is being increased by £85,000 to £38,785,000. This increase covers the additional cost to the Department arising from the transfer of NHS audit staff from the DHSS. There is a corresponding reduction in the cash limit for class XV, vote 5.
The cash limit on class XVII, vote 10 is being increased by £22,675,000 to £953,289,000. This increase takes account of additional block grant payable in respect of teachers' pay, together with payments and abatements in grant in respect of previous years in the light of out-turn expenditure information. The adjustments to block grant will be subject to the approval of the requisite supplementary rate support grant reports by the House.