§ Mr. HanleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any changes will be made to his Department's cash limit and running costs limit for 1988–89.
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§ Mr. NewtonSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the cash limit for class V, vote 3 (administration, regulation of domestic trade and industry, and consumer protection) will be increased by £2,169,000 from £189,436,000 to £191,605,000. The increase will be offset by savings in class V, vote 2 (support for industry) of £2,128,000 and class IX, vote 2 (Department of the Environment: miscellaneous administration and housing grants) of £41,000. The increase in the cash limit for vote 3 has been partly offset by a decrease of £16,000 to reflect the transfer of costs for recruitment under the direct entry grade 7 Competition 1988 to the office of the Minister for the Civil Service (class XX, vote 1) and by £106,000 which has been made available to class VII, vote 2 (Department of Employment: administration) for a special employment service initiative in Sunderland. Overall, the cash limit for class V, vote 2 will be reduced by £2,128,000 from £568,256,000 to £566,128,000. The running costs limit for the Department has been reduced by £794,000 from £287,968,000 to £287,174,000.
In addition, the cash limit on class V, vote IX has been reduced from £2,417,000 to £1,000. Downward adjustments to the estimates of stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax payable on the sale of shares in Rolls-Royce plc mean that receipts appropriated in aid will be sufficient to cover expenditure incurred.
These changes will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.