§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Prime Minister if there are any proposals to change the 1988–89 cash limit and running costs limit for the Cabinet Office.
§ The Prime MinisterBoth the overall cash limit and the running costs limit for the Cabinet Office: Other Services (class XX, vote 2) have been reduced by £3,000, from £16,137,000 to £16,134,000 and from £19,616,000 to £19,613,000 respectively. These decreases will be offset by corresponding increases in the cash limit and running costs limit for the Cabinet Office: Office of the Minister for the Civil Service (class XX, vote 1) and reflect the transfer of costs for recruitment under the direct entry grade 7 competition, 1988.
There is no overall increase in either cash limits or gross running costs limits for Government as a whole as a result of these , changes, which will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.