§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any changes to announce to the cash and gross running costs limits for the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for 1988–89.
§ Mr. FreemanSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for class XX vote 16 will be increased by a token £1,000 from £24,752,000 to £24,753,000,. The OPCS gross running cost limit for class XX vote 16 will be increased by £257,000 from £38,096,000 to £38,353,000. This increase, reflecting increased expenditure by OPCS on services provided to the Department of the Environment, the Department of606W Education and Science, the Department of Employment and the Health and Safety Commission, will be offset by corresponding reductions in their gross running costs limits and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.
There is no overall increase in gross running costs as a result of these changes.