§ Mr. KnapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether any changes will be made to his Department's cash limits or running costs limits for 1989–90.
§ Mr. FowlerSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the following changes will be made.
The cash limit on class VII, vote 1 (training programmes) will be reduced by £4,081,000 from £2,623,417,000 to £2,619,336,000. This is the net effect of a token £1,000 vote and a decrease of £4,082,000 partly to offset the increase sought on class VII, vote 2 for National Dock Labour Board administration.
The cash limit on class VII, vote 2 will be increased by £7,078,000 from £633,931,000 to £641,009,000. The increase is offset partly by a £4,081,000 reduction in the cash limit on class VII, vote 1. The increase is the net result of increased provision of £3,018,000 (running costs) and £108,000 (capital costs) under the end-year flexibility arrangements for capital and running costs to carry forward unspent provision from 1988–89 to 1989–90 as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 20 July 1989 (Official Report, cols. 258–62); of £10,000,000 increased provision for certain residual costs of the National Dock Labour Board (partly offset by £5,000,000 reductions elsewhere on vote 2); of the transfer of £919,000 to the Training Agency (class VII, vote 1) in connection with the earlier organisational changes within the Employment Department group which resulted in the Training Agency taking on responsibility for some enterprise and small firms functions; of the transfer of £33,000 to the Central Statistical Office (CSO) (class XIX, vote 18) for certain statistical functions previously transferred to them in the 1989–90 Revised Estimates; and of increased receipts of £96,000 from CSO (class XIX, vote 18) in respect of statistical and administrative support work done by the Department of Employment on a repayment basis.
As a result of these changes there will be an increase of £2,985,000 in the class VII, vote 2 running costs limit which will be increased from £642,144,000 to £645,129,000.
663WThe net effect of these changes will be met from the Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.