§ Mr. GroundTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes he proposes to make to the cash limits on his votes.
§ Mr. ParkinsonSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the cash limits for my votes are to be changed as follows:
Class and Vote Current cash limit Changes £ thousands Revised cash limit 1 1,370,744 1–2,000 1,368,744 2 238,869 2–3,115 235,754 VIII 4 131,398 34,744 136,142 5 218,707 4621 219,328 Total 5250 1 The cash limit has been reduced by £2 million to offset in part increased expenditure required on the Department's other cash limits. Authority for additional expenditure of £17,892,000 which will be met by increased appropriations in aid, will, however, be sought in a spring supplementary estimate, to meet faster than expected progress with schemes included in the roads programme. 2 Mainly in respect of running costs provision transferred to class VIII, 4. The overall running costs limit of the Department remains unchanged. 3 Mainly increased requirement for running costs provision transferred from class VIII, 2. 4 Mainly increased requirement for demand-determined rural bus grants. 5 Transfer from the Department of the Environment cash limit UAl in respect of that Department's contribution towards the £500,000 grant to Thamesline announced on 23 February 1989, at column 729, and included in vote 2. The changes do not add to the planned total of public expenditure.