§ Mr. HanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether there are any changes to the cash limits for his Department's votes.
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§ Mr. MacGregorThe cash Limit for XII, vote 5 will be increased by £1,489,000 from £815,875,000 to £817,364,000.A total of £1,191,000 of the increase reflects the take-up of the entitlement to carry forward capital underspend under the end-year flexibility arrangement,as announced by my right hon.Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 20 july 1989.A total of £548,000 of the increase reflects an adjustment to the level of grant following an administrative error in the payment of 1988–89 grant to the Science and Engineering Council.Increased expenditure on fees paid under the Animals(Scientific Procedures)Act 1986 accounts for a further £4,000.
These increases are offset by a reduction of £254,000 in the grant to the Agricultural and Food Research Council(AFRC) to the Institute of the Plant Science Research following the institute's retention of proceeds from the sale of the Plant Breeding Institute