§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to make any further changes to the cash limits for 1989–90 within his responsibility.
Mr. RilkindYes. I intend to make changes to six of the cash limits and to two running cost limits within my responsibility.
As a result of expected savings on two services the cash limit for class XVI vote 2, agriculture services and fisheries, Scotland, will be reduced by £1,600,000 from £81,624,000 to £80,024,000.
The cash limit for class XVI vote 10, privatisation of the electricity supply industry, Scotland, will be reduced by £1,050,000 from £6,000,000 to £4,950,000.
The cash limit for class XVI vote 11, administration of justice, Scotland, will be reduced by £2,000,000 from £35,474,000 to £33,474,000.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the running costs limit for the Scottish Record Office vote, class XVI, vote 18 will be increased by £30,000 from £2,551,000 to £2,581,000 to cover increased accommodation charges. This increase will be offset by a corresponding reduction in the running costs limit of the General Register Office for Scotland, class XVI, vote 19 from £5,865,000 to £5,835,000. The cash limit for vote 19 will be reduced by £250,000 from £5,368,000 to £5,118,000.
The non-voted cash limit SO/LA2, which covers housing capital expenditure by local authorities and capital expenditure by new towns, will he reduced by £1,138,000 from £345,424,000 to £344,286,000.
These reductions in cash limits will be used to offset increases in other votes.