Cash Limits (Hansard, 29 January 1990)

§ Mr. Luce

No, but subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for the Office of the Minister for the Civil Service (class XX, vote 1) will be increased by £728,000 from £35,189,000 to £35,917,000 for 1989–90. The increase will be charged to the reserve.

The increase is required to cover the additional cost of making physical security improvements; increased expenditure on fees, etc; additional administrative support 3W for the Government Whips; promoting and implementing the "next steps" initiative; administering a revised discretionary pay system for the Civil Service senior open structure; and increased recruitment advertising by the Civil Service Commission.

The foregoing increases in provision are partially offset by decreases resulting from a reassessment of capital provision, the grant in aid to the European Institute of Public Administration, and from savings in staff costs.

Some of the foregoing changes in provision have a consequent effect on the Department's running costs limit, which will be increased by £791,000 from £31,248,000 to £32,039,000.

In addition, the following amounts will be transferred to the Departments and agencies shown to meet part of the cost of increased management development training under the challenge funding scheme initiated by my Department. This will be met from existing but unallocated public expenditure provision.

	£'000
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	34
Central Statistical Office	5
Her Majesty's Customs and Excise	98
Ministry of Defence	34
Department of Education and Science	19
Department of Employment	365
Department of Health	26
Home Office	9
Inland Revenue	200
Her Majesty's Land Registry	1
Northern Ireland Civil Service	31
Ordnance Survey	2
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys	1
Property Services Agency	1
Department of Social Security	25
Vehicle Inspectorate	13
Welsh Office	8
Office of Arts and Libraries	1
Total	873