HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 cc245-6W
Mr. Gwilym Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he proposes making any further cash limits changes.

Mr. Peter Walker

Yes. Provision for regional enterprise grants on class XVII, vote 2, is being reduced by

Table 1 Documents issued pursuant to the White Paper "Working for Patients" CM 555, January 1989
Date Reference number Consultation Title
1. January 1989 Final The NHS in Wales: Proposals for Action
2. August 1989 Final "Working for Patients", text of the Secretary of State letter of 1 August 1989 to Health Authority and Family Practitioner Committee Chairmen
DOH working papers
3. March 1989 Working Paper 1 Final Self-governing Hospitals
4. March 1989 Working Paper 2 Final Funding and Contracts for Hospital Services
5. March 1989 Working Paper 3 Final Practice Budgets for General Medical Practitioners
6. March 1989 Working Paper 4 Final Indicative Prescribing Budgets for General Medical Practitioners
7. March 1989 Working Paper 5 Final Capital Charges
8. March 1989 Working Paper 6 Final Medical Audit
9. March 1989 Working Paper 7 Final NHS Consultants: Appointments, Contracts and Distinction Awards
10. March 1989 Working Paper 8 Final Implications for Family Practitioner Committees
11. July 1989 Working Paper 9 Final Capital Charges: Funding Issues
12. November 1989 Working Paper 10 Final Education and Training
Resource Allocation
13. February 1990 RAWG(90)5 Final Implications for Resource Allocation Working Group (RAWG) of the Government White Paper

£500,000 and the cash limit reduced from £86,448,000 to £85,948,000. This reduction will provide the necessary public expenditure cover for a temporary borrowing facility required by the Development Board for Rural Wales to meet its expenditure commitments during the remainder of the current financial year. The facility will not add to the board's overall resources but will ease its cash flow position pending the settlement of a substantial claim for repayment of VAT from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise not now expected until the next financial year.