HC Deb 22 March 1990 vol 169 c714W
Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any changes to announce to his Department's cash limits for 1989–90.

Mr. Chope

Yes. To enable the transfer of some 4,500 dwellings from the Commission for the New Towns to Peterborough city council, I have issued a supplementary capital allocation of £24,039,200 to the council covering the transfer price. The non-voted cash limit DOE/NT1 (New Towns) has been correspondingly reduced by £24,039,200 from minus £420,646,000 to minus £444,685,200. The transaction will not therefore add to the total of planned public expenditure.