§ Mr. FavellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any changes will be made to the cash limits and running cost limits of his Department in 1990–91.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleySubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made
The cash limit for class XIII, vote 1 (Hospital and community health services, family health services (part) and other services, England) will be reduced by £1,250,000 from £14,194,789,000 to £14,193,539,000. This reduction represents a transfer to class XIII, vote 3.The cash limits for class XIII, vote 3 (Department of Health administration, miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England) will be increased by £43,255,000 from £691,253,000 to £734,508,000. This provides an additional £42,000,000 for grants to haemophiliacs infected with HIV; £1,250,000 transferred from class XIII, vote 1 following a reapportionment of family health service funds and £5,000 from class XIV, vote 7 for revised manpower costs. The Department's running cost limit is reduced by £4,356,000 from £202,049,000 to £197,693,000.The increase is within the forecast outturn for the planning total published in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement.