§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he proposes to make any changes to his Department's cash limits for 1990–91.
§ Mr. David HuntYes. The cash limit for class XVI, vote 2 is to be reduced by £1,400,000 from £98,998,000 to £97,598,000. This reduction takes account of lower than expected demand for regional enterprise grants and will offset the spring supplementary estimate being sought for class XVI, vote 1 in respect of agricultural grants.
649WThe cash limit for class XVI, vote 5 is to be reduced by £2,987,000 from £325,411,000 to £322,424,000, to offset the following increases:
The WO/UA cash limit will be increased by £2 million from £69,904,000 to £71,904,000 in respect of additional provision for Cardiff Bay development corporation to facilitate additional land acquisition and relocation costs.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, there will be an increase of £145,000 in the provision for class XVI, vote 12 in respect of rate rebates for the disabled.
A sum of £842,000 is being transferred to the Office of Arts and Libraries to cover a payment of that amount to the Welsh National Opera company.
All these changes are within the forecast outturn for the overall planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the autumn statement.