§ Mr. HayesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends to make any changes to the 1990–91 cash limits within his responsibilities and to his Department's running costs' limit.
§ Mr. Kenneth Baker[pursuant to my reply, 8 November 1990, column 13]: Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the cash limit on class IX, vote 2, prisons, England and Wales, will be increased by £50,000,000 from £1,294,715,000 to £1,344,715,000. The additional provision is needed to meet the costs of accommodating prisoners in police cells made necessary as a result of the serious prison disorders which occurred in April 1990 and because of industrial action by prison officers. The cash limit on class IX, vote 3, Home Office administration, immigration and police support services, England and Wales, will be increased by £36,523,000 from £758,668,000 to £795,191,000. The additional provision is necessary mainly to fund grants under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 to local authorities which have to make special provision for the needs of their ethnic minority population and also to meet higher than expected costs of Home Office accommodation.
The Home Office running costs limit will be increased by £18,984,000 from £1,012,417,000 to £1,031,401,0001
The increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement.
Furthermore, subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class IX, vote 5 (the Charity Commission) will be increased by £221,000 from £14,302,000 to £14,523,000 and the running 656W cost limit will be increased by £419,000 from £13,414,000 to £13,833,000. These increases are to meet the costs of the inquiry under section 6 of the Charities Act 1960 into the charity War on Want. The costs of the inquiry are being met partly by savings in capital expenditure. The increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement.
1This is needed mainly for the greater than expected increase in the cost of accommodation, principally in the rents of offices in London.