§ Mr. BrazierTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes he proposes to make to the cash limit and running costs limit for his Department.
§ Mr. RifkindSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limits in class VII will be changed as follows: 699W
Class and Vote Current cash limit Changes £ thousand revised cash limit VII 1 1,798,862 14,027 1,802,889 2 259,693 29,037 268,730 4 135,796 313,500 149,296 5 267,519 41 267,520 1 Take up in part of entitlement to end year flexibility announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 25 July 1990 (Official Report, cols. 235–40). There is a transfer of £100,000 from the Department of Environment (class VIII, vote 6) consequent upon the decision to pay grant direct to English Heritage and a token provision to enable certain payments in respect of the construction and maintenance of roads. 2 There are increases of £8,900,000 transferred from class VII, vote 1, for the relocation of part of my Department and for additional accommodation costs and capital equipment, £20,000 in respect of first aid work and OMCS challenge funding allocations and £288,000 shortfall in appropriations in aid offset by a reduction of £171,000 resulting from the transfer of railways inspectorate to the Department of Employment (class VI, vote 4). 3 Increases to cover shortfall in appropriations in aid of £13,500,000 in respect of the sale of marks scheme. 4 Token.Provision has been made to enable increased expenditure on urban traffic control which will be recovered from local authorities. The running costs limit of the Department of Transport has been increased by £2,847,000 from £322,416,000 to £325,263,000 as a consequence of running costs increases on two Votes. The bulk of this increase comprises the transfer of £2,700,000 from programme expenditure on class VII vote 4.
The increases are within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement.