§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he proposes any changes to his Department's cash limits for Property Holdings for 1991–92.
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§ Mr. YeoYes, subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class VIII vote 7 will be increased by a token £1,000. Excess receipts, which were to be surrendered to the Consolidated Fund, will be used to offset increased expenditure on freehold acquisitions, accommodation services for the Houses of Parliament and a shortfall of property disposal receipts; the supplementary estimate will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure. The running cost limit of £57,031,000 will be reduced by £2,227,000 to £54,804,000 as a result of delays in filling vacant posts and to offset increased expenditure on other administrative subheads.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he proposes to make any changes to the cash limit on Property Services Agency Services vote in 1991–92.
§ Mr. YeoSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class VIII vote 13 will be increased by £135,105,000 from £90,947,000 to £226,052,000. £50,000,000 of the increase will be offset by receipts from other Departments relating to the recovery of prior years' works expenditure. The remainder will be charged to the reserve. There will, therefore, be no addition to the planned total of public expenditure.
The increase will enable PSAS to bring into account in its 1991–92 appropriation accounts any works contractors bills which will be paid by PSAS on behalf of other vote funded Departments but which, in the event, it will not have recovered in time for inclusion with those Departments' accounts.