§ Mr. MilliganTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what changes will be made to his Department's cash limits and running costs limit for 1992–93.
§ Mr. HeseltineSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class IV, vote 2 (support for industry, international trade, 973W statutory and regulatory work, consumer protection and administration) will be increased by £25,707,000 from £778,524,000 to £804,231,100. The cash limit for class V, vote 3 (administration) will be reduced by £23,789,000 from £43,295,000 to £19,506,000. Following a transfer from Property Holdings for building maintenance, the running costs limit for the Department of Trade and Industry is being increased by £311,000 from £305,362,000 to £305,673,000.
The supplementary estimate for £25,707,000 on class IV, vote 2 includes an increase of £1,657,000 in departmental and research establishments' capital expenditure as a result of take-up under the end-year flexibility arrangements announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 15 July 1992, Official Report, columns 698–702.
A transfer of administrative expenditure and receipts totalling £23,789,000 from class V, vote 3 is being made, mainly following amalgamation of central divisions previously on that vote. The remaining net adjustments include the £311,000 property holdings transfer referred to above and a transfer to the Office of Science and Technology of £50,000 as a contribution to the Royal Society's programme of support for CIS scientists.
There is a rise of £3,173,000 in gross provision for consumer and investor protection, reflecting increased expenditure on company investigations and £1,900,000 in gross provision for the consultancy initiatives as a result of higher than expected demand for the scheme. These increases are wholly offset by reductions in gross provision and increases in appropriations in aid elsewhere on the Vote. There are adjustments to inter-departmental payments following machinery of government changes to the Department of Environment (class VIII, vote 8), HM Treasury (class XVIII, vote V) and Department of National Heritage (class XII, vote 5).
There are some other changes in the allocation of provision. These include adjustments made between measurement and technolgoy support and the National Physical laboratory in respect of depreciation policy and Warren Spring laboratory for repositioning. All the changes are within the forecast outturn for the planning total included in the Chancellor's autumn statement today.