HC Deb 12 November 1992 vol 213 cc876-7W
Sir John Wheeler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for changes to the 1992–93 cash limits within his responsibilities and to his Department's running costs limit.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for Home Office administration, immigration and police support services, England and Wales (class IX, vote 3) will be reduced by £1,281,000 from £1,243,473,000 to £1,242,192,000 to reflect the following transfers of responsibility:

  1. (i) magistrates courts to the Lord Chancellor's Department;
  2. (ii) social work training to the Department of Education;
  3. (iii) juvenile remand accommodation to the Welsh Office;
  4. (iv) dog byelaw administration to the Department of the Environment; and
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  5. (v) broadcasting and sports ground safety to the Department of National Heritage.

The Home Office running costs limit is similarly reduced, by £944,000 from £1,450,020,000 to £1,449,076,000.