§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what changes will be made to his Department's cash limits or running costs limits for 1992–93.
§ Mr. BrookeSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made:
- (i) The cash limit for class XII, vote I (museums, galleries and the heritage) will be increased by £1,606,000 to £222,289,000. The increase is the net result of additional provision for payments to Inland Revenue in respect of important heritage offers in lieu of tax (£4,325,000) partly offset from savings (£2,719,000) in the contributions made in lieu of rates by certain national museums and galleries. As announced in the Official Report, at columns 891–92, on 12 November 1992, part of the
249 achieved savings has also been used to meet the balance of Government support for the European arts festival in 1992 (£458,000) (class XII, vote 2) and administration costs associated with the creation of the Department of National Heritage (£1,218,000) (class XII, vote 4). The balance of the additional provision now required (some £3,300,000) will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure. - (ii) The departmental running costs limit will be reduced by £83,000, from £18,731,000 to £18,648,000, as a result of an adjustment to the provision transferred from the Department for Education, to reflect lower costs attributable to the Department of National Heritage for certain central support services.