§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes he proposes to make to the cash limits and running costs limit for his Department for 1992–93.
§ Mr. MacGregorSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the cash limits in class VII will be changed as follows:
Class and vote Current cash limit Changes Revised cash limit VII, 1 2,124,259,000 1-6,314,000 2,117,945,000 2 215,205,000 1 2-2,300,000 212,905,000 4 171,769,000 2 3-785,000 170,984,000 5 439,851,000 4900,000 440,751,000 1 Transfers of £3,000,000 to the Department of Environment, Class VIII, Vote 3 for the Bristol Spine Road and of £4,814,000 to Class VII, Vote 3 to cover payments to British Rail pension funds in respect of pre-1975 obligations. These are offset by a transfer from Class VII, Vote 2 of £1,500,000 for certain running costs. 2 A transfer of £800,000 to Class VII, Vote 4 in respect of certain running costs. 3 A reduction of £1,585,000 in respect of demand financing. 4 An increase of £900,000 in grant to the Humber Bridge Board. My Department's gross running costs limit has been decreased by £1,585,000 from £393,458,000 to £391,873,000 as a consequence of (c) above.
Where increases are involved these will be charged to the Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.