§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to change his Department's cash limits and running costs limit for 1993–94.
§ Mr. MacGregorSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates and the passage of the Railways Bill, the following changes will be made: the cash limit for class VI, vote 2—administration and transport services—will he reduced by £2,069,000 from £204,305,000 to £202,236,000 and the Department's running costs limit will be reduced by £4,215,000 from £432,989,000 to £428,774,000. The changes include the transfer of funds for administration and miscellaneous services to OPRAF class VI, vote 7 and to ORR class VI, vote 8. These reductions are partly offset by the take-up of capital and running costs end-year flexibility entitlement as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 14 July 1993 at columns512–18 and a transfer of funds from the Defence Research Agency for repayment services.
The increases will be offset by transfers and a charge on the Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.