§ Mr. BatesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes are proposed to the cash limits and the running costs of her Department for 1993–94.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleySubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the cash limit for class XII, vote 3—Department of Health, administration, miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England—will be reduced by £1,255,000, from £1,437,247,000 to £1,435,992,000. This reduction allows for transfers of £493,000—£484,000 running costs—to class XIII, vote 4—Department of Social Security, administration and miscellaneous services—for accom—modation and word processing; £886,000 to class XII, vote 1—Hospital, community health, family health services (part) and related services, England—£318,000 to class XIV, vote 14—Hospital, community health, family health (part) and other services, Scotland—£148,000 to class XV, vote 8—Hospital, community health, family health services (part) and related services, Wales—and £80,000 for the Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland for work of the national health service estate management and health building agency; and £10,000 to class III, vote 5—Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: departmental research, advisory services and administration—for the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. The overall decrease is partially offset by transfers of £348,000 from class XIII, vote 4—Department of Social Security, administration and miscellaneous services—for security functions and £332,000 £326,000 running costs—from class VII, vote 6—Department of the Environment: property holdings and other services to Government—for maintenance charges.
The Department's gross running cost limit will be increased by £180,000 from £253,084,000 to £253,264,000. This reflects the transfers mentioned above.
All increases will either be offset by savings, increased receipts or transfers to or from other votes and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.