Cash Limits (Hansard, 15 June 1994)

§ Mr. Kynoch
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what changes will be made to the Office of Telecommunications cash limits and running costs limit for 1994–95.

§ Mr. Heseltine
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit for class IV, vote 10 will be increased by £435,000 from £8,624,000 to £9,059,000 and the running cost limit has been increased by £435,000 from £8,192,000 to £8,627,000.
The supplementary estimate is required to increase the provision for running costs to ensure that pro-competition policies are implemented.
The increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

§ Mr. Kynoch
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what changes will be made to his Department's cash limits and running costs limit for 1994–95.

§ Mr. Heseltine
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary revised estimate, the cash limit for class IV, vote 1—support for business, consumer and investor protection, energy programmes and administration—will be reduced by £4,400,000 from £1,177,477,000 to £1,173,077,000.
A reduction in the gross provision from £1,402,638,000 to £1,398,238,000 fully accounts for this amount. This reduction results from a transfer to the Scottish Office of £4,000,000 following arrangements agreed for the sale of the National Engineering Laboratory and the transfer to the Scottish and Welsh Offices of £400,000 following a restructuring of the Design Council.
There are some other changes in the allocation of provision. These include £700,000 of expenditure to provide support for the activities on a regional supply network. This is financed by a corresponding reduction in the gross running costs limit from £328,700,000 to £328,000,000.