§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes he proposes to make in his Department's diplomatic wing cash limits and running costs for 1994.95.
§ Mr. BaldrySubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the following changes will be made.
The cash limit for class II, vote 2—other external relations—will be increased by £41,333,000 from £415,509,000 to £456,842,000, mainly to take account of United Nations peacekeeping operations and the repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. The increase is partly offset by appropriations in aid. The balance will be charged to the reserve.
The cash limit for class II, vote 3—external broadcasting and monitoring—will be increased by £2,749,000 from £171,509,000 to £174,258,000, in respect of the take-up of end-year flexibility entitlement announced by my right hon. Friend the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate, (Mr. Portillo) on 14 July 1994, Official Report, columns 729–34.
The increases will be offset by increased receipts or charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure. There are no changes to running costs.