§ Mr. ElletsonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what changes he proposes to make to his Department's cash limits and running costs limits for 1994–95.
§ Mr. DorrellSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates for class XI, the following changes will be made:
- i) The cash limit for vote 1 (museums and galleries) will be increased by £100,000 from £223,022,000 to £223,122,000 to cover the costs of the transitional funding of the Yorkshire mining museum.
- ii) The cash limit for vote 2 (arts) will be increased by £605,000 from £194,974,000 to £195,579,000. The increase provides for an additional £70,000 for research, surveys and other services and an increase of £535,000 in respect of the capital end-year flexibility scheme to meet residual Government contributions towards the costs for theatre restoration. This increase will be partly offset by savings on class XI, vote 3 (libraries), where the cash limit will be reduced by £70,000 from £139,373,000
1187 to £139,303,000 in respect of a saving of expenditure on the public library development incentive scheme. - iii) The cash limit for vote 6 (Royal Palaces, Historic Royal Palaces Agency, Royal Parks Agency, historic buildings, ancient monuments and the national heritage) will be reduced by £100,000 from £195,062,000 to £194,962,000 to reflect a transfer to the Scottish Office to cover costs arising from a state visit to Edinburgh.
- iv) The net increase in provision will be charged to the reserve, and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.