HC Deb 17 November 1994 vol 250 c8W
Mr. Mans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have been made in the 1994–95 cash limit for expenditure by the Overseas Development Administration.

Mr. Baldry

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit on the external assistance vote—class II, vote 5—will be increased by £11,068,000 from £1,912,875,000 to £1,923,943,000. The increase includes £10,205,000 in respect of rollover of underspending against the 1993–94 external assistance vote. The gross running costs limit for the ODA has been increased by £863,000 from £73,930,000 to £74,793,000. This includes £860,000 in respect of an end of year flexibility entitlement and a transfer of £3,000 from HM Treasury to pay for the average property price list. The increase will be offset by a transfer and a claim on the reserve and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.