§ Mr. MansTo 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. BaldrySubject 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.