§ Dr. TwinnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what changes will be made to his Department's cash limits for 1995–96. [27566]
§ Mr. HeseltineSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimates, the following changes will be made. The cash limit for class IV, vote 1—programmes and administration—will be increased by £13,962,000 from £1,209,867,000 to £1,223,829,000. The increase is the net result of an increase of £15,000,000 for new initiatives primarily relating to locally delivered business services, international trade and industrial research and a reduction of £1,038,000 for assistance to collaborative research projects following a transfer to the Scottish Office. The increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
The cash limit for class IV, vote 3—privatisation of the coal industry—will be increased by £10,499,000 from £3,629,000 to £14,128,000. The increase, which is expenditure outside the control total, mainly covers payments to purchasers of regional coal companies and of care and maintenance collieries in accordance with the sale contracts.