HC Deb 17 December 1996 vol 287 cc551-2W
Mr. Congdon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to change his Department's cash limits for 1996–97. [9947]

Mr. Curry

The DOE/LACAP (local authority capital) non-voted cash limit will be increased by £3,529,000 from £1,741,558,000 to £1,745,087,000. The increase is due to the take-up of end-year flexibility for supplementary credit approvals to local authorities to enable funding of additional cash incentive scheme grants. The EYF entitlement of £4,105,000 announced by the Chief Secretary on 12 July 1996—Official Report, columns 327–28—was subsequently recalculated following revised forecast outturn data. The increase will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.