§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for changes to the 1996–97 cash and running costs limits within his responsibilities. [31593]
§ Mr. HowardSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary revised and supplementary estimates, the cash limit for class VII, vote 1—Home Office administration, police, probation, immigration and other services, England and Wales—will be decreased by £14,447,000 from £4,611,752,000 to £4,597,305,000 and the cash limit on class VII, vote 2—prisons, England and Wales2—will be increased by £589,000 from £1,521,081,000 to £1,521,670,000. This decrease in the cash limit for vote 1 is the net effect of transfers to the Department for National Heritage, the Cabinet Office and the Prison Service Agency, class VII, vote 2. The increase in provision for vote 2 is the net effect of the delegation from Home Office central services, class VII, vote 1, of office support services, reclassification of some refunds of value added tax for business activity and of the running cost element of the Parole Board's costs when it becomes an executive non-departmental body.
The Home Office running cost limit will be decreased by £584,000 from £1,802,065,000 to £1,801,481,000.