§ Sir Wyn RobertsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes he is proposing to make to the cash limits for his Department for the current financial year. [23296]
§ Mr. HagueThe cash limit for class XV, vote 6 will be reduced by £330,000 from £2,264,342,000 to £2,264,012,000; the cash limit for the Welsh Office/LACAP will be reduced by £5,857,000 from £515,533,000 to £509,676,000, and the cash limit for Welsh Office/Housing for Wales will be increased by £6,187,000 from £105,510,000 to £111,697,000. The changes take account of two transfers.
A sum of £330,000 will be transferred from an underspend on the budget of the Valuation Office in vote 6 to the local authority capital cash limit—WO/LACAP partly to finance mandatory compensation costs.
Also, a sum of £6,187,000 will be transferred from local authorities to Housing for Wales, which will enable housing associations to provide additional housing units.
These proposed changes will not add to the overall level of public expenditure.