A list of amounts for end-year flexibility totalling £198 million for capital expenditure; £387 million for running costs; £234 million for health expenditure; £499 million for EU structural funds and £63 million for Nationalised Industries expenditure is shown in tables that have been placed in the Library.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, individual cash limits and running costs limits will be increased when end-year flexibility is taken up.
The total increase in cash limits resulting from the take-up of end-year flexibility will be charged to the Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
| Amounts for 1997–98 voted cash limits resulting from the carryover of capital underspends |
| Class vote |
Vote title |
£ thousands |
| III, 2 |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
8,000 |
| IV, 1 |
Department of Trade and Industry: programmes and administration |
539 |
| IV, 2 |
Department of Trade and Industry: science |
6,747 |
| IV, 9 |
Office of Gas Supply |
103 |
| V, 1 |
Highways Agency |
11,979 |
| V, 2 |
Department of Transport: administration and transport services |
2,000 |
| V, 5 |
Roads and Local Transport |
4,020 |
| V, 6 |
Department of Transport: other transport agencies |
177 |
| V, 8 |
Office of the Rail Regulator |
120 |
| VI, 2 |
Regeneration and countryside and wildlife, England |
10,125 |
| VI, 3 |
Environmental protection and water |
505 |
| VI, 5 |
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: administration |
5,427 |
| VIII, 3 |
Public Record Office |
2,000 |
| VIII, 4 |
The Crown Prosecution Services |
95 |
| VIII, 6 |
HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor |
307 |
| VIII, 7 |
The Crown Office, Scotland and Lord Advocate's Department |
1,821 |
| IX, 1 |
Department for Education and Employment: programmes and central services |
2,698 |
| X, 1 |
Department of National Heritage: programme expenditure and administration |
6,752 |
| X, 3 |
Charity Commission |
81 |
| XII, 3 |
Department of Social Security |
5,036 |
| XIII, 1 |
Agriculture, fisheries and environmental services, Scotland |
4,725 |
| XIII,2 |
Local government, housing, transport, other environmental services and European funds, Scotland |
3,623 |
| XIII,3 |
Education, industry, arts and libraries, Scotland |
7,435 |
| XIII,5 |
Law, order and protective services, police grant and social work services, Scotland |
1,047 |
| XIII,6 |
Scottish Office: administration |
1,151 |
| XIII,7 |
General Register Office for Scotland |
346 |
| XIII,8 |
Scottish Record Office |
450 |
| XIII,9 |
Administration of justice, Scotland |
1,055 |
| XIV,1 |
Agriculture and fisheries, Wales |
2,000 |
| XIV,2 |
Industrial support, training and enterprise and education, Wales |
6,880 |
| XIV,3 |
Roads and transport, housing, other environmental services, Cadw, arts and libraries, health and personal social services, ERDF and Welsh Office administration, Wales |
2,148 |
| XV,1 |
Northern Ireland Office administration, law, order protective and miscellaneous services |
2,198 |
| XVI,1 |
HM Treasury |
2,000 |
| XVI,3 |
HM Customs and Excise: administration |
1,248 |
| XVI,4 |
Inland Revenue: administration |
4,597 |
| XVI,5 |
Inland Revenue: Valuation Office(Executive Agency): administration |
534 |
| XVI,8 |
National Savings |
863 |
| Amounts for 1997–98 non-voted cash limits resulting from the carryover of capital underspends |
| Cash block |
Description of expenditure |
£ thousands |
| DOE/HC |
Department of the Environment |
1,269 |
|
Grants and capital expenditure financed by the Housing Corporation in England. |
|
| DOE/LACAP |
Department of the Environment |
4,676 |
|
Basic credit approvals to local authorities in England for housing, transport (except passenger transport authorities), education, health, other services and (for counties only) fire service. Supplementary credit approvals, specified capital grants and certain other grants to local authorities in England for housing. |
|
| DOE/OES |
Department of the Environment |
227 |
|
Supplementary credit approvals for other environmental services in England. Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and the Isles of Scilly (water and sewerage). |
|
| DOE/LACAP |
Supplementary credit approvals for health in England |
429 |
| DOT/LACAP |
Department of Transport |
1,185 |
|
Supplementary credit approvals for transport in England. Basic credit approvals for passenger transport authorities. Supplementary credit approvals to cover local authority expenditure which will be reimbursed by ERDF grant. |
|
| LCD/LACAP |
Lord Chancellor's Department |
347 |
|
Supplementary credit approvals for magistrates' courts (England and Wales). |
|
| MAFF/LACAP |
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food |
320 |
|
Supplementary credit approvals for flood defence, coast protection and harbour improvements in England. |
|
| NID1 |
Northern Ireland Departments |
13,994 |
|
Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services. |
|
| NID4 |
Northern Ireland Departments |
442 |
|
Expenditure in Northern Ireland on national agriculture capital grant schemes, certain assistance for production, marketing and processing and the fishing industry. |
|
| SO/LA1 |
Scottish Office |
22,150 |
|
Net capital allocations and grants to local authorities in Scotland for roads and transport, non-HRA housing, police, education, social work services, general services and urban programme. |
|
| Amounts for 1997–98 cash limits and external finance limits resulting from the carryover of understands on health expenditure |
| Class, vote |
Description of expenditure |
£ thousands |
| XI, 1 |
Hospital, community health, family health and related services, England |
91,218 |
| XI, 2 |
Department of Health administration, miscellaneous health and personal social services, England |
12,188 |
| XIII, 4 |
Hospital, community health, family health, other health services and welfare food, Scotland |
48,135 |
| XIII, 5 |
Law, order and protective services, police grant and social work services, Scotland |
699 |
| XIII, 6 |
Scottish Office: administration |
233 |
| XIV, 3 |
Roads and transport, housing, other environmental services, Cadw, arts and libraries, health and personal social services, ERDF and Welsh Office administration, Wales431 |
|
| XIV, 4 |
Hospital, community health, family health services and other health services (part), Wales |
10,978 |
| NHS Trusts (Scotland) |
Scottish Office |
19,167 |
| NHS Trusts (Wales) |
Welsh Office |
15,442 |
| NID 1 |
Northern Ireland Office Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services37,479 |
|
|
Total health end year flexibility |
235,970 |
| Amounts for 1997–98 cash limits resulting form the carryover of underspends on structural funds expenditure |
| Cash limit |
Vote title or description of expenditure |
£ thousands |
| Class IX, Vote 1 |
Department for Education and Employment: programmes and central services |
202,655 |
| DNH/ERDF |
Payment of ERDF grants, including supplementary credit approvals in respect of capital expenditure by local authorities |
14,517 |
| Class XIII, Vote 2 |
Local government, housing, transport, other environmental services and European funds, Scotland |
41,822 |
| SO/ERDF |
Payments of grants to local authorities and other bodies in Scotland on approved projects which match forecast European Regional Development Fund receipts |
44,459 |
| Class XIV, Vote 1 |
Agriculture, fisheries and environmental services, Wales |
808 |
| WO/ERDF |
Payments of European Regional Development Fund grants in Wales including supplementary credit approvals in respect of capital expenditure by local authorities |
23,789 |
| NID 1 |
Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services |
7,275 |
| Total structural funds end year flexibility |
499,403 |
| Amounts for 1997–98 running costs limits resulting from the carryforward of running costs underspends |
| Department |
£ thousands |
| International Development |
5,245 |
| Intervention Board—Executive Agency |
4,062 |
| Trade and Industry |
5,244 |
| Office of Fair Trading |
694 |
| Office of Telecommunications |
280 |
| Department of Transport |
8,008 |
| OPRAF |
431 |
| ORR |
497 |
| Department of the Environment |
26,281 |
| Health and Safety Executive |
10,645 |
| Home Office |
1,400 |
| Lord Chancellor's Department |
1,960 |
| Northern Ireland Court Service |
805 |
| Crown Prosecution Service |
3,496 |
| Public Record Office |
1,066 |
| Serious Fraud Office |
751 |
| Treasury Solicitor's Department |
2,906 |
| Crown Office |
1,259 |
| Department for Education and Employment |
54,788 |
| OFSTED |
770 |
| Department of National Heritage |
527 |
| OFLOT |
727 |
| Charity Commission |
217 |
| Amounts for 1997–98 running costs limits resulting from the carryforward of running costs underspends |
| Department |
£ thousands |
| Department of Health |
10,644 |
| Department of Social Security |
64,877 |
| Scottish Office |
10,968 |
| Scottish Courts Administration |
3,900 |
| Scottish Record Office |
664 |
| General Register Office |
545 |
| Welsh Office |
4,407 |
| Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales |
333 |
| Northern Ireland Office and Departments |
46,738 |
| HM Treasury |
16,109 |
| Customs and Excise |
19,682 |
| Inland Revenue |
56,275 |
| Registry of Friendly Societies |
595 |
| National Savings |
2,196 |
| Office of National Statistics |
3,392 |
| Office of Public Service |
10,515 |
| Cabinet Office |
1,123 |
| Security and Intelligence Services |
1,510 |
| Privy Council Office |
220 |
| Total running costs end year flexibility |
386,752 |