§ Mr. CaplinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral announcement of 11 June 1997, 131W Official Report, columns 1143–57, if he will publish the departmental objectives arising from the Comprehensive Spending Review. [50746]
§ Mr. DarlingA booklet setting out the revised aims and objectives of Government departments has been published today. Copies are available in the Vote Office and the Library of the House. They provide a clear statement of what the Government are seeking to achieve through our public expenditure policies.
§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amounts for 1998–99 resulting from the carry-forward of underspends allowed under the end-year flexibility schemes for capital, running costs, MoD operating costs, health, EU structural funds, nationalised industries and welfare to work expenditure. [50745]
Amounts for 1998–99 voted cash limits resulting from the carryover of capital underspends Class Vote Vote title £000 I, 3 Defence: systems procurement and research 180,127 II, 3 Foreign and Commonwealth Office BBC World Service 2,000 III, 2 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7,717 V, 1 Department of Trade and Industry: programmes and administration 7,833 V, 2 Department of Trade and Industry: science 7,000 VI, 1 Housing construction, regeneration, countryside and wildlife, England 20,227 VI, 2 Planning, roads, local transport and vehicle safety 1,424 VI, 3 Environmental protection and water 582 VI, 5 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: administration 6,000 VI, 8 Highways Agency 11,769 VI, 9 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 200 VI, 11 Office of the Rail Regulator 120 VII, 3 Charity Commission 188 VIII, 1 Lord Chancellor's Department 2,107 VIII, 3 Public Record Office 200 VIII, 4 The Crown Prosecution Service 174 VIII, 5 Serious Fraud Office 165 VIII, 6 HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor 313 VIII, 7 The Crown Office, Scotland and Lord Advocate's Department 1,169 X, 1 Department for Culture, Media and Sport programme expenditure and administration 3,651 XII, 3 Department of Social Security: administration 4,078 XIII, 1 Agriculture, fisheries and environmental services, Scotland 7,237 XIII, 2 Local government, housing, transport, other environmental services and European funds, Scotland 3,160 XIII, 5 Law, order and protective services, police grant and social work services, Scotland 2,000 XIII. 6 Scottish Office: administration 1,459 XIII, 7 General Register Office for Scotland 150 XIII, 8 Scottish Record Office 321 XIV, 1 Agriculture and fisheries, Wales 2,000 XIV, 2 Industrial support, training and enterprise and education, Wales 1,366 XIV, 3 Roads and transport, housing, other environmental services, Cadw, arts and libraries, health and personal social services, ERDF and Welsh Office administration, Wales 7,276 XV, 1 Northern Ireland Office administration, law, order, protective and miscellaneous services 2,740 XVI, 1 HM Treasury 2,000 XVI, 4 Inland Revenue: administration 1,968 XVI, 5 Inland Revenue: Valuation Office (Executive Agency): administration 2,000 XVI, 8 National Savings 915 XVI, 9 Registry of Friendly Societies 168 XVII, 1 Cabinet Office: Office of Public Service 11,057 Total voted capital carryforward 302,861
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Amounts for 1998–99 non-voted cash limits resulting from the carryover of capital underspends Cash block Description of expenditure £000 DETR/CC Supplementary credit approvals to the successful local authorities for Capital Challenge 3,175 DETR/OES Supplementary credit approvals for other environmental services in England: contaminated land, smoke 920 control, air quality, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, Isle of Scilly water and sewerage and recycling (up to 1997–98 only) DETR/LACAP(E) Basic credit approvals to local authorities in England for housing, transport (except passenger transport 3,234 authorities), education, health, other services and (for counties only) fire services. Supplementary credit approvals, specified capital grants and certain other grants to local authorities in England for housing regeneration
§ Mr. DarlingA list of amounts totalling £362 million for capital expenditure; £574 million for control total running costs; £102 million for MOD operating costs; £225 million for health and personal social services expenditure; £486 million for EU structural funds, £54 million for Nationalised Industries and £62 million for Welfare to Work expenditure is shown in the table.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimates, individual cash, running costs or external finance limits will be increased when carryforward is taken up.
The total increase resulting from the take-up of end-year flexibility within the control total will be charged to the Reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
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Amounts for 1998–99 non-voted cash limits resulting from the carryover of capital underspends Cash block Description of expenditure £000 DETR/HC Grants and capital expenditure financed by the Housing Corporation in England 518 DfEE/LACAP Supplementary credit approvals for health in England 958 DOH/LACAP Supplementary credit approvals for health in England 602 NIDI Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services 14,645 SO/LAI 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 14,854 SO/LA2 Net capital allocations and grants to local authorities in Scotland for housing including HRA 9,111 SO/CRI Net capital allocations to local authorities to support spending on New Housing Partnerships, under the Capital Receipts Initiative 624 WO/TC Capital grants and net lending both to the Tai Cymru and by Tai Cymru to registered social landlords, and supported Housing Revenue Grant 677 WO/LACAP Basic credit approvals for local authorities in Wales. Supplementary credit approvals for all services (except ERDF projects). Strategic Development Scheme grants (both capital and current) and some housing grants 10,202 Total non voted capital carryforward 59,520 Total capital carryforward 362,381
Amounts for 1998–99 cash limits and external finance limits resulting from the carryover of underspends on health and personal services expenditure Class Vote Description of expenditure £000 XI, 1 Hospital, community health, family health and related services, England 56,000 XI, 2 Department of Health administration, miscellaneous health and personal social services, England 13,648 XIII, 4 Hospital, community health, family health, other health services and welfare food, Scotland 47,391 XIII, 5 Law, order and protective services, police grant and social work services, Scotland 1,072 XIII, 6 Scottish Office: administration 98 NHS Trusts (Scotland) Scottish Office 38,932 XIV, 3 Roads and transport, housing, other environmental services, Cadw, arts and libraries, health and personal social services, ERDF and Welsh Office administration, Wales 1,575 XIV, 4 Hospital, community health, family health services and other health services (part), Wales 12,960 NHS Trusts (Wales) Welsh Office 24,371 NHS Trusts (Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland Office 15,391 NID 1 Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services 14,015 Total health carryforward 225,453
Amounts for 1998–99 cash limits resulting from the carryover of underspends on structural funds expenditure Cash limit Vote title or description of expenditure £000 Class V, Vote 1 Department of Trade and Industry: programmes and administration 74,155 Class VI, Vote 6 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: Transport industries 3,145 Class IX, Vote 1 Department for Education and Employment: programmes and central services 301,076 Class XIII, Vote 2 Local government, housing, transport, other environmental services and European funds, Scotland 3,977 SO/ERDF Payments of grants to local authorities and other bodies in Scotland on approved projects which match forecast European Regional Development Fund receipts 57,885 Class XIV, Vote 1 Agriculture, fisheries and environmental services, Wales 901 WO/ERDF Payments of European Regional Development Fund grants in Wales including supplementary credit approvals in respect of capital expenditure by local authorities 35,702 NID 1 Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered by cash limits but including family practitioner services 8,734 Total structural funds carryforward 485,575 Carryforward for Ministry of Defence operating costs underspends 101,594
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Amounts for 1998–99 external finance limits resulting from the carry over of underspends on nationalised expenditure £000 Jubilee Line 29,000 Post Office 25,000 Total nationalised industries carryforward 54,000
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Amounts for 1998–99 running costs limits within the control total resulting from the carryforward of running costs underspends Department £000 International Development 7,138 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food 3,943 Intervention Board—Executive Agency 761 Trade and Industry 10,997
Amounts for 1998–99 running costs limits within the control total resulting from the carryforward of running costs underspends Department £000 Office of Telecommunications 139 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 35,921 OPRAF 532 ORR 853 Health and Safety Executive 6,591 Home Office 18,434 Lord Chancellor's Department 3,291 Northern Ireland Court Service 667 Crown Prosecution Service 3,228 Public Record Office 1,154 Serious Fraud Office 351 Treasury Solicitor's Department 1,576 Crown Office 581 Department for Education and Employment 69,945 OFSTED 861 Department of Culture, Media and Sport 1,424 OFLOT 819 Department of Health 6,219 Department of Social Security 228,099
Amounts for 1998–99 cash limits resulting from the carryforward of underspends on Welfare to Work expenditure Class, Vote £000 IX, 1 Department for Education and Employment: programmes and central services Other expenditure 5,365 Running costs 643 IX, 3 Employment Service Other expenditure 24,038 Running costs 20,771 XII, 3 Department of Social Security: administration Running costs 8,924 XIII, 3 Education, industry, arts and libraries, Scotland Other expenditure 22 XIV, 2 Industrial support, training and enterprise and education, Wales Other expenditure 991 NID 1 Services in Northern Ireland broadly analogous to services in Great Britain covered Other expenditure 442 by cash limits but including family practitioner services Running costs 1,201 Total Welfare to Work carryforward 62,397