§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what changes have been made to the 1998–99 cash and running costs limits for expenditure by her Department. [47538]
§ Clare ShortSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for Class Ill, Vote 1 will be increased by £2,261,000 from £1,618,439,000 to £1,620,700,000 and the Department for International Development running cost limit by £2,261,000 from £59,874,000 to £62,135,000.
The increase is in respect of a running cost transfer of £2,261,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Class II, Vote) for the costs of development staff in London and abroad.
The increase will be offset by a reduction in the FCO's Vote and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.