HC Deb 03 November 1998 vol 318 cc449-50W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what changes will be made to the cash and running costs limits for her Department in 1998–99. [58027]

Clare Short

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for Class III, Vote 1 will be increased by £12,607,000 from £1,620,700,000 to £1,633,307,000 and the running cost limit will be increased by £3,893,000 from £62,135,000 to £66,028,000.

ODA/DFID funding allocated to renewable energy projects
£
1998/99 1997/98 1996/97 1995/96 1994/95 Total
Bangladesh 21,979 82,972 17,405 122,356
China 86,344 49,380 44,900 41,275 37,526 259,425
Ethiopia 79,250 14,518 159,331 65,050 318,149
Ghana 40,000 36,678 76,678
Honduras 20,230 12,720 32,950
India 42,680 103,595 158,810 79,905 25,795 410,785
Indonesia 42,118 1,387,524 2,078,631 979,867 201,072 4,689,212
Kenya 46,930 46,875 10,600 11,300 107,674 223,379
Nepal 71,145 46,915 61,649 49,188 44,000 272,897
Peru 204,830 291,250 90,227 45,142 68,726 700,175

£
Rollover of underspend on 1997–98 cash limit 11,221,000
Partial take up of running costs end of year flexibility carryforward 1,893,000
Outward PES transfer to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Class II, Vote 2) 507,000
Increase in Vote Cash limit 12,607,000

The increase on the running cost limit is in respect of the take up of end of year flexibility carryforward as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 14 July 1998, Official Report, columns 131–36, and a transfer of resources of £2,000,000 from the Unallocated subhead.

The increases will be offset by transfers and a claim on the Reserve and therefore will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.

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