§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if there are any proposals to amend his Department's expenditure limit and running costs limit for 1999–2000. [97782]
§ Mr. Chris SmithSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate for Class XI, Vote 1, the DCMS Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) for 1999–2000 will be increased by £2,821,000 from £993,137,000 to £995,958,000 and the running costs limit will be increased by £902,000 from £32,972,000 to £33,874,000.
This is to provide £2,023,000 for minor increases in provision for various sectors of the Vote taking up the DEL end year flexibility on programme expenditure as announced by the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, column 393; a transfer of £104,000 to the National Assembly for Wales (Class XIV, Vote 1) in respect of annual grant formerly paid by the Crafts Council to the Arts Council for Wales towards their craft programme; a payment of £281,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry (Class IX, Vote 1) for Sector Challenge funding of tourist projects; a payment of £887,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry (Class IX, Vote 1) for Sector Challenge funding of media projects; and to provide £902,000 for increased expenditure on DCMS running costs in line with the DEL 363W end year flexibility on running costs expenditure as announced by the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, column 393.
The increases will be offset by transfers, savings or a charge on the DEL Reserve, and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.