§ Ms PerhamTo ask the President of the Council what proposals she has to amend the Privy Council Office Departmental Expenditure Limit and running costs limit for 1999–2000. [108490]
§ Mrs. BeckettSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate for Class XVII, Vote 5, the Privy Council Office Departmental Expenditure Limit for 1999–2000 will be increased by £109,000 from £2,166,000 to £2,275,000 and the running costs limit will be increased by £109,000 from £2,206,000 to £2,315,000. The increase is the effect of transfers from Cabinet Office Class XVII, Vote 1, £89,000 in respect of expenditure as a result of the Privy Council Office move to new premises, and from Scottish Executive Vote 6, £10,000, and Northern Ireland Executive Programme II DFP, £10,000 in respect of purchases for the Library of the Judicial Committee, Privy Council, following devolution.
The increase will be offset by transfers from the Cabinet Office, the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Executive programme and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.