§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes are proposed to the Inland Revenue departmental expenditure limit and running costs limit for 2000–01. [126071]
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§ Dawn PrimaroloSubject to Parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate for Class XVI, Vote 5 the Inland Revenue Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000–01 will be increased by £147,608,000 from £2,097,763,000 to £2,245,371,000. The Inland Revenue running cost limit will also be increased by £154,608,000 from £2,222,471,000 to £2,377,079,000.
The increase is mainly to cover increased workloads and measures introduced in the Budget and also in respect of some interdepartmental transfers.
The increase will be offset by transfers or charged to the DEL reserve and will not add therefore to the planned total of public expenditure.
§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes are proposed to HM Treasury's departmental expenditure limit and running costs limit for 2000–01. [126072]
§ Dawn PrimaroloSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate for Class XVI Vote 1 (HM Treasury), the Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000–01 will be increased by £26,376,000 from £220,417,000 to £246,793,000.
The increase is the net effect of an increase in other current expenditure of £20,950,000 and capital of £7,450,000, to meet new commitments in respect of the costs associated with the new Partnerships UK, and a decrease in running costs of £1,400,000 to meet the continuing costs in other current expenditure of the Treasury Taskforce, giving a net total increase of £27,000,000 which will be drawn from the Capital Modernisation Fund. The running costs limit for HM Treasury will accordingly be decreased by £1,400,000 from £64,923,000 to £63,523,000.
A reduction included in the Revised Estimate for Class XVI Vote 3, (HM Treasury: Office of Government Commerce) will decrease HM Treasury's DEL by £224,000, and a further reduction due to transferring responsibility for Class XVI Vote 15 (1999–2000), (Repayments to the Contingencies Fund) to Class XVI Vote 7, (Inland Revenue: Payments in Lieu of Tax Relief) will decrease HM Treasury's DEL by £400,000; giving a net increase to HM Treasury's DEL of £26,376,000.
The increases will be offset by transfers and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes are proposed to HM Customs and Excise departmental expenditure limit and running costs limit for 2000–01. [126073]
§ Dawn PrimaroloSubject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Revised Estimate for Class XVI, Vote 4 (HM Customs and Excise: administration) the Customs and Excise Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000–01 will be decreased by £2,100,000 from £888,958,000 to £886,858,000. The running costs limit will be decreased by the same amount from £863,057,000 to £860,957,000. The decrease covers a transfer of Invest to Save funds to the Inland Revenue to support the joint Closer Working Programme. There is no overall change to the planned total of public expenditure.