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Mr. Sandelson
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes have been made to cash limits covering capital expenditure on construction in 1977–78 as a result of the various measures to assist the construction industry announced by the Government this year.
Mr. Joel Barnett
Expenditure measures designed to assist the construction industry in 1977–78 were announced by the Chancellor on 29th March and 15th July, and by the Minister for Housing and Construction and the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland on 2nd May, 20th June and 30th June respectively. In total these measures amount to £236·6 million at current prices, of which part, relating to the expenditure on
| £ million | ||||||||
| New Block | Description | Cash limit | ||||||
| DOE/LA6 | Inner Cities construction expenditure | … | … | … | … | … | … | 10·9 |
| WO/LA5 | Inner Cities construction expenditure | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1·2 |
| £ million | |||
| Existing Block | Description | Change | Revised cash limit |
| DES5 | Science budget | +0·5 | 252·8 |
| DOE2 | Various central and miscellaneous services | 12·1 | 156·5* |
| DHSS2 | Health and personal social services: England | +10·0 | 4,429·9 |
| DAFS1 | Agricultural services and fisheries support: Scotland | +0·1 | 31·9 |
| SED1 | Schools, etc.: Scotland | +0·2 | 57·1 |
| SHHD1 | Health: Scotland | +1·0 | 631·3 |
| SHHD2 | Law, order and protective services: Scotland | +0·1 | 12·1 |
| WO2 | Motorways, trunk roads and other roads expenditure: Wales | +0·5 | 71·8 |
| WO3 | Other environmental services: Wales | +0·3 | 3·8 |
| WO4 | Libraries, museums, galleries and other arts: Wales | +0·2 | 3·9 |
| WO5 | Health and personal social services: Wales | +1·7 | 270·4 |
| DES/LA1 | Education building | +10·4 | 158·3 |
| DOE/LA2 | Housing: England | +66·5 | 2,217·8 |
| DHSS/LA1 | Capital projects for personal social services: England | +2·0 | 31·4 |
| DTP/LA1 | Capital expenditure on roads: England and Wales | +3·5 | 65·4 |
| SO/LA1 | Capital expenditure on roads and other transport: Scotland | +0·7 | 89·7 |
| SO/LA2 | Capital expenditure on other environmental services, etc.: Scotland | +7·6 | 135·9 |
| SDD/LA1 | Housing: Scotland | +6·7 | 318·9 |
| SED/LA1 | School building: Scotland | +1·1 | 61·9 |
| SED/LA2 | Capital expenditure, social work: Scotland | +0·4 | 7·9 |
| WO/LA1 | Housing: Wales | +3·7 | 115·3 |
| WO/LA3 | School building: Wales | +0·8 | 5·9 |
| WO/LA4 | Capital projects for personal social services: Wales | +0·4 | 2·0 |
| WO/LAW1 | Community land scheme: Wales | +0·1 | 4·0 |
| Total | 142·7 | ||
| * Includes £2·3 million reflecting: an addition of £0·5 million made from the contingency reserve to the funds available to the Development Commission; £1·5 million to institute a National Dwellings and Housing Survey—[Official Report, 6th July] and £0·3 million for the transfer of responsibility for research on the urban programme from the Home Office to the Department of the Environment—[Official Report, 6th April]. Cash block HO2 has been correspondingly reduced by £0·3 million to £137·8 million. | |||