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Mr. Neil Hamilton
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he proposes to make any change to the 1989–90 running costs limit for his Department.
Mr. Tom King
The running costs limit for the Ministry of Defence will be reduced by £12,907,000 from £5,162,254,000 to £5,149,347,000. It reflects a decrease of £28,907,000 to compensate for an overspend in 1988–89 offset by a £16,000,000 increase for additional security measures. This follows the normal practice of reducing the limit for one financial year by the amount of any overspend in the previous year.