To ask the Prime Minister, if there are any proposals to change the 1990–91 running costs limit or cash limit for the Cabinet Office: other services.

The running costs limit for the Cabinet Office: other services will be increased by £622,000 from £18,074,000 to £18,696,000. This increase is offset by reductions in the running costs limits of £510,000 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, £38,000 for the Department of Trade and Industry and £74,000 for Her Majesty's Treasury and reflects the transfer of the responsibility for certain administrative functions. At the same time the cash limit for the Cabinet Office: other services will be reduced by £728,000 from £21,256,000 to £20,528,000. This reflects the reprofiling of the timetable of a major capital project. Expenditure will now fall in later years.