Office of Public Sector Information
Class III 1996–97
| Sums not exceeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants £ | Appropriations in Aid £ | |
| 1. For expenditure by the Intervention Board (Executive Agency) in giving effect in the United Kingdom to the agricultural support provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community; for other services, including BSE emergency measures; for central administration and payments for agents' services (Including a supplementary sum of £546,753,000.) | 637,345,000 | 3,332,957,000 |
| 2. For operational expenditure, agencies and departmental administration by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to promote food safety, take action against diseases with implications for human health (including support for the rendering and slaughtering industries), safeguard essential supplies in an emergency and promote action to alleviate flooding and coastal erosion; to encourage action to reduce water and other pollution and by other measures to safeguard the aquatic environment including its fauna and flora, improve the attractiveness and bio-diversity of the rural environment and protect the rural economy; to implement MAFF’s CAP obligations efficiently and seek a more economically rational CAP while avoiding discrimination against UK businesses (including expenditure on existing CAP measures and schemes), create the conditions in which efficient and sustainable agriculture, fishing and food industries can flourish, take action against animal and plant diseases and pests; to encourage high animal welfare standards; to provide specialist support services, allocate resources where they are most needed, manage and develop staff; to undertake research and development and to provide for the expenditure of the Ministry’s executive agencies (Including a supplementary sum of £206,700,000.) | 944,023,000 | 191,796,000 |
| Total, Class III | 1,581,368,000 | 3,524,753,000 |
Class IV 1996-97
| Sums not exceeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| Supply Grants £ | Appropriations in Aid £ | |
| 1. For expenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry on support for business; research and development; consumer protection and the regulation of trade; improvement of industrial relations; industrial tribunals; payment towards the expenses of the Office of Manpower Economics, trade union ballots and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; regional and selective assistance; the aerospace and shipbuilding industries; exchange risk and other losses; international subscriptions; energy-related programmes including research and development and security of oil and gas supplies; assistance to redundant steel workers; departmental administration, including a share in the running costs of the Government Offices for the Regions and the disaster recovery costs in respect of the Radiocommunications Agency’s headquarters facilities; central and miscellaneous services; the operational costs of departmental executive agencies; privatisation expenses; loans to trading funds; petroleum licensing and royalty; provision of land and buildings; loans, grants and other payments (Revised sum). | 1,273,992,000 | 262,347,000 |
| 2. For expenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry on payments to the Science Research Councils, the Royal Society, and the Royal Academy of Engineering; OST initiatives; fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and Research Council pensions. | 1,312,563,000 | 17,752,000 |
| 3. For payment of pensions, etc. to members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s superannuation schemes and other related expenditure. | 191,600,000 | 32,600,000 |
| 4. For expenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with the privatisation of the coal industry. | 20,133,000 | 44,000 |
| 5. For expenditure in relation to the coal industry, including expenditure on: grants and loans to the British Coal Corporation; grant-in-aid to the Coal Authority; payments to redundant workers and other liabilities in respect of former employees of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants and on the associated administration costs, including costs of the Subsidence Adviser, external advisers, and statutory subsidence arbitration arrangements. | 365,505,000 | 227,462,000 |
| 6. For expenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with the privatisation of the nuclear power industry (Revised sum). | 1,000 | 153,999,000 |
| 7. For expenditure by the Export Credits Guarantee Department on administration. | 24,439,000 | 1,461,000 |
| 8. For expenditure by the Export Credits Guarantee Department in connection with interest support to banks and other lenders of export finance, cover under the tender to contract/forward exchange supplement scheme; grants towards financing of exports to match foreign competition; residual commitments under discontinued guarantees offered to banks and external trade agencies, and cost escalation. | 9,528,000 | 134,479,000 |
| 9. For expenditure by the Export Credits Guarantee Department in connection with export credit guarantees, other guarantees given in the national interest or to render economic assistance to overseas countries, overseas investment insurance and trading expenses. | 1,000 | 359,182,000 |
| 10. For expenditure by the Office of Fair Trading on administrative and operational costs. | 19,071,000 | 145,000 |
| 11. For expenditure by the Office of Telecommunications on administrative and operational costs. | 9,094,000 | 24,000 |
| 12. For expenditure by the Office of Gas Supply on administrative and capital costs (including a supplementary sum of £2,000,000). | 7,743,000 | 2,021,000 |
| 13. For expenditure by the Office of Electricity Regulation on administrative and operational costs. | 10,232,000 | 937,000 |
| Total, Class IV | 3,243,902,000 | 1,192,453,000 |
Appropriation Act 1996