Office of Public Sector Information
Class III 1997–98
| 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 Union; other services including BSE emergency measures; and administration. | 424,157,000 | 3,246,374,000 |
| 2. For expenditure by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on operational expenditure, agencies and departmental administration including BSE-related measures; promote food safety; take action against diseases with implications for human health; safeguard essential supplies in an emergency; promote action to alleviate flooding and coastal erosion; protect the rural economy particularly in Less Favoured Areas; 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; implement MAFF’s CAP obligations efficiently and seek a more economically rational CAP while avoiding discrimination against UK businesses; create the conditions in which efficient and sustainable agriculture, fishing and food industries can flourish; take action against animal and plant diseases and pests; encourage high animal welfare standards; provide specialist support services, allocate resources where they are most needed; manage and develop staff; undertake research and development; and provide for the expenditure of the Ministry’s executive agencies. | 764,818,000 | 161,758,000 |
| Total, Class III | 1,188,975,000 | 3,408,132,000 |
Class IV 1997–98
| 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 including trade union ballots, and payments towards the expenses of the Office of Manpower Economics; regional and selective assistance; the aerospace and shipbuilding industries; exchange risk and other losses; international subscriptions; energy-related programmes including research and development, security of oil and gas supplies, and civil nuclear emergency planning; grants and loans to the British Coal Corporation, liabilities in respect of former coal industry employees, mainly employees of the British Coal Corporation and associated administration costs including arbitration arrangements, grant in aid to the Coal Authority, and support for regeneration mainly of former British Coal sites; assistance to redundant steel workers; departmental administration, including the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service grant-in-aid, support for industrial tribunals, a share of 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 including the coal, nuclear power and electricity industries; loans to trading funds; petroleum licensing and royalty; provision of land and buildings; loans, grants and other payments. | 1,522,835,000 | 485,058,000 |
| 2. For expenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry on payments to the science Research Councils, the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering; OST initiatives; fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and Research Council pensions. | 1,330,543,000 | 6,600,000 |
| 3. For payment of pensions, etc, to members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s superannuation schemes and other related expenditure. | 103,250,000 | 24,800,000 |
| 4. For expenditure by the Export Credits Guarantee Department on administration. | 24,035,000 | 1,334,000 |
| 5. 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. | 8,860,000 | 171,874,000 |
| 6. 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 | 224,799,000 |
| 7. For expenditure by the Office of Fair Trading on administrative and operational costs. | 20,043,000 | 146,000 |
| 8. For expenditure by the Office of Telecommunications on administrative and operational costs. | 10,408,000 | 24,000 |
| 9. For expenditure by the Office of Gas Supply on administrative and capital costs. | 8,100,000 | 1,885,000 |
| 10. For expenditure by the Office of Electricity Regulation on administrative and operational costs. | 13,950,000 | 935,000 |
| Total, Class IV | 3,042,025,000 | 917,455,000 |
Appropriation Act 1997