Appropriation Act 1998

Class XIV 1998–99

SCHEDULE (B).—Part 16 Class XIV

Schedule of Sums granted, and of the sums which may be applied as appropriations in aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges of the several Services herein particularly mentioned, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1999, viz.:—

	Sums not exceeding
	Supply Grants	Appropriations in Aid
	£	£
1. For expenditure by the Welsh Office on market support; support for agriculture in special areas and compensation to sheep producers; animal health; assistance to agricultural production, marketing and processing; grants for capital and other improvements and certain alternative land uses; compensation to the farming, fishing and fish-farming industries; support for the food industry, the rural economy and the fishing industry; fisheries protection; agency payments for fishing projects; European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund grants to local authorities and other organisations; other miscellaneous agricultural services; and arterial drainage, flood and coast protection.	41,429,000	6,643,000
2. For expenditure by the Welsh Office on regional assistance; Welsh Development Agency; the former Development Board for Rural Wales (merged with the Welsh Development Agency from the Autumn); exchange risk guarantees; other industry expenditure; the Teaching Company Scheme; expenditure via Training and Enterprise Councils and amounts retained by them as surpluses on training, including the provision of training programmes for young people and adults; the Welfare to Work programme; initiatives and programmes within education; the promotion of enterprise, and encouragement of the self-employed and small firms; help for unemployed people; Careers Service; publicity and research; education (including the Further Education Funding Council for Wales and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales); certain other services and expenses; arts, libraries and museums. (Including a supplementary sum of £4,300,000).	836,063,000	31,604,000
3. For expenditure by the Welsh Office on roads and transport and associated services; housing, including the commutation of loan charge grants to local authorities and Capital Receipts Initiative; historic buildings and ancient monuments; Cadw Agency; other environmental services (including tourism, civil defence, national parks, Planning Inspectorate Agency and payments related to EC matters); health and personal social services (including Welfare to Work) and related inquiries; European Regional Development Fund; Welsh Office administration; costs associated with Devolution; TEC management fees (part); and other grants and services, including research.	813,975,000	7,524,000
4. For expenditure by the Welsh Office on hospital, community health, family health services, National Health Service trusts and on other health services (part).	2,222,428,000	373,330,000
5. For expenditure by the Welsh Office on revenue support grant and payment of non-domestic rates income to receiving authorities in Wales; payments to specified bodies; grants to local authorities in Wales in respect of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme; special grants local authorities following natural emergencies; payments for Valuation Office Agency rating and valuation services; running costs of Valuation Tribunals; publicity costs; Local Government research, reviews and evaluations; exceptional expenses for the Commission for Local Administration in Wales; Treasury Solicitor legal services; repayments of excess contributions made by billing authorities and adjustments for shortfalls in receipts made by the Secretary of State in respect of non-domestic rates in previous years, etc.	2,467,045,000	10,000
6. For expenditure by the Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales on inspections, publicity, training, teachers' short courses and conferences, administration and associated capital, etc.	10,216,000	355,000
Total, Class XIV, £	6,391,156,000	419,466,000