Written Ministerial Statement
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Department of Finance - Public Expenditure 2021-22 Further Allocations
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Published at 12.00 noon on Thursday 3 March 2022.
Mr Murphy (The Minister of Finance): In my Oral Statement to the Assembly on 15 February, I notified the House of my intention to make further allocations to ensure optimal use of the funding available and minimise the risk of losing funding to Treasury.
I wish to update Members on the current financial position and provide details of further funding allocations that I am making.
2021-22 Available Resources
Following January monitoring, there was £70.5 million Resource DEL, £35.9 million Capital DEL and £1.6 million Financial Transactions Capital unallocated.
At its meeting on the 27 January, the Executive agreed a further allocation of £5.5 million Resource DEL to the Department of Finance to extend the Omicron Hospitality Payment to include hotels and sports clubs. This brought the available Resource DEL down to £65 million.
I noted at the time of January monitoring that Barnett consequentials had yet to be confirmed by Treasury. These have now been confirmed and the unallocated resources stood at £95.2 million Resource DEL and £1.4 million FTC with a small over-commitment of £1.6 million Capital DEL.
Further Allocations
At January monitoring, the Executive agreed that I would keep the in-year position under review and revisit potential allocations towards the end of the year once Barnett consequentials had been confirmed.
The Executive also wished to carry forward Resource DEL to supplement the budget position in 2022-23 through the Budget Exchange Scheme (BES). The permitted carry forward under BES for Resource DEL is £104.3 million.
Given historic levels of departmental underspends that typically emerge at year-end, my intention is to bring the available resources down to around £50 million to minimise the risk that we exceed this limit and have to return money to Treasury. This means making £45 million of allocations in 2021-22.
The actions of the First Minister mean that the Executive cannot meet to agree allocations. I have considered this matter at some length and, while it steps outside the normal processes to allocate funding without Executive approval, I feel it would be unforgivable if funding that could be used to support local people and services was returned to the Treasury because of the political situation.
Having received legal advice on the options available to me to address the unallocated funding and sought the views of Ministers, I intend to allocate £45 million to the departments that had sought further funding – the Department of Education, Department for Communities and Department for Infrastructure.
I can now confirm that the following allocations have been made to departments:
The Department for Communities receives £16.0 million for the Housing Executive for the implementation of the Tower Block Action Plan and Thermal Insulation Programmes.
The Department of Education receives £13.0 million, meeting their request in full, for teaching pay pressures.
The Department for Infrastructure receives £16.0 million to provide additional funding for Translink and address increased energy costs and a reduction in testing income for DVA.
There is also a small allocation for a central adjustment of £0.1 million for the salaries of statutory office holders including the NI Public Service Ombudsman, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Lands Tribunal and Judicial salaries.
Outcome
As a result of these further allocations there remains £50.2 million Resource DEL eligible for carry forward under BES into next year. This is in addition to the £100 million Barnett consequential relating to the Council Tax rebate which Treasury has agreed can be carried forward outside the Budget Exchange Scheme. We will also receive £150 million in 2022-23 in relation to the repayable energy discount the British Government recently announced. This means there will be at least £300 million of additional funding next year, over and above the draft Budget position
The £1.4 million unallocated FTC will be carried across in full to 2022-23, whilst the small over-commitment of £1.6 million Capital DEL is expected to be addressed as departmental underspends emerge at year-end.
The departmental spending table accompanying this statement has been revised to reflect the changes outlined in this statement and has been updated from tables previously published which reflected January Monitoring 2021-22 outcome.
INDEX OF TABLES
2021-22 January Monitoring:
Annex A Further Allocations
Annex B Spending Area tables
ANNEX A
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Further Allocations (£ million) |
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Department |
Description |
Non Ring Fenced Resource DEL |
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DoF |
Omicron Hospitality Payment Scheme Extension |
5.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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DfC |
Housing Executive Tower Block and Insulation |
16.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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DfI |
DVA Lost Income |
8.0 |
|
|
|
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DVA Increased Energy Costs |
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
Translink Subsidy |
7.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DE |
Teaching Pay Pressures |
13.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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NIAO |
Statutory Salary |
0.1 |
|
|
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Total Allocations |
50.6 |
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2021-22 Departmental Outcome by Spending Area - Resource DEL (£ millions) |
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|
Department |
Spending Area |
October Monitoring Position |
1 |
2 |
3 |
January Monitoring Position |
|
DAERA |
Food and Farming |
418.2 |
|
|
-5.0 |
413.2 |
|
|
Veterinary Service and Animal Health |
68.8 |
|
4.0 |
8.7 |
81.5 |
|
|
Rural Affairs |
16.2 |
|
|
-0.9 |
15.3 |
|
|
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission |
2.1 |
|
|
0.3 |
2.3 |
|
|
Environment, Marine and Fisheries |
57.5 |
|
|
-0.7 |
56.8 |
|
|
Forestry |
5.0 |
|
|
-0.1 |
4.9 |
|
Total DAERA |
|
567.8 |
|
4.0 |
2.3 |
574.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DfC |
Welfare and Employment |
392.6 |
-20.2 |
55.0 |
-13.9 |
413.4 |
|
|
Local Government |
64.6 |
|
18.2 |
-0.3 |
82.5 |
|
|
Housing Benefit (Rates Element) |
102.2 |
-1.4 |
|
-3.8 |
97.0 |
|
|
Housing and Regeneration |
174.0 |
|
16.0 |
1.5 |
191.5 |
|
|
Culture, Arts and Sport |
107.1 |
|
|
2.2 |
109.3 |
|
|
Voluntary and Community Funding |
57.3 |
|
|
5.5 |
62.8 |
|
|
North South Language Body |
6.8 |
|
|
2.7 |
9.5 |
|
Total DfC |
|
904.6 |
-21.6 |
89.2 |
-6.2 |
966.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DfE |
Economic & Business Development |
373.4 |
-33.9 |
|
-5.9 |
333.6 |
|
|
Tourism |
40.5 |
-0.6 |
|
0.2 |
40.1 |
|
|
Employment and Skills |
357.5 |
-18.8 |
|
2.6 |
341.3 |
|
|
Student Support & Higher Education |
341.0 |
-2.6 |
|
3.0 |
341.5 |
|
|
Tourism Ireland Ltd. |
17.2 |
|
|
5.0 |
22.2 |
|
|
InterTradeIreland |
7.1 |
|
|
0.1 |
7.2 |
|
|
Representation & Regulatory Services |
29.1 |
-2.4 |
|
-0.4 |
26.3 |
|
Total DfE |
|
1,165.8 |
-58.3 |
|
4.7 |
1,112.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DE |
Pre-school, Primary School & Post Primary Education |
2,212.3 |
-41.1 |
53.9 |
3.0 |
2,228.1 |
|
|
Youth and Other Children's Services |
44.3 |
-0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
44.5 |
|
|
Activities to Support Education |
243.3 |
|
2.4 |
-3.6 |
242.1 |
|
Total DE |
|
2,499.8 |
-41.1 |
56.3 |
-0.4 |
2,514.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DoF |
Finance, Procurement & Policy |
21.5 |
-1.2 |
|
0.3 |
20.5 |
|
|
NICS Shared Services |
66.7 |
-3.4 |
|
-0.6 |
62.8 |
|
|
NI Statistics & Research Agency |
18.9 |
-0.3 |
|
-0.0 |
18.5 |
|
|
Land & Property Services |
107.7 |
-6.7 |
46.3 |
3.5 |
150.8 |
|
|
EU Programmes |
0.7 |
-0.1 |
|
-0.1 |
0.6 |
|
|
Special EU Programmes Body |
1.4 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
NICS Accommodation Services |
43.6 |
-0.5 |
|
-0.1 |
43.1 |
|
Total DoF |
|
260.6 |
-12.1 |
46.3 |
3.0 |
297.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DoH |
Hospital Services |
4,161.7 |
|
|
283.3 |
4,445.0 |
|
|
Social Care Services |
1,320.8 |
|
|
-15.8 |
1,305.0 |
|
|
FHS - General Medical Services |
331.4 |
|
|
-2.9 |
328.5 |
|
|
FHS - Pharmaceutical Services |
556.7 |
|
|
-2.6 |
554.1 |
|
|
FHS - Dental Services |
129.1 |
|
|
-2.8 |
126.3 |
|
|
FHS - Ophthalmic Services |
25.6 |
|
|
-0.4 |
25.2 |
|
|
Health Support Services |
171.9 |
|
|
-186.1 |
-14.2 |
|
|
Public Health Services |
94.9 |
|
|
1.3 |
96.2 |
|
|
Paramedic Services |
110.2 |
|
|
-3.2 |
107.0 |
|
|
Food Safety Promotion Board (N/S Body) |
1.6 |
|
|
0.5 |
2.1 |
|
|
Fire & Rescue Services |
87.4 |
|
|
1.1 |
88.5 |
|
Total DoH |
|
6,991.4 |
|
|
72.3 |
7,063.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DfI |
Roads, Rivers and Waterways |
209.4 |
-0.1 |
8.3 |
2.1 |
219.7 |
|
|
Waterways Ireland |
3.6 |
|
|
-0.0 |
3.6 |
|
|
Bus, Rail and Ports |
120.2 |
-0.3 |
55.4 |
-2.9 |
172.4 |
|
|
Road Safety Services Including DVA |
13.0 |
-0.1 |
10.4 |
-1.3 |
22.0 |
|
|
Planning and Legacy Sites |
5.2 |
|
|
-0.2 |
5.1 |
|
|
Water and Sewerage |
133.9 |
|
13.8 |
2.7 |
150.4 |
|
Total DfI |
|
485.4 |
-0.4 |
87.9 |
0.3 |
573.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOJ |
Access to Justice |
174.7 |
-0.4 |
3.5 |
1.1 |
179.0 |
|
|
Safer Communities |
75.7 |
-0.5 |
|
-0.1 |
75.1 |
|
|
NI Prison Service and Youth Justice Agency |
137.4 |
-0.9 |
|
-1.4 |
135.0 |
|
|
Police Service of Northern Ireland |
791.1 |
|
8.8 |
1.8 |
801.8 |
|
Total DOJ |
|
1,178.9 |
-1.9 |
12.3 |
1.5 |
1,190.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEO |
Executive Support |
118.4 |
-10.5 |
|
3.7 |
111.6 |
|
|
Good Relations |
17.6 |
-0.1 |
|
1.0 |
18.5 |
|
|
North-South Ministerial Council |
1.8 |
|
|
-0.4 |
1.3 |
|
|
Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
1.4 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
Total TEO |
|
139.1 |
-10.6 |
|
4.3 |
132.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FSA |
Food Standards Agency |
14.3 |
-1.0 |
|
|
13.3 |
|
NIA |
Northern Ireland Assembly |
44.6 |
-1.0 |
|
|
43.7 |
|
NIAO |
NI Audit Office |
8.0 |
-0.4 |
0.1 |
|
7.7 |
|
NIAUR |
NI Authority for Utility Regulation |
0.1 |
-0.0 |
|
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
NIPSO |
NIPSO |
3.6 |
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
PPS |
Public Prosecution Service |
37.2 |
-0.4 |
|
0.0 |
36.9 |
|
Total |
|
14,301.2 |
-148.8 |
296.1 |
81.9 |
14,530.5 |
Totals may not add due to roundings
1 No adjustment has been made since the previous published table in Written Ministerial Statement 2021-22 January Monitoring - 20-01-22
2 See Annex A for breakdown of further allocations that have been made since the previous published table in Written Ministerial Statement 2021-22 January Monitoring - 20-01-22
3 No adjustment has been made since the previous published table in Written Ministerial Statement 2021-22 January Monitoring - 20-01-22
|
2021-22 Departmental Outcome by Spending Area - Capital DEL inc FTC (£ millions) |
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|
Department |
Spending Area |
October Monitoring Position |
1 |
2 |
3 |
January Monitoring Position |
|
DAERA |
Food and Farming |
54.0 |
-7.6 |
|
-0.6 |
45.8 |
|
|
Veterinary Service and Animal Health |
6.3 |
|
|
6.2 |
12.5 |
|
|
Rural Affairs |
18.1 |
|
|
-6.7 |
11.5 |
|
|
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission |
0.7 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
Environment, Marine and Fisheries |
16.4 |
-3.0 |
|
0.6 |
14.1 |
|
|
Forestry |
3.0 |
|
|
-0.1 |
3.0 |
|
Total DAERA |
|
98.5 |
-10.6 |
|
-0.5 |
87.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DfC |
Welfare and Employment |
9.2 |
|
|
-0.8 |
8.4 |
|
|
Local Government |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Housing and Regeneration |
231.6 |
-1.8 |
|
12.2 |
242.1 |
|
|
Culture, Arts and Sport |
19.8 |
-0.8 |
|
-0.5 |
18.5 |
|
|
Voluntary and Community Funding |
5.5 |
|
|
-0.0 |
5.5 |
|
Total DfC |
|
266.2 |
-2.6 |
|
10.9 |
274.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DfE |
Economic & Business Development |
83.1 |
-17.7 |
2.2 |
-23.1 |
44.5 |
|
|
Tourism |
5.3 |
|
|
9.5 |
14.8 |
|
|
Employment and Skills |
26.2 |
|
|
-2.1 |
24.1 |
|
|
Student Support & Higher Education |
25.0 |
|
|
7.3 |
32.3 |
|
|
Tourism Ireland Ltd. |
0.5 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
InterTradeIreland |
0.0 |
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
Representation & Regulatory Services |
0.5 |
-0.0 |
|
-0.3 |
0.2 |
|
Total DfE |
|
140.7 |
-17.8 |
2.2 |
-8.7 |
116.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DE |
Pre-school, Primary School & Post Primary Education |
161.7 |
-0.1 |
0.5 |
6.2 |
168.3 |
|
|
Youth and Other Children's Services |
8.4 |
|
|
-1.4 |
7.0 |
|
|
Activities to Support Education |
38.4 |
|
|
-0.6 |
37.8 |
|
Total DE |
|
208.4 |
-0.1 |
0.5 |
4.2 |
213.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DoF |
Finance, Procurement & Policy |
0.9 |
-0.1 |
|
-0.2 |
0.6 |
|
|
NICS Shared Services |
10.6 |
-0.3 |
|
0.7 |
11.0 |
|
|
NI Statistics & Research Agency |
1.9 |
-0.3 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
Land & Property Services |
4.5 |
-2.1 |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
Special EU Programmes Body |
0.0 |
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
NICS Accommodation Services |
23.4 |
-3.9 |
|
0.2 |
19.7 |
|
Total DoF |
|
41.4 |
-6.7 |
|
0.7 |
35.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DoH |
Hospital Services |
231.4 |
-7.4 |
|
7.9 |
232.0 |
|
|
Social Care Services |
0.0 |
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
FHS - General Medical Services |
16.7 |
-4.9 |
|
-0.3 |
11.5 |
|
|
Health Support Services |
72.6 |
|
|
-8.1 |
64.5 |
|
|
Public Health Services |
14.0 |
|
|
|
14.0 |
|
|
Paramedic Services |
8.2 |
|
|
1.5 |
9.8 |
|
|
Fire & Rescue Services |
9.3 |
|
|
-1.0 |
8.3 |
|
Total DoH |
|
352.4 |
-12.3 |
|
0.1 |
340.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DfI |
Roads, Rivers and Waterways |
255.6 |
-0.0 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
263.1 |
|
|
Waterways Ireland |
1.9 |
|
|
-0.0 |
1.9 |
|
|
Bus, Rail and Ports |
271.8 |
|
|
-17.2 |
254.5 |
|
|
Road Safety Services Including DVA |
2.9 |
|
|
8.5 |
11.5 |
|
|
Planning and Legacy Sites |
2.4 |
|
|
-1.0 |
1.4 |
|
|
Water and Sewerage |
218.2 |
|
|
4.1 |
222.3 |
|
Total DfI |
|
752.8 |
-0.0 |
3.7 |
-1.8 |
754.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOJ |
Access to Justice |
7.2 |
-0.4 |
|
-0.0 |
6.8 |
|
|
Safer Communities |
4.8 |
-1.4 |
|
|
3.4 |
|
|
NI Prison Service and Youth Justice Agency |
14.4 |
-4.6 |
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
Police Service of Northern Ireland |
59.1 |
-1.6 |
|
|
57.5 |
|
Total DOJ |
|
85.5 |
-8.0 |
|
-0.0 |
77.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEO |
Executive Support |
34.5 |
-1.4 |
|
-0.0 |
33.0 |
|
|
Good Relations |
2.9 |
-0.1 |
|
0.1 |
2.9 |
|
|
Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
|
|
|
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Total TEO |
|
37.4 |
-1.5 |
|
0.0 |
35.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FSA |
Food Standards Agency |
0.1 |
-0.1 |
|
|
0.1 |
|
NIA |
Northern Ireland Assembly |
0.7 |
-0.2 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
NIAO |
NI Audit Office |
4.7 |
|
0.4 |
|
5.1 |
|
NIAUR |
NI Authority for Utility Regulation |
0.0 |
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
NIPSO |
NIPSO |
0.1 |
-0.0 |
|
|
0.0 |
|
PPS |
Public Prosecution Service |
0.6 |
-0.1 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
Total |
|
1,989.4 |
-59.8 |
6.8 |
4.9 |
1,941.3 |
Totals may not add due to roundings
1 No adjustment has been made since the previous published table in Written Ministerial Statement 2021-22 January Monitoring - 20-01-22
2 No adjustment has been made since the previous published table in Written Ministerial Statement 2021-22 January Monitoring - 20-01-22
3 An adjustment has been made by DfE moving £10.0m from Economic & Business Development to Tourism since the previous published table in Written Ministerial Statement 2021-22 January Monitoring - 20-01-22
