Restructuring Northern Ireland Departments: Machinery of Government Changes

Synopsis: As part of a four-part series on the Executive Budget 2016-17, this Briefing Paper seeks to inform the context in which the Executive has made allocations. It addresses on-going government restructuring and changes to arise from it, which impact on the Executive’s budgetary decisions for the forthcoming financial year. The Paper also seeks to facilitate the Assembly’s financial scrutiny of the Departments Bill (the Bill), currently progressing through the Assembly. (Paper 2 of 4)

Date: 07 January 2016