Written Ministerial Statement
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Published at 1.30pm on Friday 3 October 2025
Mr O'Dowd (The Minister of Finance): The purpose of this Statement is to inform the Assembly of the funding made available by the Treasury for the Budget 2026 - 2029/30 as notified by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 3 July 2025.
In accordance with my statutory duty under Section 64 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, I am required to lay before the Assembly a Statement detailing the British Government funding provided for 2026-2029/30 at least 14 days prior to laying a draft Budget.
The funding that will be provided to the Executive for the period 2026-2029/30, is set out below.
|
£million |
2026-27 |
2027-28 |
2028-29 |
2029-30 |
|
Resource DEL |
16,348.0 |
16,834.7 |
17,334.3 |
- |
|
Of which |
||||
|
Restoration Package - Transformation |
59.3 |
61.3 |
64.6 |
- |
|
Security |
37.8 |
37.8 |
37.8 |
- |
|
Tackling Paramilitarism (EPPOC) |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
- |
|
Private Schools VAT Compensation |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
- |
|
Windsor Framework |
115.6 |
117.9 |
122.2 |
- |
|
Debt Advice |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
- |
|
£million |
2026-27 |
2027-28 |
2028-29 |
2029-30 |
|
Capital DEL |
2,339.1 |
2,307.9 |
2,302.1 |
2,296.0 |
|
Of which |
||||
|
City Deals |
87.8 |
83.9 |
66.4 |
71.4 |
|
Windsor Framework |
5.3 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
|
Historic funding packages (Medical School) |
6.0 |
20.5 |
21.0 |
2.1 |
|
Historic funding packages (An Ciste) |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
- |
|
Financial Transactions Capital |
91.7 |
92.6 |
118.7 |
140.7 |
This funding includes baseline allocations and Barnett consequentials as well as earmarked funding for specific initiatives such as Transformation, Security, the Tackling Paramilitarism Programme, VAT compensation for private schools, the Windsor Framework, debt advice services, City and Growth Deals, and NDNA funding for An Ciste and the Magee Medical School.
Also included is £283.8 million (£94.6 million per annum) remaining from the financial package associated with the restoration of the Executive. As the allocation of this funding is at the discretion of the Executive, it has not been classified as earmarked funding.
As required by legislation, I will demonstrate that the amount of British Government funding required by any draft Budget does not exceed the amount notified by the Secretary of State as set out in this statement.
