Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2024

Access to Justice services and policy development, including expenditure by Legal Services Agency NI, NI Courts and Tribunals Service, costs relating to The Appeals Service and Office of President of Appeals Tribunal and costs relating to the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board and associated compensation payments; costs relating to the Victims' Payments Board and associated payments for the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme; the Parole Commissioners for NI and the NI Law Commission, net expenditure for Criminal Justice Inspection NI; Safer Communities services and policy development, including expenditure by Forensic Science NI, net expenditure for the Probation Board for NI, Police Ombudsman for NI, NI Policing Board, NI Police Fund, Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust and the RUC George Cross Foundation, also expenditure on state pathology services and the Prisoner Ombudsman, Independent Monitoring Boards, RUC GC Widows Association and search and rescue services. Reducing Offending services and policy development including expenditure by the NI Prison Service and Youth Justice Agency. Policing including net expenditure by the Police Service of NI, and net expenditure of the Independent Assessor of PSNI Recruitment Vetting. Historical investigations and other legacy costs; implementation of the Stormont House Agreement and Fresh Start Agreement; Access NI; compensation schemes; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; administration costs; settlement of equal pay claims, severance payments, pension scheme payments including pension scheme benefits to or in respect of persons covered by the NI Judicial Pension Scheme, related services; governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; period products costs; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

The movement, and release of provisions throughout the Department, its Agencies and ALBs; impairment of land and buildings; pension costs including Police pension schemes and the NI Judicial Pension Scheme; corporation tax; other non-cash items.

THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Support to the Executive Committee; the co-ordination of policy; strategic corporate communications; support to the Head of the NI Civil Service and NICS Board, including net expenses of NICS Board Non Executive Members; net expenses of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland; public appointments policy and strategy; the skills development and support of public appointees and potential public appointees and actions to improve broader public sector governance and capacity; public appointments including the appointment of the Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland, and the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland; the Irish Language Commissioner, the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition and the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression; support for the Compact Civic Advisory Panel; net expenses of the Strategic Investment Board Limited; net expenses of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission; the North-South Ministerial Council; the British-Irish Council; machinery for the conduct of Inter-governmental Relations; civil contingencies and resilience; maintenance and repair of former Regional Government Headquarters building, Ballymena as required under Article 3 of the Historic Monument and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; policy on standards in public life; the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative; the regeneration of Ebrington; net expenses of the Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation; development and delivery of a Programme for Government; development of and supporting the delivery of an Investment Strategy NI, associated plans and governance mechanisms; promotion of human rights, equality of opportunity and social inclusion and the alleviation of disadvantage including in situations of severe stress, crisis or emergency; net expenses of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland; actions related to the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board and the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse within the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019 including, payments to the designated department under that Act for administrative costs of the Board, awards of compensation and costs and expenses in connection with applications and appeals; and other implementation-related actions from the Hart Report, including a memorial, seeking contributions from Institutions towards the costs of redress and services for victims and survivors; work associated with historical clerical child abuse, Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries and workhouses (covering the work in Truth Recovery Design Report published in October 2021); net expenses of the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse; the actions and commitments contained in the Executive’s Good Relations Strategy Together: Building a United Community including the T:BUC Camps Programme, Planned Interventions Programme, the Central Good Relations Fund and the District Councils Good Relations Programme, the Urban Villages programme, T:BUC Trees Initiative; the policy, funding and legislative implementation of the Racial Equality Strategy; and actions associated with Refugee and Asylum Seeker support and integration, including support for those displaced as a result of global conflict or other emergency situation; net expenses of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council; the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation; delivering social change including the associated Executive Funds; the promotion of Social Value; victims and survivors including actions and payments associated with the operation of the Victims Payments Scheme for Permanent Disablement; net expenses of the Victims and Survivors Service Limited; net expenses of the Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland; implementation of the Stormont House Agreement and the Fresh Start Agreement; actions associated with the implementation of the New Decade, New Approach deal; the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition; net expense of the Irish Language Commissioner, the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition and the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression; promoting the devolved administration’s interests internationally by supporting the development of relationships with stakeholders overseas, inward visitors, and representatives from overseas on devolved matters, supporting international activities of benefit to NI, including establishing, maintaining and developing the work of the offices overseas; in particular managing and promoting the devolved administration’s interests in Europe; policy development in respect of the devolved administration’s responsibilities and interests in relation to the EU following the UK’s exit; expenditure on devolved functions that are required as a result of the international agreements entered into by the United Kingdom; governmental response to and recovery from the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; development and delivery of a strategy to tackle violence against women and girls; actions associated with the implementation of the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; re-establishment of the Economic Policy Unit; settlement of the NICS equal pay claims; development of trauma informed practice across the Department and its ALBs; severance payments; liaison with other bodies, persons and authorities (both inside and outside Northern Ireland); information services; the legislative programme; UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; administration; development of actions and policy stemming from the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, to include the establishment of the NI Climate Commissioner’s Office; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Revaluations of strategic sites and land and buildings; movement on provisions, impairment of Financial Transactions Capital loans, and unrealised exchange rate gains and losses.

FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Improving food safety and promoting healthy eating; food safety inspection and enforcement; incident management; consumer awareness of food safety, choice and healthy eating options; research; training and education; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; administration; related services; associated depreciation; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Provisions; other non-cash items.

NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY COMMISSION ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

The remuneration of Members of the Assembly, the operation of services supporting Members as they exercise their functions as Members in the Assembly, constituencies and elsewhere, including the administration of the financial support framework for Members. The provision of property, staff and services to the Assembly; hosting events; provision of services to enhance the public awareness and involvement in the working of the Assembly; service related administration costs; severance payments; associated depreciation; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

The provision for legal costs, early departure costs, and the annual finance costs for the Assembly Members’ Pension Scheme.

NORTHERN IRELAND AUDIT OFFICE ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Audit and assurance services; promoting economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of public funds and resources; conducting exercises to assist in fraud prevention and detection; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; administration; related services; UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; associated non-cash items.

THE NORTHERN IRELAND AUTHORITY FOR UTILITY REGULATION ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Developing and regulating the electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries and markets; promoting competition; protecting consumers; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; those aspects of implementation of the Department for the Economy’s Energy Strategy, delivery of the energy transition to Net Zero, developing and regulating Heat Networks, governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; administration; related services; other non-cash items.

Non-budget expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Non-cash items.

NORTHERN IRELAND PUBLIC SERVICES OMBUDSMAN ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Investigating complaints of injustice suffered through maladministration by government departments, statutory agencies, public bodies, local government and health and social care bodies, general and independent health care providers, colleges, universities and boards of governors of grant aided schools; undertaking investigations into systemic maladministration without the need for complaint; improving standards of complaints handling by public bodies including publication of statistics, best practice and training; investigating and adjudicating on complaints on local government ethical standards against councillors; severance payments; governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; administration; backdated holiday compensation payments; related services; investigation of complaints about judicial appointments made by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Creation and movement in provisions.

PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNT

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

The prosecution of offences; legal services; employment of independent counsel; court costs and costs awarded; payments and services to other departments and public sector bodies; trainee grants; payments under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme; staffing; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; administration costs; governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; settlement of other claims; settlement of holiday pay claims; other related services; severance payments; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Pension liabilities; provisions; other non-cash costs.

Use of resources

Limits on use of resources

Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund

Use of sum issued out of the Consolidated Fund

Power to borrow

Use of income

Use of resources

Limits on use of resources

Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund

Use of sum issued out of the Consolidated Fund

Power to borrow

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Editorial notes

[^key-567a178bf9aefe22ac67a7193a20525c]: S. 1 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-03dbf2315c077153900475fcefa52f97]: S. 2 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-15e5d1d644490f7fb0a0da9ba19226f5]: S. 3 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-0d7025ae2df4254932ff30b7921434fd]: S. 4 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-5da7260dd2bab113807f526eb90a1236]: S. 5 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-c236cb8b26cf6bf06febfe7c6446801f]: S. 6 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-1416f6daf7673d60961f32a0a94c1716]: S. 7 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-ba8be0e52e24650b73b7375c951c8e06]: S. 8 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-dab966eb47a18255ef157e4360e8d226]: S. 9 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-0d714f49dccbbdeee9b5f93d7348268e]: S. 10 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-3cee2f9e92b071251f52d4abbc004c05]: S. 12 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-b18d297f00081ffc00709a910a0388d5]: S. 13 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-66950740dc9c837cdcd9943f7340b62f]: Sch. 1 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-e11da1d8dbf79b43e55c0a8f0313f629]: Sch. 2 in operation at Royal Assent

[^key-026efe8466b7db651387609cb61a936b]: S. 11 omitted (18.10.2024) by virtue of Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2024 (c. 4), s. 5(3)