10. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland
Office relating to the Northern Ireland Office Main Estimate 2009/10
NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE (NIO) MEMORANDUM ON THE 2009/10
MAIN ESTIMATE
Introduction
The Northern Ireland Office Main Estimate (ME) for
2009/10 seeks the necessary resources and cash to support the
functions of the NIO in the implementation of the Good Friday
Agreement, the support and development of the criminal justice
system, the enforcement of law and the maintenance of a secure
and humane prison system. These are continuing functions from
previous years and no new functions have been added.
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the
select committee with an explanation of how the resources and
cash sought in the Main Estimate will be applied to achieve departmental
objectives and Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets. This
includes information on comparisons with the resources provided
in earlier years in Estimates and departmental budgets, and may
refer to future financial plans.
Summary of the main spending control figures contained
in the Estimates
Voted provision
The Main Estimate provides for a:
- Total Net Resource Requirement
(NRR) of £13,469,372,000
RfR1 £ 1,208,371,000
RfR2 £12,261,000,000
- Net Cash Requirement (NCR)
of £13,501,688,000
Budgetary data
The key budgetary figures are:
| Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
| £ 1,186,462,000 |
|
of which:
|
| Near cash | £ 966,115,000
|
| Administration Budget | £ 73,926,000
|
| |
| Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
| £ 76,703,000
|
| Annually Managed Expenditure | £ 276,448,000
|
Explanation of significant changes
in the provision compared with the previous year
| Net resource requirement:
| 2009-10 | £13,469,372,000
|
| 2008-09 | £11,484,635,000
|
Provision is currently 17.3% higher than last year, which is mainly
due to a higher RfR2 requirement of £1,983,000,000.
| Net cash requirement:
| 2009-10 |
£13,501,688,000
|
| 2008-09
| £11,502,899,000
|
The higher cash requirement reflects a higher RfR2 resource requirement
(£1,983,000,000).
Explanation of administration
changes between Main Estimate 2009-10 and Spring Supplementary
Estimates 2008-09
| Area | ME
| SSE | Increase / |
| 2009-10
£k |
2008-09
£k | (decrease)
£k
|
| | |
|
| Central Administration | 34,570
| 36,055 | (1,485) |
| Ministers | 2,949 | 2,857
| 92 |
| Political Directorate | 8,107
| 10,305 | (2,198) |
| Bloody Sunday Inquiry | 0 |
633 | (633) |
| Public Prosecution Service | 2,520
| 2,334 | 186 |
| Criminal Justice | 5,279 |
4,799 | 480 |
| Policing and Security | 5,386
| 4,897 | 489 |
| Northern Ireland Prison Service | 15,115
| 14,145 | 970 |
| Total | 73,926 | 76,025
| (2,099) |
Central Administration: The 2009-10 decrease reflects the
transfer of functions to the Political Directorate.
Political Directorate: Main Estimates only include
baseline funding and do not include end year flexibility funding
(EYF) which is drawn down in-year at Supplementary Estimates.
The 2008-09 figure contains EYF funding for the Hamill, Nelson
and Wright Inquiries, the Consultative Group on the Past and the
Bill of Rights Forum.
Bloody Sunday Inquiry:
Main Estimates only include baseline funding and do not include
EYF funding which is drawn down in-year at Supplementary Estimates.
The 2008/09 Bloody Sunday figure includes EYF.
Public Prosecution Service, Criminal Justice,
Policing & Security and Northern Ireland Prison Service:
The planned recruitment of staff to fill vacant posts in 2009-10
has resulted in increased staff costs.
Explanation of programme changes
between Main Estimate 2009-10 and Spring Supplementary Estimates
2008-09
| Area
| ME |
SSE |
Increase /
|
| 2009-10
£k
| 2008-09
£k
| (decrease)
£k
|
| | |
|
| Central Administration
| 12,697 |
12,174 | 523
|
| Political Directorate
| 5,546 |
37,425 | (31,879)
|
| Bloody Sunday Inquiry
| 100 | 3,622
| (3,522) |
| Public Prosecution Service
| 28,738 |
33,626 | (4,888)
|
| Forensic Science NI
| 1,589 |
1,545 | 44
|
| Criminal Justice
| 16,236 |
21,785 | (5,549)
|
| Compensation Agency
| 13,037 |
54,246 | (41,209)
|
| Policing and Security
| 12,452 |
8,723 | 3,729
|
| Policing Non -Severance
| 2,100 |
2,706 | (606)
|
| Northern Ireland Prison Service
| 116,268 |
119,722 | (3,454)
|
| Youth Justice Agency
| 17,465 |
21,644 | (4,179)
|
| Police Cash Grant
| 780,756 |
849,014 | (68,258)
|
| Police Pensions Cash Grant
| 94,194 |
99,370 | (5,176)
|
| Police Ombudsman Cash Grant
| 7,706 |
8,922 | (1,216)
|
| Probation Board NI Cash Grant
| 14,186 |
18,801 | (4,615)
|
| NI Policing Board Cash Grant
| 8,341 |
8,288 | 53
|
| NI Human Rights Commission Cash Grant
| 1,547 |
1,631 | (84)
|
| Criminal Justice Inspection Cash Grant
| 1,487 |
1,379 | 108
|
| Total
| 1,134,445
| 1,304,623
| (170,178)
|
Central Administration: The 2009-10 increase includes funding
to be transferred to the Political Directorate during 2009-10
to reflect a transfer of functions.
Political Directorate: Main
Estimates only include baseline funding and do not include EYF
funding which is drawn down in-year at Supplementary Estimates.
The 2008-09 figure contains EYF funding for the Hamill, Nelson
and Wright Inquiries, the Group on the Past and the Bill of Rights
Forum. Also, the 2009-10 figure does not yet reflect a budgetary
transfer from Central Administration to reflect a transfer of
functions.
Bloody Sunday Inquiry: Main
Estimates only include baseline funding and do not include EYF
funding which is drawn down in-year at Supplementary Estimates.
The 2008/09 Bloody Sunday figure includes EYF.
Public Prosecution Service and Criminal Justice:
EYF funding at the next Supplementary
Estimates will bring the 2009-10 budget in line with 2008-09 figure.
Compensation Agency: The
2009-10 resource reflects a revised methodology for calculating
the cost of compensation provisions.
Policing & Security: The
planned recruitment of staff to fill vacant posts in 2009-10 has
resulted in an increase in staff costs. A transfer of funds
to Policing Non-Severance is planned in 2009-10.
For:
- Policing Non Severance
- Northern Ireland Prison Service
- Youth Justice Agency
- Police Cash Grant
- Police Pensions Cash Grant
- Police Ombudsman NI Cash Grant; and
- Probation Board NI Cash Grant
EYF funding at the next Supplementary Estimates will
bring the 2009-10 budget in line with 2008-09 figure.
Explanation of capital changes
between Main Estimate 2009-10 and Spring Supplementary Estimates
2008-09
| Area | ME
| SSE | Increase / |
| 2009-10
£k |
2008-09
£k | (decrease)
£k
|
| | |
|
| Central Administration | 4,865
| 4,430 | 435 |
| Political Directorate | 80 |
77 | 3 |
| Public Prosecution Service | 310
| 1,780 | (1,470) |
| Policing & Security | 54
| 54 | 0 |
| Forensic Science NI | 472 |
2,284 | (1,812) |
| Criminal Justice | 1,750 |
3,712 | (1,962) |
| Compensation Agency | 60 |
1,200 | (1,140) |
| Northern Ireland Prison Service | 19,220
| 23,400 | (4,180) |
| Youth Justice Agency | 200 |
1,250 | (1,050) |
| Total | 27,011 | 38,187
| (11,176) |
Central Administration: Increase for 2009-10 is due to
additional IT requirement.
Public Prosecution Service:
The 2008-09 figure reflects a change in the accounting treatment
of fit-out costs for buildings.
Forensic Science NI: EYF
funding due to be drawn down at the next Supplementary Estimate
will increase the 2009-10 budget.
Criminal Justice: EYF
funding at the next Supplementary Estimates will bring the 2009-10
budget in line with 2008-09 figure.
Compensation Agency: EYF
funding at the next Supplementary Estimates will bring the 2009-10
budget in line with 2008-09 figure.
Northern Ireland Prison Service:
A decrease in the 2009-10 figure is a result of large capital
projects being completed in 2008-09.
Youth Justice Agency:
EYF funding at the next Supplementary Estimates will bring the
2009-10 budget in line with 2008-09 figure.
Explanation of resource AME changes
between Main Estimate 2009-10 and Spring Supplementary Estimates
2008-09
| Area | ME
| SSE | Increase /
|
| 2009-10
£k
| 2008-09
£k | (decrease)
£k
|
| | |
|
| Police Pension AME | 276,448
| 264,014 | 12,434 |
| Total | 276,448
| 264,014 | 12,434
|
Police Pension AME - The increase of £12,434k is a result
of an increase in the discount rate used for police pensions.
DEL End-Year Flexibility
The 2008-09 EYF stock for NIO was reported in the
Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper 2007-08 (PEOWP). The
breakdown below shows the changes since then.
| Admin
| Prog | Total
| of which
| Capital
|
| | | Resource
| Near-cash |
Non-cash |
|
| £k
| £k |
£k |
£k | £k
| £k
|
| EYF stock at 1 April 2008
| 73,998 |
81,534 | 155,532
| 143,092 |
12,440 | 45,860
|
| | |
| | | |
| Take-up in Spring Supplementary Estimates 2008/09
| 0 | 81,534
| 81,534
| 69,094 |
12,440 | 7,800
|
| EYF stock at 1 April 2009
| 73,998
| 0 |
73,998 |
73,998 |
0 | 38,060
|
Administration Budget
A comparison with earlier years (outturn) and plans
is set out below.
| 2006-07
| 2007-08
| 2008-09
| 2009-10
| 2010-11
|
| £k
| £k
| £k
| £k
| £k
|
| Outturn
| Outturn |
Estimated Outturn
| Plans |
Plans |
| | |
| | |
Administration Budget
|
78,607
|
66,905
|
65,608
|
73,926
|
72,404
|
The increase between 2008-09 outturn and 2009-10 plans relates
to centrally held contingency funding.
Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets
In considering the budget allocations for 2009-10,
the Departmental Board has taken into account the impact on the
key indicators of delivery for the Department to ensure that changes
to budgets are fully in support of delivery priorities.
Resources received through the Main Estimate 2009-10
will be increased by EYF draw-down, as agreed with HM Treasury,
through Supplementary Estimates to ensure that the CSR07 PSA Outcomes
and Departmental Strategic Objectives as set out in Appendix A
of the NIO Departmental Report 2009 are met.
25 June 2009
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