11. Memorandum submitted by the Northern Ireland
Office relating to the Winter Supplementary Estimates 2009/10
This paper explains the background to and consequences
of changes sought in the WSE for 2008/09 and the impact of revised
spending plans on budgets and departmental targets.
NIO - Request for Resources (RfR) 1
The purpose of the WSE is to increase the Department's
resource estimate by £63,912k. The overall Departmental
Expenditure Limit (DEL) has increased by £31,542k resource.
There has been no draw down of End Year Flexibility (EYF) in
this Supplementary Estimate.
The table below shows these changes:
| Resource
Estimate changes £000s
| Resource
DEL changes
£000s |
Capital
Estimate changes
£000s |
Capital DEL changes £000s |
| Admin voted | 146 | 146
| - | - |
| Programme voted | 20,000 |
20,000 | - | - |
| Programme non-voted | - |
11,396 | - | - |
| Programme non-budget | 43,766
| - | - | - |
Total |
63,912
|
31,542 |
- |
-
|
NI Consolidated Fund - RfR 2
There are no changes requested for RfR 2 in this Supplementary
Estimate.
Explanation of changes sought in the WSE
Administration voted
The administration budget increases by £146k,
due to the near cash technical transfer from the Cabinet Office
for Parliamentary Counsel's Office costs.
Programme voted
The programme voted budget has been increased by
£20,000k, being the rephasing of Compensation Agency non-cash
provisions from 2009/10 and 2010/11 into 2008/09. This is required
due to the implementation of a new Audit Office approved provision
calculation methodology.
Programme non-voted
The programme non-voted budget increases by £11,396k,
as a result of additional Police pension funding in line with
the Department's original CSR07 settlement.
Programme non-budget
The programme non-budget cash grants have been increased
by £43,766k, being £41,656k PSNI, £295k Police
Ombudsman, £1,800k Probation Board and £15k Human Rights
Commission. The reason for this increase is that funding for
NDPB capital was omitted from the Main Estimate 2008/09 opening
cash grant figures, however grant-in-aid is now in line with budget
provision.
DEL changes
There is an increase in resource DEL of £31,542,000
from £1,183,975,000 to £1,215,517,000. Capital DEL
has not changed.
| Resource (£'000s)
| Capital (£'000s)
|
| Change | New DEL
| Of which: voted |
Non-Voted | Change
| Unchanged
DEL
| Of which:
Voted
| Non-Voted |
| 31,542 | 1,215,517
| 325,008 | 890,509
| - | 71,903
| 28,137 | 43,766
|
It is worth noting that in Supplementary Budget Information (SBI)
tables , stated DEL will exclude depreciation and impairments.
Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) changes
Updated actuarial calculations have resulted in a
decrease of £1,198k in the AME provision required for the
costs of interest on police pension scheme liabilities.
Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets
In considering the budget allocations for 2008 /09,
the Departmental Board takes 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.
The areas impacted by this Winter Supplementary Estimates
are Compensation Agency, PSNI, Police Ombudsman, Probation Board
and Human Rights Commission. The work undertaken in these areas
and the rest of the Department will be further funded as agreed
with HM Treasury, by EYF draw downs at Spring Supplementary Estimates
to ensure that the CSR07 PSA Outcomes and Departmental Strategic
Objectives as set out in Appendix D of the NIO Departmental Report
2008 are met.
24 November 2009
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