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The change in total DEL of £39,813,000 relates to the drawdown of non cash end-year flexibility (EYF) of £17,285,000; an increase of £18,102,000 in respect of curtailment costs and a change in the discount rate for police pensions; and resource and capital budget transfers with other government departments totalling £6,356,000.

The EYF drawdown is to fund additional non cash resource requirements for compensation payment provisions in the Compensation Agency; pension scheme liabilities in the Youth Justice Agency; and asset revaluation costs in the Northern Ireland Prison Service.

The administration budget decreases by £116,000 from £81,869,000 to £81,753,000 as a result of resource budget transfers of £100,000 to the Department of Culture, Arts and Learning for Ordnance Survey mapping services and £16,000 to the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister for Stormont Castle messengers.

The increase in capital DEL of £35,000 is the budget transfer of £20,000 from the Northern Ireland Court Service for prison video links and £15,000 from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for prison healthcare costs.

The Northern Ireland Executive DEL will increase by £193,887,000 from £8,522,664,000 to £8,716,551,000.

The change reflects the drawdown of EYF of £105,000,000 (£75,000,000 near cash and £30,000,000 capital) and an addition of £100,000,000 (£88,000,000 near cash and £12,000,000 capital) for funding the water industry and innovation. In addition there are net outward budget transfers totalling £11,113,000 (£6,163,000 resource near cash and £4,950,000 capital) to the Northern Ireland Office and HM Revenue and Customs.

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