Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

2001 CHAPTER 7

An Act to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31st March 2001 and 2002; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes and amend certain appropriations in aid for the year ending 31st March 2001; to authorise the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; and to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for the year ending 31st March 2002.

[22nd March 2001]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for year ending 31st March 2001 and appropriation of that sum

1.—(1) The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31st March 2001 the sum of £195,599,000.

(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 1.

(3) The sums already authorised to be appropriated in aid for that year shall be—

(a) increased by the sums specified in the third column of Schedule 1 for the purposes in connection with which those sums are specified; and

(b) decreased by the sums specified in the fourth column of Schedule 1 for the purposes in connection with which those sums are specified.

Issue of sum out of the Consolidated Fund for year ending 31st March 2002 and appropriation of that sum

2.—(1) The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply to the service of the year ending 31st March 2002 the sum of £3,806,414,000.

(2) That sum is appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedule 2.

Power of the Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow

3.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Department of Finance and Personnel may borrow on the credit of the sums specified in sections 1 and 2 any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole £2,001,007,000.

(2) Any money so borrowed shall be repaid, with any interest due thereon, out of the Consolidated Fund not later than 31st March 2002.

Use of resources for year ending 31st March 2002

4.—(1) This section authorises the use of resources for the purposes of section 6(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

(2) The use of resources by—

(a) the Northern Ireland departments;

(b) the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(c) the Northern Ireland Audit Office;

(d) the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints; and

(e) the Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas,

for the service of the year ending 31st March 2002 is authorised to the amount of £4,305,870,000.

(3) In that year, resources may be used by a Northern Ireland department or a body or person mentioned in subsection (2) for the purposes specified in relation tothat department, body or person in column 1 of Schedule 3 up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2.

Short title

5.  This Act may be cited as the Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 SUMS GRANTED, ETC. FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2001

Purpose	Sums Granted	Appropriations in Aid
		Increase	Decrease
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
A. For expenditure by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on market support, grants for capital and other improvements, development of alternative land uses, support for agriculture in special areas, assistance to production and market development.	8,130,000	—	—
B. For expenditure by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on development of the agriculture and agricultural products industries, scientific, veterinary, fisheries and forestry services, watercourse management and flood protection, animal disease compensation, regional measures for farm support and enhancement of the countryside, the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, rural development measures and central administration.	24,852,000	1,013,000	—
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE
A. For expenditure by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on: libraries (other than library services to schools), arts, the North/South Language Body, museums, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, the Odyssey Millennium Landmark Project, the Northern Ireland Millennium Company, the Northern Ireland Events Company, sports, inland fisheries, certain inland waterways (including payments to the Rivers Agency), Waterways Ireland, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, administration and research and certain miscellaneous services, grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for certain library services, and grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies	7,727,000	410,000	—
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
A. For expenditure by the Department of Education on: pre-school education, schools (including library services for schools), youth, community relations, administration and certain miscellaneous services (including certain teacher training); grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for certain services; grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies, and payments by the Department on behalf of the boards in respect of teachers' salaries.	7,828,000	1,342,000	—
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
A. For expenditure by the Department of Enterprise,Trade and Investment on the administrative costs of the Executive of the Industrial Development Board, provision and maintenance of land and buildings, industrial development promotion, selective assistance and other services related to industry, and aircraft and shipbuilding.	1,000	—	—
B. For expenditure by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on training to improve company competitiveness, local enterprise, the Trade and Business Development Body, Industrial Research and Technology Unit (including grants to the Northern Ireland Science Park Foundation), development of tourism, health and safety, energy efficiency, assistance to the gas and electricity industries (including residual costs in connection with the privatisation of the electricity industry in Northern Ireland), mineral exploration and other miscellaneous services, central administration, and other miscellaneous services, including grants in aid.	12,132,000	7,690,000	—
OFFICE FOR THE REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS
A. For expenditure by the Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas.	312,000	594,000	—
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
A. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on environment and heritage services; planning services; grants to District Councils; road safety services; Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland; the Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency; transport licensing and enforcement and central administration and miscellaneous services.	4,065,000	7,965,000	—
DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A. For expenditure by the Department for Regional Development on the Roads Service; ferry, transport, airport and harbour services; strategic planning and visioning; energy matters; and central administration and miscellaneous services, including services to other departments.	7,713,000	4,290,000	—
B. For expenditure by the Department for Regional Development on the Water Service and related services.	5,674,000	2,500,000	—
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
A. For expenditure by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment for administrative and other miscellaneous costs, higher education (including universities and colleges of education), further and adult education, student support and other matters relating to tertiary education, including grants in aid to certain bodies and certain payments to the Department of Education in respect of teachers' premature retirement compensation.	1,000	—	—
B. For expenditure by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment for administrative and other miscellaneous costs, labour market services including employment law, tribunals and labour relations; youth and adult training, training in skills, management and enterprise training, community projects, redundancy payments to Action for Community Employment core workers, training to improve company competitiveness and employment schemes and services including those for people with disabilities.	194,000	—	93,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY
A. For expenditure by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on hospital, community health and personal social services, Health and Social Services trusts, family health services, the Food Safety Promotion Board, administration including services provided to other departments and certain other services.	43,425,000	90,917,000	—
DEPARTMENT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
A. For expenditure by the Department for Social Development on administration including a grant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the administration costs of the Housing Benefit Scheme and expenditure on the Welfare to Work initiative; the administration of services provided to the Department of Social Security and other departments and on expenditure on accommodation.	6,196,000	4,367,000	—
C. For expenditure by the Department for Social Development on urban regeneration and community development including grants to voluntary bodies, certain grants in aid and on other services including promotional activities and events.	25,754,000	300,000	—
E For expenditure by the Department for Social Development on grant in aid to the Independent Living Funds, grants to Motability towards their administrative costs and to enable them to assist invalid vehicle users and others to have adapted or to purchase or lease cars from them; a grant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the payment of rent rebate, rent allowance, rates rebate and discretionary payments of rent allowance; sums payable for residual compensation payments to providers of existing supported accommodation; sums payable into the Social Fund for expenditure on community care grants, budgeting and crisis loans, maternity payments, funeral payments and cold weather and winter fuel payments; sums payable to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund as compensation payments in respect of statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay and; expenditure incurred as part of the Welfare to Work initiative.	15,141,000	—	—
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL
A. For expenditure by the Department of Finance and Personnel on financial administration, central management of the Civil Service, the Special European Union Programmes Body, the North/South Ministerial Council, the British-Irish Council, the Civic Forum, involvement in wider public sector personnel issues, the Valuation and Lands Agency, the Business Development Service, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, the Government Purchasing Agency, the Land Registers of Northern Ireland, the Rate Collection Agency, Accommodation Services, the Construction Service and other services, including certain miscellaneous expenses and grant in aid and other common services.	8,740,000	4,694,000	—
B. For expenditure by the Department of Finance and Personnel on pensions, lump sums and gratuities to former civil servants, pensions to widows, widowers, children and dependants and civil pensions and gratuities.	15,293,000	112,598,000	—
OFFICE OF THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER
A. For expenditure by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on community relations, cultural traditions, district council programmes and the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, promotion of equality of opportunity, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, victims, administration and other services, grants and grants in aid.	2,421,000	—	—
TOTAL £	195,599,000	238,680,000	93,000

Section 2.

SCHEDULE 2 SUMS GRANTED FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2002

Purpose	Sums Granted on account £
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
For expenditure by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on development of the agriculture and agricultural products industries and alternative land uses, provision of scientific and veterinary services, animal disease compensation, regional measures for farm support and enhancement of the countryside, rural development measures, market support, grants for capital and other improvements, support for agriculture in special areas, assistance to production and market development, payments under the European Union Peace and Reconciliation Programme, payments under the European Union Structural Funds Programme, flood defence measures, maintenance of watercourses, protection and conservation of sea fisheries, implementation of the European Union Common Fisheries Policy and local fisheries policy, support operation of the Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, protection and conservation of forests, extension of woodland area, promotion of recreational use of forest areas, supply and sale of timber.	90,833,000
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE
For expenditure by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on libraries (other than library services to schools), Arts, the North/South Language Body, museums, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, the Odyssey Millennium Landmark Project, the Northern Ireland Millennium Company, the Northern Ireland Events Company, sports, inland fisheries, certain inland waterways (including payments to the Rivers Agency), Waterways Ireland, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, administration and certain miscellaneous services, grants in aid to education and library boards for certain library services and grants in aid to certain bodies.	32,139,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
General
For expenditure by the Department of Education on pre-school education, schools (including library and support services for schools and pupils), other related services, and departmental core and school-related administration and services; grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for certain services (including for core and school-related administration); grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies; payments by the Department in respect of certain teachers' salaries; the youth service, community relations measures for young people, millennium volunteers, other related services and directly associated departmental administration and services; grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for youth service and community relations provision and directly associated administration and grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies.	605,044,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
Teachers' superannuation
For expenditure by the Department of Education on pensions, allowances, gratuities etc., certain payments to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund and certain payments on behalf of the education and library boards and the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, in respect of premature retirement compensation.	41,621,000
DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
For expenditure by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on the administration costs of the Executive of the Industrial Development Board, provision and maintenance of land and buildings, industrial development promotion, selective assistance and other services related to industry, aircraft and shipbuilding, training to improve company competitiveness, local enterprise, the Trade and Business Development Body, Industrial Research and Technology Unit (including grants to the Northern Ireland Science Park Foundation), development of tourism, administration costs, health and safety, energy efficiency, assistance to the gas and electricity industries (including residual costs in connection with the privatisation of the electricity industry in Northern Ireland), mineral exploration and other related services, including grants in aid.	136,683,000
OFFICE FOR THE REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS
For expenditure by the Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas.	—
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on conservation; natural heritage; built heritage, environmental legislation and protection; planning services and appeals; grants to district councils in support of local services; food safety, shellfish, construction product enforcement and energy efficiency; local government audit services; payments to Local Government Staff Commission; road safety services, driver and vehicle licensing, driver and vehicle testing, transport licensing and enforcement; consultants' fees, computer hardware and software, purchase of other equipment, plant and vehicles and departmental administration costs.	45,563,000
DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For expenditure by the Department for Regional Development on Roads Service including design, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, footpaths, street lighting and car parks; purchase of land, property, vehicles, plant, equipment and stores; public liability claims; provision, operation and maintenance of the Strangford Ferry; support for air and sea ports including salary, wages and other costs in respect of the Donaghadee Harbour; grants in respect of the Rathlin Island ferry service and works to Ballycastle and Rathlin Harbours; support for transport services including current and capital grants in respect of rail and road passenger services including fare concessions, fuel duty rebate, transport for people with disabilities, rural transport, provision and maintenance of bus shelters, purchase of buses and rolling stock and capital works; support for strategic planning, transport planning and visioning; energy matters; consultants' and other fees; research and development; salaries, wages, general administrative expenses; certain early retirement and compensation payments; graphics unit; computer hardware and software, office machinery and equipment; related services including services to other departments; the Water Service including design, construction and maintenance of water supply and sewage disposal systems; purchase of land, property, vehicles, plant, equipment and stores; repayment of loans inherited from former water and sewerage authorities; expenses of the Northern Ireland Water Council and the Water Appeals Commission.	216,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
For expenditure by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on higher education (including universities and colleges of education), further and adult education, student support and other matters relating to tertiary education, including grants in aid to certain bodies and certain payments to the Department of Educationin respect of teachers' premature retirement compensation, administration costs, labour market services including employment law, tribunals and labour relations; youth and adult training; training in skills; management and enterprise training; community projects, redundancy payments to Action for Community Employment core workers; training to improve company competitiveness and employment schemes and services including those for people with disabilities; interim support for projects between European Programmes and administration, including departmental research and development.	300,286,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY:
General
For expenditure by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on administration, on hospital, community health and personal social services, Health and Social Services trusts, family health services, the Food Safety Promotion Board, the Food Standards Agency, welfare foods, voluntary bodies, special initiatives, the European Union Peace Programme, related services and fire services.	957,478,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY:
Health and personal social services superannuation
For expenditure by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on superannuation benefits to or in respect of persons engaged in the health and personal social services or in other approved employment.	35,890,000
DEPARTMENT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
For expenditure by the Department for Social Development on central administration costs relating to the Social Security and Child Support Programmes including a grant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for administering the Housing Benefit Scheme, Departmental corporate services costs, the administration costs of the Department for Social Development executive agencies including the costs of administering services provided to the Department of Social Security and other departments and on accommodation costs; costs incurred as part of the Welfare to Work initiative; social security benefits including non-contributory retirement pensions, Christmas bonus payments to pensioners, attendance allowance, invalid care allowance, severe disablement allowance, disability living allowance, disability working allowance; pensions, gratuities and sundry allowances for disablement and specified deaths arising from industrial causes; income support, payments of spousal and child maintenance, child benefit, family credit, jobseeker’s allowance (income based), jobseeker’s allowance (contribution based), back to work bonus, child maintenance bonus, payments of job grant; grant in aid to the Independent Living Funds, grants to Motability towards their administrative costs and to enable them to assist invalid vehicle users and others to have adapted or to purchase or lease cars from them; a grant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the payments of rent rebate, rent allowance, rates rebate, discretionary payments of rent allowance and discretionary housing payments, sums payable for residual compensation payments to providers of existing supported accommodation; sums payable into the Social Fund for expenditure on community care grants, budgeting and crisis loans, maternity payments, funeral payments and cold weather and winter fuel payments; sums payable to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund as compensation payments in respect of statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay; central administration costs relating to the Housing Programme; housing services, including certain grants in aid; central administration costs relating to the Urban Regeneration and Community Development Programme; urban regeneration and community development including grants to voluntary bodies, certain grants in aid and other services including promotional activities and events.	1,248,521,000
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL:
General
For expenditure by the Department of Finance and Personnel on central financial administration, operational costs of the Special European Union Programmes Body, the North/South Ministerial Council, the British Irish Council, the Civic Forum, Departmental administration costs, central personnel management of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the Government Purchasing Agency, the Departmental Solicitor’s Office, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, the Business Development Service, the Construction Service, Accommodation Services, the Valuation and Lands Agency, Ulster Savings, the General Registrars Office, the Rate Collection Agency, the Office of Law Reform, Land Registry for Northern Ireland, the Lands Tribunal and grants in aid and other common services.	49,188,000
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL:
Superannuation and other allowances
For expenditure by the Department of Finance and Personnel on pensions, lump sums and gratuities to former civil servants, pensions to widows, widowers, children and dependants and civil pensions and gratuities.	13,821,000
OFFICE OF THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER
For expenditure by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on support for the Executive Committee, departmental administration and other services, promotion of equality of opportunity, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, community relations, district council programmes, the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, victims and grants and grant in aid	13,419,000
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY
For expenditure by the Northern Ireland Assembly.	17,443,000
NORTHERN IRELAND AUDIT OFFICE
For expenditure by the Northern Ireland Audit Office.	2,118,000
ASSEMBLY OMBUDSMAN FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND COMMISSIONER FOR COMPLAINTS
For expenditure by the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints.	367,000
TOTAL	3,806,414,000

Section 4.

SCHEDULE 3 AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES AUTHORISED FOR USE IN THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2002

Purpose	Resources authorised for use £
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
A: For use by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on development of the agriculture and agricultural products industries and alternative land uses, provision of scientific and veterinary services, animal disease compensation, regional measures for farm support and enhancement of the countryside, rural development measures, market support, grants for capital and other improvements, support for agriculture in special areas, assistance to production and market development, payments under the EU Peace and Reconciliation Programme, payments under the EU Structural Funds Programme, administration costs and associated non-cash items.	73,375,000
B: For use by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on flood defence measures, maintenance of watercourses, protection and conservation of sea fisheries, implementation of the European Union Common Fisheries Policy and local fisheries policy, support operation of the Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, protection and conservation of forests, extension of woodland area, promotion of recreational use of forest areas, supply and sale of timber, payments under the European Union Peace and Reconciliation Programme, payments under the European Union Structural Funds Programme, administration costs and associated non-cash items.	17,527,000
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE
A: For use by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on libraries (other than library services to schools), Arts, the North/South Language Body, museums, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, the Odyssey Millennium Landmark Project, the Northern Ireland Millennium Company, the Northern Ireland Events Company, sports, inland fisheries, certain inland waterways (including payments to the Rivers Agency), Waterways Ireland, Ordnance Survey of No rthern Ireland, administration and certain miscellaneous services, grants in aid to education and library Boards for certain library services and grants in aid to certain bodies; and associated non-cash items.	31,282,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
General
A: For use by the Department of Education on pre-school education, schools (including library and support services for schools and pupils), other related services, and departmental core and school-related administration and services; grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for certain services (including for core and school-related administration); grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies; payments by the Department in respect of certain teachers' salaries; and associated non-cash items.	594,223,000
B: For use by the Department of Education on the youth service, community relations measures for young people, millennium volunteers, other related services and directly associated departmental administration and services; grants and grants in aid to education and library boards for youth service and community relations provision and directly associated administration; grants and grants in aid to certain other bodies; and associated non-cash items.	11,077,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
Teachers' superannuation
A: For use by the Department of Education on pensions, allowances, gratuities etc., certain payments to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund and certain payments on behalf of the education and library boards and the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, and in respect of premature retirement compensation and associated non-cash items.	41,621,000
DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
A: For use by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on the administration costs of the Executive of the Industrial Development Board, provision and maintenance of land and buildings, industrial development promotion, selective assistance and other services related to industry, aircraft and shipbuilding, training to improve company competitiveness, local enterprise, the Trade and Business Development Body, Industrial Research and Technology Unit, (including grants to the Northern Ireland Science Park Foundation), development of tourism, administration costs, and associated non-cash items, and other related services, including grants in aid.	70,606,000
B: For use by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on administration costs, health and safety, energy efficiency, assistance to the gas and electricity industries (including residual costs in connection with the privatisation of the electricity industry in Northern Ireland), mineral exploration, and associated non-cash items, and other related services, including grants in aid.	12,129,000
OFFICE FOR THE REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS
A: For use by the Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas.	—
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
A: For use by the Department of the Environment on conservation; natural heritage; built heritage; environmental legislation and protection; planning services and appeals; grants to District Councils in support of local services; food safety, shellfish, construction product enforcement and energy efficiency; local government audit services; payments to Local Government Staff Commission; road safety services, driver and vehicle licensing, driver and vehicle testing, transport licensing and enforcement; consultants' fees, computer hardware and software, purchase of other equipment, plant and vehicles, departmental administration costs and associated non-cash items.	47,975,000
DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A: For use by the Department for Regional Development on Roads Service including design, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, footpaths, street lighting and car parks; purchase of land, property, vehicles, plant, equipment and stores; public liability claims; provision, operation and maintenance of the Strangford Ferry; support for air and sea ports including salary, wages and other costs in respect of the Donaghadee Harbour; grants in respec of the Rathlin Island ferry service and works to Ballycastle and Rathlin Harbours; support for transport services including current and capital grants in respect of rail and road passenger services including fare concessions, fuel duty rebate, transport for people with disabilities, rural transport, provision and maintenance of bus shelters, purchase of buses and rolling stock and capital works; support for strategic planning, transport planning and visioning; energy matters; consultants' and other fees; research and development; salaries, wages, general administrative expenses; certain early retirement and compensation payments; graphics unit; computer hardware and software, office machinery and equipment; related services including services to other departments; and associated non-cash items.	429,000,000
B: For use by the Department for Regional Development on the Water Service including design, construction and maintenance of water supply and sewage disposal systems; purchase of land, property, vehicles, plant, equipment and stores; repayment of loans inherited from former water and sewerage authorities; expenses of the Northern Ireland Water Council and the Water Appeals Commission; consultants' and other fees; research and development; salaries, wages, general administrative expenses; purchase of office machinery, computer hardware and software; related services; and associated non-cash items.	261,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
A: For use by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on higher education (including universities and colleges of education), further and adult education, student support and other matters relating to tertiary education, including grants in aid to certain bodies and certain payments to the Department of Education in respect of teachers' premature retirement compensation, administration costs, and associated non-cash items.	200,424,000
B: For use by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on labour market services including employment law, tribunals and labour relations; youth and adult training; training in skills; management and enterprise training; community projects; redundancy payments to Action for Community Employment core workers; training to improve company competitiveness and employment schemes and services including those for people with disabilities; interim support for projects between European Programmes; administration, including departmental research and development; and associated non-cash items.	95,780,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY:
General
A: For use by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on administration and associated non-cash items.	17,300,000
B: For use by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on hospital, community health and personal social services, Health and Social Services trusts, family health services, the Food Safety Promotion Board, the Food Standards Agency, welfare foods, voluntary bodies, special initiatives, the European Union Peace and Reconciliation Programme, related services and associated non-cash items.	1,027,602,000
C: For use by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on fire services and associated non-cash items.	28,125,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY:
Health and personal social services superannuation
A: For use by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on superannuation benefits to or in respect of persons engaged in the health and personal social services or other approved employment and for associated non-cash items.	35,890,000
DEPARTMENT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
A: For use by the Department for Social Development on central administration costs relating to the Social Security and Child Support Programmes including a grant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for administering the Housing Benefit Scheme, Departmental corporate services costs, the administration costs of the Department for Social Development executive agencies including the costs of administering services provided to the Department of Social Security and other departments and on accommodation costs; costs incurred as part of the Welfare to Work initiative; social security benefits including non-contributory retirement pensions, Christmas bonus payments to pensioners, attendance allowance, invalid care allowance, severe disablement allowance, disability living allowance, disability working allowance; pensions, gratuities and sundry allowances for disablement and specified deaths arising from industrial causes; income support, payments of spousal and child maintenance, child benefit, family credit, jobseeker’s allowance (income based), jobseeker’s allowance (contribution based), back to work bonus, child maintenance bonus, payments of job grant; grant in aid to the Independent Living Funds, grants to Motability towards their administrative costs and to enable them to assist invalid vehicle users and others to have adapted or to purchase or lease cars from them; a grant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the payment of rent rebate, rent allowance, rates rebate, discretionary payments of rent allowance and discretionary housing payments, sums payable for residual compensation payments to providers of existing supported accommodation; sums payable into the Social Fund for expenditure on community care grants, budgeting and crisis loans, maternity payments, funeral payments and cold weather and winter fuel payments; sums payable to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund as compensation payments in respect of statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay; and associated non-cash items.	1,100,215,000
B: For use by the Department for Social Development on central administration costs relating to the Housing Programme; housing services, including certain grants in aid; and associated non-cash items.	72,739,000
C: For use by the Department for Social Development on central administration costs relating to the Urban Regeneration and Community Development Programme; urban regeneration and community development including grants to voluntary bodies, certain grants in aid and other services including promotional activities and events; and associated non-cash items.	29,555,000
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL:
General
A: For use by the Department of Finance and Personnel on central financial administration, operational costs of the Special European Union Programmes Body, the North/South Ministerial Council, the British Irish Council, the Civic Forum, Departmental administration costs, grant in aid and other common services and associated non-cash items.	4,037,000
B: For use by the Department of Finance and Personnel on central personnel management of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the Government Purchasing Agency, the Departmental Solicitor’s Office, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, the Business Development Service, the Construction Service, Accommodation Services, the Valuation and Lands Agency (valuation, estate management and property service), Departmental administration costs, grant in aid, and other common services and associated non-cash items.	49,322,000
C: For use by the Department of Finance and Personnel on Ulster Savings, the General Registrar’s Office, the Valuation and Lands Agency (maintenance of valuation list for rating purposes), the Rate Collection Agency, the Office of Law Reform, the Land Registry for Northern Ireland, the Lands Tribunal and Departmental administration costs, grant in aid and other common services and associated non-cash items.	7,290,000
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL:
Superannuation and other allowances
A: For use by the Department of Finance and Personnel on pensions, lump sums and gratuities to former civil servants, pensions to widows, widowers, children and dependants, civil pensions and gratuities and associated non-cash items.	13,821,000
OFFICE OF THE FIRST MINISTER AND DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER
A: For use by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on support for the Executive Committee, departmental administration and other services, grants and associated non-cash items.	6,869,000
B: For use by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister on promotion of equality of opportunity, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, community relations, district council programmes, the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, victims, grants and grant in aid and associated non-cash items.	6,602,000
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY
A: For use by the Northern Ireland Assembly.	17,790,000
NORTHERN IRELAND AUDIT OFFICE
A: For use by the Northern Ireland Audit Office.	2,327,000
ASSEMBLY OMBUDSMAN FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND COMMISSIONER FOR COMPLAINTS
A: For use by the Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and Northern Irelan Commissioner for Complaints.	367,000
TOTAL £	4,305,870,000