Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2024

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Support to the Executive Committee; the co-ordination of policy; strategic corporate communications; advice and 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 and guidance to improve broader public sector governance and capacity and policy development; 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 civic engagement and consultation; 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 in the Prepare, Respond and Recover phases and as described in the NI Civil Contingencies (Building Resilience Together) Framework; maintenance of former Regional Government Headquarters building, Ballymena under Article 3 of the Historic Monuments 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 the 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 situations; 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 expenses 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 United Kingdom’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 Strategic Framework and associated Action Plans to end 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 arm’s length bodies; severance payments; liaison with other bodies, persons and authorities (both inside and outside Northern Ireland); information services; IT Service Provision; 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; facilities management and vehicle maintenance costs; Workplace Health Improvement Programmes; participation in Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office healthcare contracts; engagement events; volunteering activities; corporate membership; other non-cash items.