Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2024

DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ESTIMATE

PART 1: AUTHORISED AMOUNTS

	Authorised Amounts	Increase/Decrease
	(£)	(£)
Departmental expenditure limit
Net resources for current purposes	503,774,000	+89,219,000
Net resources for capital purposes	488,921,000	+66,499,000
Annually managed expenditure
Net resources for current purposes	177,193,000	+404,000
Net resources for capital purposes	31,240,000	-2,260,000
Non-budget expenditure
Net resources for current purposes	347,067,000	+15,724,000
Net resources for capital purposes	259,000,000	+34,000,000
Money
Money requirement	1,680,835,000	+270,014,000

PART 2: EXPENDITURE

Departmental expenditure limit

Expenditure arising from:

Design, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, structures, footpaths, street lighting and car parks; costs associated with walking and cycling infrastructure; costs associated with the operation of the Blue Badge Scheme; purchase of land, property, vehicles, ferries, plant, computer software, equipment and stores; supporting research in the development of new innovative digital solutions; public liability claims; compensation payments; costs associated with the decriminalisation of parking enforcement; costs associated with the enforcement of moving traffic offences; costs associated with residents’ parking improvement; restoration or promotion of the recreational or navigational use of any waterway; maintenance of designated watercourses and sea defences; reservoir operational issues including the maintenance of reservoirs in which the department has an interest; construction and maintenance of drainage and flood defence structures; protection of drainage function of all watercourses; implementation of the Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009; emergency response to flooding and Lead Government Department responsibilities; experimental work under the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973; enhancing community resilience to flooding; development of reservoir safety legislation and support for Drainage Council for Northern Ireland; Flood Risk Planning consultation advice; protection, restoration and bringing back into active use the Grade A listed Crumlin Road Gaol and the management of the St Lucia site; road safety services and promotion; driver licensing, driver and vehicle testing, transport licensing, enforcement and regulation; rail safety services; train driver licensing, railway operator licensing, issue of Commercial Bus Service Permits; costs incurred to facilitate the licensing and regulation of Goods Vehicle Operators; operation and maintenance of the Strangford Ferry; support for and grants in respect of the Rathlin Island ferry service and works to Ballycastle and Rathlin Harbours; support for air and sea ports; support for transport services including grants in respect of rail and road passenger services including fare concessions, fuel duty rebate, transport for people with disabilities, rural transport, shopmobility schemes, provision and maintenance of bus shelters, purchase of buses and rolling stock and capital works; environmentally sustainable transport and related infrastructure including Active School Travel Programme, costs associated with greenways and active travel, including grants, and grants for Blue-Green infrastructure; Ultra Low Emission Vehicle strategies; energy matters; planning services, support for strategic planning including grants, planning legislation and policy, governance and oversight of planning and plan making within local councils; transport planning and visioning; payments under European Union programmes; grants in respect of certain inland waterways; net cost of the management, maintenance, development and restoration of operational waterways of Waterways Ireland; the shareholder and water, flooding, drainage and reservoirs policy functions; repayment of loans; consultants’ and other fees; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; UK Covid-19 Inquiry activities; administration costs; payments in relation to the holiday pay case; severance payments; related services including services to other departments; other non-cash items.

Annually managed expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

The creation, revaluation and release of provisions; depreciation and impairments due to the revaluation of assets, unforeseen obsolescence and losses caused by catastrophic events; bad debts; net pension liabilities of Waterways Ireland.

Non-budget expenditure

Expenditure arising from:

Payment of income subsidies, equity injections, grants and net lending to Northern Ireland Water Limited.

PART 3: INCOME

Departmental expenditure limit

Income arising from:

Receipts for car parking charges; decriminalised parking enforcement; enforcement of moving traffic offences; residents’ parking; operation of the Blue Badge Scheme; various goods and services provided by Rivers; contribution to the water level management of the Lough Erne system; leases held by Rivers; dividend and loan interest on the investment in the trading fund function of the Driver and Vehicle Agency and other services provided; issue of commercial bus service permits; application and licensing fees for Goods Vehicle Operators; sponsorship for road safety publicity and from the sale of rights to use publicity campaigns; ferry charges for carriage of passengers and vehicles; street works inspection fees; fees charged to the construction industry and other bodies for laboratory services; charges and deposits retained for works carried out by, or at the request of, individuals or other bodies; private street inspections; developers’ contributions; contributions in respect of the Active School Travel Programme; charges in respect of the use of waterways; planning applications/agreements and appeals; Crumlin Road Gaol; Mater Hospital car park; property certifications; compensation; income from Councils’ contribution towards the new Planning Portal; services provided by the Department’s Graphics Unit; the recoupment of salaries and associated costs for seconded staff; European Union income; Shared Island Fund income; related income; miscellaneous receipts.

Non-budget income

Income arising from:

Dividend and loan interest from Northern Ireland Water Limited.