Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2025

Sections 12 and 13.

SCHEDULE 3 EXCESSES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2024

PART 1 DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES

Expenditure arising from:

The payment of social security and other benefits, grants, loans, allowances and payments to people of working age, pensioners, and people with disabilities and their carers, in accordance with the prevailing legislation and regulations including the Governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Costs and payments associated with the collapse of private pension schemes. Losses, special payments and write offs. Provisions, impairments and other Annually Managed Expenditure of the Department and its ALBs.

PART 2 THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY COMMISSION

Expenditure arising from:

The provision for legal costs, early departure costs, and the annual finance costs for the Assembly Members’ Pension Scheme.

PART 3 THE NORTHERN IRELAND AUTHORITY FOR UTILITY REGULATION

Expenditure arising from:

Developing and regulating the electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries and markets; promoting competition; protecting consumers; expenditure on activities that are required as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; those aspects of implementation of the Department for Economy’s Energy Strategy, delivery of the Energy Transition to Net Zero, developing and regulating Heat Networks, governmental response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic; UK COVID-19 Inquiry activities; administration; related services; other non-cash items.