He made the move in response to claims that one Department had suffered a raid of £30million on their finances.
The Minister said “I have decided to publish the figures to illustrate the fact that there has been no raid on anyone’s budget. The figures show how each department was treated. This is a challenging time for the Northern Ireland community and a collective decision was taken to proceed on the basis of these figures.”
Details of the reduced requirements and allocations are laid out below:
|
REDUCED REQUIREMENTS |
BIDS | ALLOCATIONS | |
| DARD | 2.4 | 41.7 | 22.7 |
| DCAL | 8.9 | 1.3 | |
| DE | 18.1 | 43.6 | 6.6 |
| DEL | 28.9 | ||
| DETI | 8.4 | ||
| DFP | 3.1 | 3.6 | |
| DHSSPS | 13.0 | 5.0 | |
| DOE | 13.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| DRD | 5.3 | 72.9 | 7.3 |
| DSD | 38.7 | 168.2 | 24.0 |
| OFMDFM | 12.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| AOCC | 0.1 | ||
| NIA | 1.5 | ||
| NIAUR | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| PBR | 11.2 | ||
| Sub-total | 152.2 | 348.6 | 69.2 |
| Reduction of Over- Commitment | 82.9 | ||
| Total | 152.2 | 348.6 | 152.2 |
| *DHSSPS Bids include £10m iro Budget Flexibility |
Reduced requirements relate to funds which Departments are no longer able to spend for the original purpose intended. These are automatically surrendered by departments as part of the in-year monitoring process for reallocation by the Executive to address emerging pressures. The above allocations were unanimously agreed by the Executive at the meeting on 15 December 2008.
In conclusion the Minister said "In the year prior to the most recent monitoring round the Department for Social Development has received over £130million in additional allocations. This is significantly in excess of the level of resources surrendered by the department during this time."
Individual bids and reduced requirements for DSD are listed in the following tables:
Reduced Requirements (£ millions)
| DEPARTMENT | DESCRIPTION | Admin | Resource |
Total Current |
Capital |
| DSD | Charities Commission Delay | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Child Maintenance Enforcement Division | -1.5 | -1.5 | |||
| Comprehensive Development Project Rephasing | -2.0 | ||||
| Employment Support Allowance Contract Charges | -9.0 | -9.0 | |||
| Neighbourhood Renewal Projects Rephasing | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.5 | ||
| Physical Development/Public Realm Project Rephasing | -0.4 | -0.4 | -1.3 | ||
| Social Security Modernisation Programme Rephasing | -8.3 | -8.3 | -10.0 | ||
| Social Security Agency Staff Vacancies | -4.0 | -4.0 | |||
| Waterloo Place Project Slippage | -0.2 | ||||
| TOTAL DSD | -24.5 | -24.5 | -14.2 | ||
Bids (£ million)
| DEPARTMENT | DESCRIPTION | Admin | Resource |
Total |
Capital |
|
Monitoring Bids |
Disabled Adaptations |
2.0 |
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|
Fuel Poverty Payments |
9.8 |
9.8 |
|||
|
Hostels & Homeless Payments |
0.8 |
0.8 |
|||
|
Housing Association Receipts Shortfall |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
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|
Housing Disabled Facilities Grants |
2.0 |
||||
|
Housing Executive Receipts Shortfall |
36.2 |
||||
|
Housing Executive Modernisation Programme |
1.2 |
||||
|
Housing Executive Stock Condition Survey |
0.6 |
0.6 |
|||
|
Housing Executive Urban Renewal Programme |
5.9 |
||||
|
Mortgage Rescue Scheme |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.9 |
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|
Social Housing New Build Programme |
10.0 |
||||
|
Special Purchase Evacuated Dwellings Sales |
1.3 |
1.3 |
|||
|
Special Purchase Evacuated Dwellings |
9.0 |
9.0 |
|||
|
Supporting People Initiative |
2.0 |
2.0 |
|||
|
Warm Homes Scheme |
3.0 |
||||
|
Sub-Total |
24.2 |
24.2 |
61.7 |
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|
Economic Package Bids |
Additional Social Housing New Build |
59.5 |
|||
|
Additional Social Housing- Maintenance |
11.8 |
||||
|
Warm Homes |
11.0 |
||||
|
Sub- Total |
82.3 |
||||
|
TOTAL DSD BIDS |
24.2 |
24.2 |
144.0 |
Notes to Editors:
- Media enquiries only to DFP Communications Office on 028 9052 7374 or 028 9052 7375. Out of office hours please contact Duty Press Officer via pager number 076 9971 5440 and your call will be returned.
