AQW 15779/17-22


Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 03/03/2021
Answered On Date: 12/03/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the 2020/21 budgetary baselines against the 2021/22 budgetary baselines for each Executive department.


Answer:
Baselines are the starting point for setting departmental budgets and are generally based on the published Budget position for the previous year adjusted to remove time bound allocations. The Departmental Resource Budget Baselines for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are set out in the table below.
Department
2020-21 Baseline
2021-22 Baseline
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
202.5
205.4
Communities
776.4
782.0
Economy
774.1
805.4
Education
2,049.5
2,259.6
Finance
154.8
166.8
Health
5,758.8
6,102.4
Infrastructure
384.9
417.9
Justice
1,045.1
1,070.8
The Executive Office
56.8
95.3
Food Standards Agency
8.7
10.0
NI Assembly Commission
33.0
41.1
NI Audit Office
7.0
8.2
NI Authority for Utility Regulation
0.2
0.2
NI Public Service Ombudsman
2.8
3.3
Public Prosecution Service
33.1
34.3
Total Departmental Allocations
11,287.8
12002.7
Baseline for DAERA excludes Farm Payments funding