AQW 19483/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 25/05/2021
Answered On Date: 01/06/2021
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) items and (ii) amount of capital funding in her Department’s 2021/22 budget dedicated to (a) flagship commitments; and b) statutory requirements.

Answer:

The table below provides the items and amounts required for Flagship commitments in 2021-22.

Programme/Project/Requirement	2021-22 £'000
A5 Phase 1a, Phase 1b Vesting Order Costs Only, Remaining Phases	6,200
A6 Drumahoe - Dungiven	39,500
A6 Randalstown - Castledawson	5,800
A6 Drumahoe to Caw Dual Carriageway	270
Belfast Transport Hub	26,045
	77,815

Statutory requirements underpin the majority of the services my Department provides either directly or indirectly. It is therefore not possible to itemise amounts of capital dedicated to statutory requirements in isolation.

£520m (72%) of my capital budget is either Flagship, contractually committed or precommitted leaving just £202.5m (28%) to address my Ministerial priorities. Apart from Executive allocations specifically for NIW, this has been compounded by a real terms cut in resource funding.