AQW 30843/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 10/09/2025
Answered On Date: 17/09/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance to provide a copy of any guidance provided to (i) the Executive; or (ii) their Departmental Finance officers regarding (a) cross departmental programmes; and (b) related budget lines.

Answer:

ANSWER

In April 2025 my officials published Guidance to Departments on Pooling of Budgets, however there are other guidance documents available that may relate to (a) cross departmental programmes; and (b) related budget lines. These are listed below:

Managing Public Money NI

Consolidated Budgeting Guidance 2025-2026

2025-26 In-Year Monitoring of Public Expenditure Guidelines

Dear Accounting Officer letters

Finance Director letters