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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the main provisions for the capital budget for the public sector in Northern Ireland, broken down by (a) sponsoring department and (b) main public service function, included in the total of (i) £570 million allowed in 1998-99 and (ii) £575 million allowed in 1999-2000; and if he will publish information under the same headings for the (A) actual and (B) expected expenditure for the same years. [121454] Mr. Ingram: The information requested is shown in the tables. It should however be noted that the capital budgets quoted in the question are indicative figures compiled by Her Majesty's Treasury for the purpose of presenting the outcome of the 1998 UK Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) in the CSR White Paper, published in July 1998. These do not reflect the actual capital allocations decided upon by my predecessor in the Northern Ireland Comprehensive Spending Review, which did not conclude until the following December. The relevant capital budgets are reflected in the 1999 Northern Ireland Departmental Report (Cm 4217), published in March 1999 and are set out in the format requested. Table 1: Departmental Capital Analysis £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department A(i) 1998-99 Actual A(ii) 1999-2000 Project B(i) 1998-99 Plan B(ii) 1999-2000 Plan expenditure expenditure {1} Agriculture 24 23 24 25 Economic Development 142 144 147 158 Education 92 113 87 123 Finance and Personnel 4 4 3 4 Health and Social -35 -39 -30 -41 Services{2} Environment 195 189 203 146 Other 1 2 -- 6 NIO 30 35 35 31 Total{3} 453 470 469 451 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Actual expenditure figures for 1999-2000 are not yet available {2} These capital figures include receipts from the Health Trusts Debt Remuneration {3} Due to roundings, individual figures may not necessarily sum to the totals in the tables Table 2: Main Programme Capital Analysis £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Main programme A(i) 1998-99 Actual A(ii) 1999-2000 B(i) 1998-99 Plan B(ii) 1999-2000 Plan expenditure Projected expenditure {1} Agriculture, Fisheries and 24 23 24 25 Forestry Trade, Industry, Energy and 142 144 147 159 Employment Roads and Transport 32 36 32 -26 Housing 58 38 58 55 Environmental Services 101 111 107 113 Law, Order and Protective 34 39 40 36 Services Education, Culture and 93 113 87 123 Recreation Health and Personal Social -38 -42 -33 -43 Services{2} Social Security 2 2 2 2 Other 4 6 3 9 Total{3} 453 470 469 451 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Actual expenditure figures for 1999-2000 are not yet available {2} These capital figures include receipts from the Health Trusts Debt Remuneration {3} Due to roundings, individual figures may not necessarily sum to the totals in the tables

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

121454; 350 c542-4W;350 c544-5W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Northern Ireland Public sector Public expenditure Public finance

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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