AQW 15779/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the 2020/21 budgetary baselines against the 2021/22 budgetary baselines for each Executive department.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 3 March 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 3 March 2021
- Answer due by
- 19 March 2021
- Answered
- 12 March 20219 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
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