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105755

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they informed the Northern Ireland Executive of their annual financial settlement for financial year 2015–16; and what was that amount.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL2571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Northern Ireland Executive were informed of their allocations for 2015-16 as part of the 2013 spending round in June 2013. The allocations made as part of the spending round are shown in the table below.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fiscal Resource DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>9,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced depreciation</strong></p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced Student Loans</strong></p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capital DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Transactions Capital</strong></p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive budgets have been adjusted at subsequent Budgets and Autumn Statements to reflect Barnett consequentials flowing from those events.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 14:07:47 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

105753

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they informed the Northern Ireland Executive of their annual financial settlement for financial years 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15; and the respective amounts for each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL2570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Northern Ireland Executive were informed of their allocations for the years 2011-12 to 2014-15 as part of the 2010 Spending Review in October 2010. The allocations set out at that Spending Review are shown in the table below.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fiscal Resource DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>9,425</p></td><td><p>9,420</p></td><td><p>9,486</p></td><td><p>9,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced depreciation</strong></p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced Student Loans</strong></p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capital DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>903</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>781</p></td><td><p>804</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive budgets were then adjusted at subsequent Budgets, Autumn Statements and Estimates rounds to reflect Barnett consequentials flowing from those events.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 13:00:54 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1184497

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the net additional spending available for revenue and capital expenditure to the Northern Ireland Executive, excluding the money from the Confidence and Supply Arrangement of June 2017, following the Chancellor of Exchequer’s Budget statement on Wednesday 11 March.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>As a result of UK Government decisions at this Budget, the Northern Ireland Executive’s Barnett-based resource budget will increase by over £70 million and its capital budget by over £130 million in 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>This is on top of the £430 million of additional funding for 2020-21 provided at Spending Round 2019. All these additional Barnett consequentials are separate to the funding agreed by the Government in the financial annex to the Confidence and Supply Agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/03/2020 14:51:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1694321

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much is to be allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive in the Spring Budget from (1) Barnett consequentials, and (2) direct allocation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL3056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>As a result of decisions taken at Spring Budget, the Northern Ireland Executive will receive around £100 million through the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer also announced £20 million of funding for each of Derry-Londonderry and Coleraine through the Long-Term Plan for Towns, £2 million of funding to boost global investment and trade opportunities in Northern Ireland, and £2.2 million for the redevelopment of the South Stand at Crusaders FC in Belfast into a unique state of the art community centre.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland will also benefit from UK-wide tax and spending measures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/03/2024 11:28:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

348838

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by how much they have reduced the block grant to the Northern Ireland Executive for the current financial year as a result of the failure of the Northern Ireland Assembly to pass the Welfare Reform Bill.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s inability to pass welfare reform legislation, the Northern Ireland Executive’s allocation has been reduced by £114m in 2015-16 to offset foregone cost savings which would otherwise have accrued. The Executive have been aware of the level of the deduction since March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the exceptional access to the reserve granted to the Northern Ireland Executive in 2014-15, the Executive’s 2015-16 allocation has been reduced by £100m in 2015-16 in accordance with normal budgetary procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These deductions will be reflected in the control totals published alongside departmental Main Supply Estimates for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL319 question first answered 22/06/2015 13:45:39 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

348840

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the £100 million loan from the contingency reserve provided to the Northern Ireland Executive in financial year 2014–15 has been repaid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s inability to pass welfare reform legislation, the Northern Ireland Executive’s allocation has been reduced by £114m in 2015-16 to offset foregone cost savings which would otherwise have accrued. The Executive have been aware of the level of the deduction since March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the exceptional access to the reserve granted to the Northern Ireland Executive in 2014-15, the Executive’s 2015-16 allocation has been reduced by £100m in 2015-16 in accordance with normal budgetary procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These deductions will be reflected in the control totals published alongside departmental Main Supply Estimates for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL317 question first answered 22/06/2015 13:45:39 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

348839

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances £53 million was returned to them by the Northern Ireland Executive following the failure to establish a new police and fire service training college near Cookstown, County Tyrone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>As part of the 2010 Spending Review, the Northern Ireland Executive were permitted to carry forward capital underspends accrued by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice in order to facilitate the planned construction of a new police and fire service training college, through to the end of the period covered by the Spending Review. The Executive has not sought to draw down these funds.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/06/2015 13:46:37 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1285836

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Executive Minister of Finance has asked to roll over unspent resources from the current financial year into the next financial year; and if so, (1) when they received this request, and (2) what, if any, indication the Minister gave of the amount of unspent resources.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL13256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Statement of Funding Policy, the Northern Ireland Executive are able to move funding between financial years through Budget Exchange. The total level of 2020-21 underspends will not be known until the end of the financial year and normal practice would be for the NIE to notify HMT of how it intends to use it’s budget exchange flexibilities at Supplementary Estimates 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>However, due to the exceptional circumstances this year, HM Treasury has worked closely with all three devolved administrations to provide additional flexibility. As a result the Northern Ireland Executive can now carry forward into 2021-22 over £300m of Barnett-based funding, as well as any business rates relief repaid, on top of Budget Exchange.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 24/02/2021 12:08:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1640207

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the most recent annual credit to Northern Ireland as a result of the Barnett Formula.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL8095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>As set out recently in the Main Estimates memoranda, the Northern Ireland Executive has received £2.0 billion through the Barnett formula for 2023-24 on top of the Spending Review 2021 baseline. This means the Northern Ireland Executive’s total block grant (Total DEL) funding for 2023-24 is £15.8 billion.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 05/06/2023 14:45:15 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1665950

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials, or share of funding for Northern Ireland, of the additional capital funding for transport projects announced at the Conservative Party Conference.
	tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
	uin	HL10671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>For the Network North transport projects, the Barnett formula will apply when departmental budgets change, not when new or additional funding is announced, as set out in the published Statement of Funding Policy document<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. All decisions on funding beyond the Spending Review 2021 period will be taken at the next spending review.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1137609/Statement_of_Funding_Policy_update_Feb_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Statement_of_Funding_Policy_update_Feb_2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 26/10/2023 08:25:20 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme