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The Northern Ireland Office is committed to ensuring that all of its sponsored bodies have the necessary resources to deliver their statutory functions. Budget allocations for the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland are kept under review throughout the year and discussions around funding take place at regular governance meetings.<\/p>

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Funding for subsequent years will be considered as part of the current Comprehensive Spending Review.<\/p>

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Budget figures for the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI) are available as follows:<\/p>

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Expenditure period<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Resource Budget<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Capital Budget<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£2.331m<\/p><\/td>

£0.288m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£1.825m<\/p><\/td>

£0.355m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£2.045m<\/p><\/td>

£0.062m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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In addition to EONI budget funding, the costs of Parliamentary and European Parliamentary elections are met from the consolidated fund. Assembly elections are paid for from the Northern Ireland block grant and local councils pay for the administration of local district council elections.<\/p>

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