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<p>The Chief Electoral Officer will receive funding from a number of sources for the
year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>An initial resource budget (excluding depreciation) of
£2,011,000 has been allocated to the Chief Electoral Officer. Further funding – both
capital and resource – will be made available to support the Electoral Office for
Northern Ireland transformation programme which includes the introduction of digital
registration.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer will also receive funding
from the Consolidated Fund and the Northern Ireland Assembly to support the EU Referendum
and Northern Ireland Assembly elections that are due to take place in 2016.</p><p>
</p><p>More detailed questions on expenditure are operational matters for the Chief
Electoral Officer who is independent of Government. The Chief Electoral Officer publishes
information on his operating costs in his annual report which is presented to Parliament
and copies are made available in the Library of the House.</p><p>This information
is also available on the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland website: <a href="http://www.eoni.org.uk/Utility/About-EONI/Plans-and-reports"
target="_blank">http://www.eoni.org.uk/Utility/About-EONI/Plans-and-reports</a>.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer list expenditure for the
last 5 financial years as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resource
Expenditure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2,740,400</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£2,608,200</p></td><td><p>£16,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£2,666,300</p></td><td><p>£142,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£5,427,900
*</p></td><td><p>£92,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£2,320,000</p></td><td><p>£56,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
includes expenditure for the 2013 canvass</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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